Historical Markers and War Memorials in Pierce County, Wisconsin
Adjacent to Pierce County, Wisconsin
▶ Dunn County(17) ▶ Pepin County(6) ▶ St. Croix County(26) ▶ Dakota County, Minnesota(38) ▶ Goodhue County, Minnesota(24) ▶ Washington County, Minnesota(57)
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June 24, 1989
Dedicated to those from
Pierce County
who gave their lives
in service to their country.
Given by
Bob and Evelyn Young,
Ellsworth Class of 1939,
Pierce County Posts, . . . — — Map (db m36321) HM
The rock outline you see on the distant bluff is an archeological curiosity. Jacob V. Brower, a Minnesota archeologist, observed this formation in 1902 and interpreted it as a bow and arrow. In 1903 he wrote, "Some of the stones representing the . . . — — Map (db m9943) HM
The restoration of this church and cemetery is in memory of the early pioneers who brought with them their Christian faith upon which they built their homes and communities.
Established 1872
Dedicated to early pioneers
This Swedish . . . — — Map (db m39752) HM
This beautiful lake is twenty-two miles long, varies in width from one to two and a half miles, and covers about thirty-eight square miles. It was caused by the delta of the Chippewa spreading across the gorge of the Mississippi at the southeastern . . . — — Map (db m10026) HM
French traders and Native Americans traveled these rich hunting grounds over 300 years ago. When European settlement began in this area about 150 years later, many settlers followed the old St. Antoine Trail east from the Mississippi River to this . . . — — Map (db m48727) HM
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