You are standing on what was once the bottom of a glacial lake in which Castle Rock, the formation rising before you, was an island. Thousands of years of erosion by water, ice and wind created the surface features you see in this area.
The . . . — — Map (db m4230) HM
Lt. Volk was the first Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot killed in the Korean Conflict. Jerome Volk was born March 17, 1925, and attended Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. Volk enlisted, went to pilot training, and was commissioned during . . . — — Map (db m39165) HM
Following the Civil War, state officials reorganized the Wisconsin Militia and in 1879 renamed it the Wisconsin National Guard. Adjutant General Chandler P. Chapman of Madison, a veteran of the famed Iron Brigade, purchased 440 acres near the . . . — — Map (db m31744) HM
The thanks of the Nation is extended through the President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States to the people of The Winnebago Tribe in Wisconsin for their unswerving loyalty and patriotism, the splendid service . . . — — Map (db m37190) HM
This 32 mile state trail was formerly the mainline of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The conversion from “rail to trail” represented a new concept in recreational development. Utilizing the abandoned railbed, it was the first . . . — — Map (db m18708) HM
“Keep hopping, hoeing and hoping” said an editorial in 1867 when hops were selling for 50˘ a pound, pickers by the thousands worked in the fields, merchants were selling silks, laces, paisley shawls and grand pianos, and farmers were . . . — — Map (db m52853) HM
Missing in Action John T. Delmore Prisoner of War Charles T. Graves George W. Buffum
Charles P. Tucker Killed in Action Edwward W. Pray Leslie Spence
Abner O. Heald Gilbert J. Pfeifer
Austin Conklin Warren Risley . . . — — Map (db m140975) WM
The Iron Brigade became one of the most celebrated units of the Civil War (1861-1865). Of its five regiments, three came from Wisconsin: the Second, Sixth, and Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. (The other two regiments were the Nineteenth . . . — — Map (db m4119) HM
From its source at Lac Vieux Desert to the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, the Wisconsin River descends 1,071 feet in 430 miles. Twenty-six power dams utilize 640 feet of the fall of the river to produce an annual average of one billion . . . — — Map (db m4132) HM
A living memorial to and in honor of all Wisconsin veterans, living and dead, of all wars in which the United States of America has engaged. Color guard of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment with Old Abe at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863 The . . . — — Map (db m88598) HM WM
A Mauston native, lawyer, and World War I veteran, Loomis served in the state legislature (1929-1934), was first state director of the Rural Electrification Administration (1935-1936), represented Wisconsin at the World Power Conference (1936), and . . . — — Map (db m20386) HM
Built by the Rock Valley Union Chapel Society. Used as a community center, church & Sunday school and 4-H meetings in the late 1940's. Lindinia Town Insurance Company was also organized here. This chapel marks the site of Stewart's Settlement . . . — — Map (db m56423) HM
“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.” For those who cannot, Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac helps reveal the unsuspected natural riches hidden in these sand counties of Wisconsin.
At . . . — — Map (db m4227) HM
Erected to the
Memory of the
Heroes of the War
of 1861–65 by Post
245 G.A.R. Dept. of
Wis. the W.R.C. No. 90
Dept. of Wis. and by
the Citizens of
Necedah.
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Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m32788) HM
Mrs Salter killed here by the Indians June 13 – 1863
2 Indians Jo and Jim Dandy killed by Salter and burried here This ax handle killed the 2 Indians and Mrs. Salter
Puck-a-Gee — — Map (db m31455) HM
To Commemorate the
Sacrifices and Heroic
Devotion of the Brave
Men, the Soldiers of
1861 — 65
Erected by W.P. Mitchell
Post No. 61 G.A.R.
The W.R.C. No. 108
and Citizens of
New Lisbon
. . . — — Map (db m32829) HM
If you had been here 12,000 years ago, you would be standing at the bottom of an 1825 square mile lake called Glacial Lake Wisconsin. It was formed when glacial ice blocked the Wisconsin River, allowing water to back up to Stevens Point. The . . . — — Map (db m158771) HM
Though today only faint traces of early structures remain, this was the site of much industrial activity in the early days of the Village of Wonewoc. From the original log dam and sawmill of the Willard brothers in 1851 to the Power House and Dam . . . — — Map (db m33910) HM
Old rivers, like the Baraboo, have wide flood plains and many wide curves called meanders. These sharp bends and twists frequently become so curved that a loop is formed, separated by only a narrow neck of land. The river eventually cuts across the . . . — — Map (db m158701) HM
Explored by white lumber prospectors in 1842, this site was settled in 1851 and platted as the Village of Wonewoc in 1854. Long the center of a thriving agricultural district with a vibrant local market, the village was originally a lusty lumber . . . — — Map (db m158700) HM
