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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the Nicolet monument at the site where Nicolet is supposed to have landed in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A shell of the Civil War period, recovered from the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and presented to the First Capitol State Park by the GAR... |
| 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: | 03 29 1945 |
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| Description: | Fifteen nurses from Wisconsin General Hospital, who are entering military service, standing in front of a plaque reading: "1920-1924 A memorial to those wh... |
| 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: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Red Bird monument, erected on the site of Ft. Winnebago and Red Bird's surrender. There is a cannon on the lawn behind the monument. A road is along th... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Pierre Pauquette monument located at the easterm terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoluti... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of the Pierre Pauquette monument located at the eastern terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the America... |
| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A view of the plaque on a maple tree outside the State Mining School. It reads: "Planted April 1869 by Professor Charles H. Allen, Professor Duncan McGrego... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of a marker on highway 41 designating the half way point between the Equator and the North Pole. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of the statue dedicated to Chief Oshkosh of the Menominee Tribe. Sculpted by Trentanove. Located in Menominee Park, formerly North Park. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A statue of Oshkosh, head chief of the Menominee Indian Tribe in North Park (Menominee Park). Sculpted by Gaetano Trentanove of Florence, Italy. Unveiled J... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the memorial to Camp Bragg, with a tablet, located in Menominee Park. It is surrounded by Civil War cannons. Snow is on the ground, and buildings a... |
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