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Related Historical Markers
This is a list of markers regarding Wisconsin Dutch settlers.
By Keith L, June 19, 2010
The Phoenix Tragedy Marker
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| On Broughton Drive, 0.2 miles east of Barrett Street. |
| | On November 21, 1847, one of the most tragic shipwrecks in Great Lakes' history occurred five miles off Lake Michigan's shore within sight of this location. The steamship Phoenix carrying over 225 passengers, including 175 Dutch . . . — — Map (db m32231) HM |
| Near Broughton Drive at New York Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On November 21, 1847 the propeller steamer Phoenix burned, with the loss of 190 to 250 lives, seven miles north of the Sheboygan Harbor. At the time of her loss the Phoenix carried close to 300 passengers and crewmen. Most of the . . . — — Map (db m41888) HM |
| On South Tenth Street at Center Avenue (County Highway A), on the left when traveling south on South Tenth Street. |
| | The Dutch settlement of Oostburg, founded in the 1840s and named for a town in the Netherlands, was once located two miles to the southeast. In 1873, to attract the railroad to this location, local businessman Peter Daane constructed and donated a . . . — — Map (db m41734) HM |
| On Sauk Trail Road, 0.8 miles north of East Union Avenue (Wisconsin Highway 32), on the left when traveling north. |
| | The names of many places and families in this vicinity reflect the origin of its early settlers. Most of the settlers of Cedar Grove and Oostburg were from the province of Zeeland, although some have lived for a time in New York before catching the . . . — — Map (db m41735) HM |
| On South Main Street at West Center Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street. |
| | In 1847 Reverend Pieter Zonne led a group of Netherlanders, originally from the Gelderland Province, to this area where a few other Dutch immigrant families had recently settled. Enticed by Zonne's energetic advertisements that "there is plenty of . . . — — Map (db m41737) HM |
| On Green Bay Road (State Highway 31) at 95th Street, on the right when traveling north on Green Bay Road. |
| | Green Bay Road was the main route of settlement and communication in 19th century eastern Wisconsin. The road followed an ancient Indian trail network and was surveyed for use as a military road between Fort Dearborn (Chicago) and Fort Howard (Green . . . — — Map (db m66625) HM |
May. 8, 2024