An early American method of public transportation prior to the railroad was the stagecoach. This sign commemorates the various routes that served Shawano and other localities. The most notable route was from Shawano to Green Bay with an . . . — — Map (db m60451) HM
A Memorial Before The Great Spirit
To All Veterans
Who Served - Who Fought - Who Died - Who Returned
And Carry On
Dedicated by the Mohican Veterans
2002 — — Map (db m66593) WM
In 1888, The Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Railroad established a depot here at Eland Junction. It became a transportation hub over time, with up to 64 trains passing through daily. The traffic in lumber, iron ore, meat and tourists helped open . . . — — Map (db m297563) HM
In the 1880s the first one room school was built and used until a two story brick building replaced it in 1904, as shown in the picture. This building was, in turn, replaced by a new structure, built on the east side of the village in 1918. The . . . — — Map (db m297591) HM
The depot was opened in 1907. The railroad was known as the Wisconsin Northern or by its nickname, "The Whiskey Northern". In 1921, the railway was sold to the Soo Line Railroad.
A mix of freight and passenger trains ran daily. At that time, . . . — — Map (db m66556) HM
The Highway 156 bridge spanning the
Shioc River in the Town of Navarino
in Shawano County has been designated
as a Memorial in honor and in recognition
of Sgt Avery Wilber a World War II POW and
survivor of the Arisan . . . — — Map (db m77994) WM
Shawano is both a Chippewa and a Menominee Indian term signifying "to the South." Shawano Lake first was given this name because it was the southern boundary of Chippewa tribal territory. The city and county later were named after the lake. Like . . . — — Map (db m8201) HM
In 1905, the Tigerton Village Board purchased land from H.R. Swanke to construct a Village Hall and Engine House for nearly $3,400. Swanke loaned the Village $4,000 to fund the project. In 1906, two jail cells were purchased; one remains in the . . . — — Map (db m297500) HM
The Tigerton Lumber Company was founded in 1887 by Herman R. Swanke and three other men whom Swanke bought out shortly after. The first mill was located on a site on the South Branch of the Embarrass River about one mile west of Tigerton. When . . . — — Map (db m297536) HM
The Norwegian Lutheran Synod dedicated an Indian mission and boarding school on this site in 1887, the same year Congress passed the Dawes Severaty and General Allotment Act. The school boarded as many as 159 children at a time from the Indian . . . — — Map (db m29131) HM
Sacred to the memory of all men and women from the Wittenberg area who served their country to defend and preserve our precious freedom. The solemn pride which must be theirs to have laide so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. No One . . . — — Map (db m297595) WM
Deep concern for the needs of people in the wilderness brought The Rev. E. J. Homme from Winchester, Wisconsin, to this location in 1879 where he could accomplish his dream of social services to orphans, the aged and Indians in an atmosphere of . . . — — Map (db m30942) HM
