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Lapham Peak Marker at base of lookout tower image, Touch for more information
By Paul F, September 20, 2009
Lapham Peak Marker at base of lookout tower
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1 Wisconsin, Waukesha County, Delafield — 328 — Lapham Peak
In 1870, on top of Lapham Peak, then known as Government Hill, the United State Army signal Corps established one of its original National Weather Service signal stations. Weather data was received here from Pikes Peak, Colorado, and relayed to the . . . Map (db m32097) HM
2 Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Downer Woods — 147 — Milwaukee-Downer College
On September 14, 1848, Mrs. William L. Parsons, the wife of a Congregational minister, opened the Milwaukee Female Seminary at the corner of Milwaukee and East Wells. Three years later it was chartered by the Legislature, thus placing Wisconsin in . . . Map (db m32667) HM
3 Wisconsin, Waukesha County, Waukesha — 185 — Carroll College
Carroll College, chartered by the Territorial Legislature in January 31, 1846, is Wisconsin’s oldest college. Named for Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, it advanced the work of Prairieville Academy, founded in 1841 in . . . Map (db m34579) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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