On English Settlement Road, 0.5 miles north of Dunphy Road, on the left when traveling north.
This cemetery marks the gravesites of Welsh families, who began settling here in 1845. They purchased land from the federal government for $1.25 per acre and began establishing farms, building homes, and forming a tight knit community. "The Yankees . . . — — Map (db m35401) HM
On English Settlement Road, 0.5 miles north of Dunphy Road, on the left when traveling north.
The first formal meeting elected the following to have charge of the building of a church: William Reese, Thomas Lewis, James Lloyd, Aaron Jones, Thomas Edmonds, James Francis and Rev. Austin
A sum of $505.00 was raised with a proposal that "a . . . — — Map (db m35402) HM
On 11th Street at 13th Avenue, on the left when traveling east on 11th Street.
Side A The First Methodist Episcopal congregation began building this church in 1869 to replace an earlier church built in 1843. The parsonage was completed in 1886 and the congregation dedicated the completed church in 1887.
The church . . . — — Map (db m35406) HM
On 18th Avenue north of 12th Street, on the right when traveling north.
This Artifact is part of the World Trade Center South Tower. It was recovered in October 2001 and is presented to The Monroe Fire Department in recognition of the service of the emergency responders who protect the Monroe Community. Steel recovered . . . — — Map (db m156072) HM
On State Highway 69 at Lake Road (County Highway F), on the left when traveling south on State Highway 69.
Born in 1836 in Canton Berne, Switzerland, where he learned cheese making, Nickolaus Gerber immigrated to New York and founded that state's first Limburger cheese factory. After hearing reports of successful dairy cattle-raising in Green County, . . . — — Map (db m35473) HM
On 2nd Street at 4th Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 2nd Street.
Herbert Kubly, the grandson of Swiss immigrants, was born on the Kubly Family Farm in New Glarus. A noted author and playwright, Kubly's first book, American in Italy, won the National Book Award in 1956. Kubly also authored ten other books . . . — — Map (db m32127) HM
On Railroad Street at 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Railroad Street.
In 1845 the Emigration Society of the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, sent Nicholas Duerst and Fridolin Streiff to the United States to purchase land for a Swiss settlement. They were joined in August by 108 settlers who began their homesteads on . . . — — Map (db m5052) HM
On County Highway NN, 0.1 miles west of State Highway 69, on the right when traveling west.
In 1828, ox-teams, guided along an ancient Winnebago Indian trail, began hauling lead from Exeter to Mineral Point and Galena over this road.
June 29, 1832, after the Battle of the Pecatonica, Gen. Henry Dodge and his Rangers passed here to . . . — — Map (db m131486) HM
On Postville Road, 0.7 miles north of County Highway H, on the right when traveling north.
This cemetery marks the gravesites of the pioneer settlers of York, Adams, and Primrose Townships, who began settling here in 1838. Many were from the New York state, for which York Township is named. Polly Crowel was the first to be buried here in . . . — — Map (db m120265) HM
