Menomonie in Dunn County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Evergreen Cemetery
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Earliest Evergreen Burials

Evergreen Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, October 25, 2010

1. Evergreen Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
Evergreen Cemetery In 1873, local lumber company Knapp, Stout & Company, Co. provided fifty-two acres to establish a proper burial site. They hired landscape architects, William Merchant Richardson French and Horace Shaler Cleveland, to design the cemetery. French's plan reflects the Rural Romantic style, following the natural contours of the land and incorporating native trees and shrubs.

In 1904 the company transferred ownership to lot owners, who formed the Cemetery Association. Evergreen became an island when planners raised Lake Menomin for a new dam in 1955. The City built a causeway the next year. Evergreen Cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Contributors include: GMACF, Menomonie Patriotic Council, Menomonie Rotary Club, Olson Funeral Home, Schendel Family, Talen Trust, Thurin Family, & VFW Auxiliary.

Earliest Evergreen Burials The single grave section of Evergreen Cemetery contains 1,111 graves though many are unmarked and others display monuments in poor condition. Most burials occurred before 1900 and written burial records tell us much about early life in Menomonie.

The many familiar local names reflect the predominant Norwegian and German heritage of the area. Burial

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records list illnesses and causes of death common between the 1870s and 1900s. About one-third of those buried here died as children, reflecting the high infant mortality and childhood disease rates of that period. Records reveal suicides, murders and mysterious deaths. Many died of epidemic diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and influenza, but only a few died of old age.

Erected 2009
Wisconsin Historical Society

Erected 2009 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 526.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.

Location. 44° 53.324′ N, 91° 54.53′ W. Marker is in Menomonie, Wisconsin, in Dunn County. It can be reached from North 5th Avenue / Evergreen Cemetery Road, 0.6 miles north of Northeast 13th Street and Shorewood Drive. Marker is located at the east side of Evergreen Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Menomonie WI 54751, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Western Wisconsin. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dr. Stephen Tainter (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stori House (approx. 1.2 miles away); In Honor of Company H

Earliest Evergreen Burials Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, October 25, 2010

2. Earliest Evergreen Burials Marker

(approx. 1.2 miles away); Mabel Tainter Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Dunn County Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Chippewa Valley White Pine (approx. 1.3 miles away); Historic Building (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gateway to the Historic Corridor (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Menomonie.

Other markers no longer nearby. "Fine Meadows Where… Droves of Buffaloes and Elks were Feeding" (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Wisconsin's Oak Savanna (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Evergreen Cemetery / Earliest Evergreen Burials Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, October 25, 2010

3. Evergreen Cemetery / Earliest Evergreen Burials Marker

Photographed by Keith L, October 25, 2010

4. Evergreen Cemetery / Earliest Evergreen Burials Marker

Evergreen Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

5. Evergreen Cemetery

[plaque on left pillar] This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Site #06001117; added 2006.
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance: Landscape Architecture

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,819 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on September 12, 2015, by Devon Polzar of Port Washington, Wisconsin. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 29, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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Evergreen Cemetery
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Earliest Evergreen Burials