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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Side view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. A hand-pump is in the background near a brick wall. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Front view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Octagon House, built by the Hon. John Richards and completed in about 1852. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the entrance to the Richards' Octagon House. |
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| Description: | Jacques Vieau, agent for the Northwest Fur Company of Montreal, built a trading post here in 1796, on what is now called Jambo Creek after the nickname the... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The 45th parallel of north latitude marker, marking halfway between the equator and the north pole. The marker is located on Highway 141, three miles north... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the Stevens monument, erected in honor of George Stevens, whom the town is named after, at the site where he landed in 1824. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Nicolet Monument, erected by the Women's Clubs and unveiled in 1906. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The "Genesis" sculpture by Schaler, on the campus of Ripon College. |
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| Description: | Close-up view of the Republican House historical marker. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Masonic Temple marker to commemorate the first Masonic Temple erected in Wisconsin, built in 1845. The marker and temple were moved in 1950 from the town t... |
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| Description: | Old Lead Road Marker. Marker reads: "The Old Lead Road. In 1828, ox-teams, guided along an ancient Winnebago Indian Trail, began hauling over this road. Ju... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Military road marker erected in 1927 by Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution at the foot of the old road opposite Prairie du Chien. The road was built... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The Pierre Pauquette monument, located on the bank of the Wisconsin River where he operated a ferry between the years 1828 and 1836. Erected by the Wau-bun... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An Indian trail marker erected "in honor of our pioneers". This trail later became the Plank Road between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The first h... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | An Indian trail marker erected "in honor of our pioneers". The trail later became the Plank Road between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The first ho... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A marker commemorating the French fort erected by Rene Godefrey, Sieur de Linctot, which existed on this site between 1731-1736. It is thought that the sit... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A marker commemorating the French fort erected by Rene Godefrey, Sieur de Linctot, which existed on this site between 1731-1736. It is thought that the sit... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Chief Oshkosh's statue and grave. Located in Menominee Park, formerly North Park. |
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