Related Historical Markers

By Paul F, May 25, 2010

Carl Sandburg Hall Marker

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Downer Woods — 206 — Carl Sandburg Hall —

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), poet, balladeer, biographer of Lincoln, soldier in the Spanish-American War, came from Illinois to Wisconsin in December 1907 as a state organizer for the Social-Democratic party in eastern Wisconsin. After marrying . . . — — Map (db m32619) HM

2 ► Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Downer Woods — 256 — Golda Meir — 1898-1978 —

The UWM Library is named for Golda Meir. Born Goldie Mabowehz in the Ukraine, she migrated to Milwaukee in 1906, was educated at Fourth Street School, North Division High School, and in present Mitchell Hall of Milwaukee Normal School (1916-17). She . . . — — Map (db m32664) HM

3 ► Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Downer Woods — 308 — The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee —

Milwaukee’s State Normal School, which was founded in 1885 on the city’s west side to train teachers, relocated in 1909 to this building, Mitchell Hall, then located on 11–1/2 acres. Designed by Van Ryn and de Gelleke, expanded in 1912, and named . . . — — Map (db m32666) HM