Historical Markers in Lancaster, Wisconsin

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Historical Markers in Lancaster, Wisconsin

1 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Lancaster — 103 — Nelson Dewey — First Governor of Wisconsin —

When Nelson Dewey left his parents' home at Hamilton, New York, at the age of 23, he traveled by stage coach, steamer, sailing vessel, horse-back, and on foot to reach Wisconsin. The trip took five weeks, and Dewey arrived in Cassville in June of . . . — — Map (db m21489) HM

2 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Lancaster — Pleasant Ridge —

In 1848, William Horner of Warren County, Virginia, and his former slaves, the Shepard family, hitched a team of oxen to wagons and ventured west to Wisconsin. They arrived at this point, later to be known as Pleasant Ridge. The Shepards bought . . . — — Map (db m23182) HM

3 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Lancaster — 394 — Pleasant Ridge —

In 1850, pioneer African-American families began arriving in this area when Charles and Caroline Shepard and Isaac and Sarah Shepard arrived from Fauquier County, Virginia. The Shepards came with William Horner, the great-nephew of their former . . . — — Map (db m23181) HM

4 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Lancaster — The First Civil War Monument —

Popular subscription for this Civil War monument was started on September 16, 1862 and completed with public funds. The monument was dedicated on July 4, 1867 "and to the memory of the brave soldiers of Grant County who fell in defense of universal . . . — — Map (db m21488) HM

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