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
This is an original log cabin that was built in the early 1850's on a farm northeast of New Glarus. As families moved in and out of the home additional rooms were added until the log cabin became concealed within a frame home.
In 1975, as the . . . — — Map (db m272251) HM
On 5th Avenue at 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on 5th Avenue.
In memory of the first settlers of the Swiss Colony New Glarus
Aug. 16, 1845
Locators of the Colony: Niklaus Durst • Fridolin Streiff
Monument Committee: O. Babbler • Mel. Schmid • N. Durst
Oswald Babler • Fridolin Babler • Jost . . . — — Map (db m289814) HM
