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Oregon in Dane County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Lake Harriet School

1849-1940

 
 
Lake Harriet School Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Gordon Govier, September 10, 2011
1. Lake Harriet School Marker
Inscription. Named for Harriett Hayes, daughter of early immigrants from New England. John Muir, the naturalist and explorer, taught here in 1861-62.
 
Erected 1998 by Oregon Area Historical Society Sesquicentennial Committee.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationEnvironment.
 
Location. 42° 55.783′ N, 89° 27.484′ W. Marker is in Oregon, Wisconsin, in Dane County. It is at the intersection of Storytown Road and County Road D, on the right when traveling north on Storytown Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oregon WI 53575, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Madison. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Swan Pond (approx. 1.3 miles away); Illinois Central Depot / Fitchburg (approx. 2.3 miles away); St. Raphael's Frenchtown Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); Paoli (approx. 3½ miles away); Revolutionary War Veteran (approx. 3.9 miles away); Dogtown - Fish Hatchery School (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named Dogtown - Fish Hatchery School (approx. 5.2 miles away); Dane County Home (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oregon.
 
Also see . . .
1. Lake Harriet School.
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Oregon Area Historical Society (Submitted on September 14, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.) 

2. John Muir. Oregon Area Historical Society (Submitted on September 14, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.) 
 
Additional keywords. John Muir
 
Lake Harriet School image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Gordon Govier, September 10, 2011
2. Lake Harriet School
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2011, by Gordon Govier of Fitchburg, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,183 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 12, 2011, by Gordon Govier of Fitchburg, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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