Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mazomanie, Wisconsin
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Mazomanie is in Dane County
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Crescent Street Factories
Crescent Street, located just beyond the buildings to the north, was the principal industrial street in the village during the 1800s. In addition to a cheese factory and creamery, a number of other factories produced . . . — — Map (db m90072) HM
On Brodhead Street north of West Exchange Street, on the left when traveling north.
It was here at Mazomanie in the late 1870's that John F. Appleby perfected the knotter. Still used on binders and balers, the knotter is a mechanical device which binds grain into compact bundles with twine.
Appleby was born in New York State . . . — — Map (db m20255) HM
Near Cramer Street north of East High Street, on the left when traveling north.
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
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In 1857 George Lynch and George Walker, both of Milwaukee, . . . — — Map (db m60891) HM
On Brodhead Street at American Legion Street, on the right when traveling north on Brodhead Street.
In 1850, the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road Company began building a line to span the lower third of Wisconsin between Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien. Chief Engineer Edward Brodhead concluded that this area's topographical features were ideal . . . — — Map (db m239041) HM
On County Road Y, 0.7 miles west of State Highway 78, on the left when traveling west.
When the last glacier melted some 10,000 years ago, the Wisconsin River swelled to more than 100 times its present size and carried billions of tons of fine sand and gravel on its way to the Mississippi River. As the meltwater decreased, it . . . — — Map (db m36984) HM
On State Highway 19 at County Highway F, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 19.
This building is Dane County's oldest existing country schoolhouse. Repeated remodelings conceal an original framework of logs.
The land was donated for school purposes in 1844 by Mary Fowler, a widow and member of the British Temperance . . . — — Map (db m41392) HM
On County Highway F at County Highway FF, on the left when traveling north on County Highway F.
In 1898 at this site a post office named Peculiar was opened in Tom Denny's farmhouse. Many colorful tales are told as to how it got its name. — — Map (db m55581) HM
On Brodhead Street (County Road Y) at American Legion Street, on the right when traveling south on Brodhead Street.
In July 1881 the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad built a branch line connecting Mazomanie with Sauk City and Prairie du Sac. The July 30 issue of the Mazomanie Sickle proclaimed the event with the headline: "Ho, for Sauk! Iron-way . . . — — Map (db m167552) HM
On Brodhead Street (County Road Y) at the railroad grade crossing, on the right when traveling north on Brodhead Street.
Erected in 2005 to commemorate the
150th anniversary of the
founding of Mazomanie
and to honor the men and women
who faithfully served our country
in the Armed Forces — — Map (db m90028) HM WM
On Brodhead Street (County Road Y) at American Legion Street, on the right when traveling south on Brodhead Street.
The Mazomanie Depot is the oldest wood frame depot in Wisconsin. It was built in 1857 by the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad Company to replace the original depot which had been destroyed by fire earlier in the same year.
During the heyday of . . . — — Map (db m167554) HM
On Brodhead Street (County Road Y) at American Legion Street, on the left when traveling north on Brodhead Street.
In August 1992 thirty-four commercial buildings in Mazomanie were placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. They represent nearly all of the old commercial portion of the village and give the district a . . . — — Map (db m167556) HM
On Brodhead Street (County Road Y) at the railroad grade crossing, on the right when traveling north on Brodhead Street.
The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad Company, immediate successor of the Milwaukee and Waukesha formed in 1850, built the first railroad line across Wisconsin between Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien. Edward H. Brodhead was hired as Chief Engineer . . . — — Map (db m167553) HM
On Brodhead Street at Crescent Street, on the left when traveling north on Brodhead Street.
On November 27, 1882, the Ringling Brothers of Baraboo formally started in the show business in Mazomanie, Wis. Here, in Schmitz Hall was presented The Ringling Bros. Classic and Comic Concert Co. Two years later the brothers started their own . . . — — Map (db m109264) HM
On Cramer Street at the railroad grade crossing, on the right when traveling south on Cramer Street.
"Wreck at Mazomanie, Two freight trains in head-on collision; No lives lost, engineers and trainmen save themselves by timely jumping."
A headline in the Sauk County News announced a collision between two freight trains on June 1, 1906, . . . — — Map (db m90075) HM
The Turntable
The railroad yards included a turntable on which locomotives and their tenders could be either turned around or directed into an adjacent engine house. The turntable was built of wooden beams and planks resting on a lubricated . . . — — Map (db m90067) HM
