Historical Markers in Pewaukee, Wisconsin

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Historical Markers in Pewaukee, Wisconsin

1 ► Wisconsin, Waukesha County, Pewaukee — 26-04 — CFR Engines Inc. —

The cooperative Fuel Research (CFR) Committee was established in 1922 to respond to the need of refiners and engine builders to develop a means of measuring and defining gasoline combustion characteristics. The Committee consisted of . . . — — Map (db m235804) HM

2 ► Wisconsin, Waukesha County, Pewaukee — 26-01 — Clark House Museum —

Asa Mosley Clark, son of Pewaukee’s first settler, built this house in 1844 to provide food and shelter for travelers & their horses. Located along the Watertown Plank Rd. the inn was a favorite stopping place for people traveling between Milwaukee . . . — — Map (db m44560) HM

3 ► Wisconsin, Waukesha County, Pewaukee — 26-02 — Pewaukee Village — Incorporated 1876 — PE-WAUK-EE-WEE-NING, "meaning Lake of Shells" —

Site of Potowatomi village. Vermonter Asa Clark arrived in 1836 and acquired most of the land around the northeast shore of the lake. He built a dam in 1839, also a sawmill and grist mill. The population increased as Yankee settlers arrived. Early . . . — — Map (db m44561) HM

4 ► Wisconsin, Waukesha County, Pewaukee — 26-03 — Waukesha Beach Amusement Park —

On the 67 acres N & W of this marker was the former site of Waukesha Beach Amusement Park, which officially opened on June 25, 1895 with a swimming beach on Pewaukee Lake. It included the Palm Gardens ballroom, a hotel, 3 roller coasters, a fun . . . — — Map (db m80531) HM

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