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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «wood county» AND «wisconsin»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2014
World War Memorial Granite Base
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Wisconsin, Wood County, Marshfield — World War Memorial —
Near North St. Joseph Avenue near West Kalsched Street, on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated by The People of Marshfield to the Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives for America's Cause During the World War ———— George Arnett · William Arnett · Louis Binder · Frank Boyer · Frederick W. . . . — — Map (db m78336) WM

2 ► Wisconsin, Wood County, Nekoosa — 130 — Point Basse —
Near Prospect Avenue (State Highway 73) 0.5 miles north of State Highway 173, on the right when traveling north.
Five rapids covering a distance of about three miles in this area were referred to as Nekoosa (swift water) by the Chippewa Indians, who made their campground on high Swallow Rock overlooking these rapids. At the lower end of the rapids, Wakeley’s . . . — — Map (db m1109) HM
3 ► Wisconsin, Wood County, Port Edwards — Milwaukee Gasoline Locomotive — Play on me… but be careful! —
Near Wisconsin River Drive (State Highway 54/73) at Jackson Ave, on the left when traveling north.
I was built in the 1920's and helped build several dams along the Wisconsin River. Then Nekoosa Papers Inc. purchased me and I helped build Nepco Lake. Next I saw action working on the Nekoosa Dam and the water pipeline to the Nekoosa mill. Wood . . . — — Map (db m285570) HM

4 ► Wisconsin, Wood County, Nekoosa — Point Basse —
On Wakely Road 0.3 miles west of County Highway Z, on the left when traveling west.
   Point Basse, the French term for "low point" or "shallows," is located in what is now the Wood County township of Saratoga. For thousands of years Native Americans crossed the Wisconsin River here, the midpoint of a trail that ran east and . . . — — Map (db m76360) HM
5 ► Wisconsin, Wood County, Wisconsin Rapids — 533 — Myron "Grim" Natwick — August 16, 1890 — October 7, 1990 —
On 2nd Street South, south of Locust Street, on the left when traveling south.
Wisconsin Rapids native Myron "Grim" Natwick, the "animator's animator" was the creative genius behind Fleischer Studios' cartoon character and cultural icon, Betty Boop. Natwick was also the lead animator of Snow White in Disney's Snow White . . . — — Map (db m34313) HM

6 ► Wisconsin, Wood County, Nekoosa — 28 — Wakely’s Tavern — Pointe Basse
On Wakely Road 0.3 miles west of County Highway Z, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
  Built in 1831, Wakely’s Tavern and Trading Post was the first white settler’s house in present Wood County. River piers, shingle mill, warehouse, and gunpowder pit contributed to making this site a rendezvous for Indians, voyageurs, lumbermen . . . — — Map (db m1193) HM
7 ► Wisconsin, Wood County, Pittsville — History of the Bataan Death March Memorial —
On Wisconsin Route 80 at Maple Street, on the left when traveling south on Wisconsin Route 80.
World War II came to the Philippines the same day it came to Hawaii (December 7, 1941) and in the same manner-a surprise air attack. In the case of the Philippines, however, this initial strike was followed by a full-scale invasion of the main . . . — — Map (db m276866) HM WM

8 ► Wisconsin, Wood County, Port Edwards — 13 — John Edwards Jr. — 1831 – 1891 —
On Wisconsin River Drive 0.3 miles south of Highway 54 & 73, on the left when traveling south.
A native of England, John Edwards Jr. settled in this area in 1859 to assume operation of his father’s sawmill, the nucleus around which the village of Port Edwards developed. Founded in 1840, the Edwards Sawmill was incorporated in 1890 into the . . . — — Map (db m1221) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 13, 2026