HISTORICAL MARKERS IN SOUTH WISCONSIN

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County

Location/Nearest Community

Subject


Adams

At the Park, Hwy. 13, 3 miles north of Friendship

Roche-a-Cri State Park

Columbia

Rest Area #12. westbound I-90-94, E of WI River

The Circus

Columbia

711 West James Street, Columbus

Governor James Taylor Lewis

Columbia

Hwy. 113 at Wisconsin River crossing

Merrimac Ferry

Columbia

Hwy. 33, 0.5 east of Portage

Fort Winnebago

Columbia

West Wisconsin and Crook Streets, Portage

Frederick Jackson Turner

Columbia

Hwy. 33, 0.5 mile east of Portage

Marquette

Columbia

Hwy. CM, 5 miles northeast of Portage

Potters' Emigration Society

Columbia

Rest Area #11, eastbound I-90-94, 0.5 mi. E of WI River

Rest Areas on the I-Roads

Columbia

Hwy. 51, 0.5 mile south of Poynette

John Muir View

Columbia

Hwy. 16, 4 miles east of Wisconsin Dells

Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds

Dane

In park off Hwy. A. Albion

Albion Academy

Dane

8770 Ridge Drive, Belleville

Primose Lutheran Church

Dane

1 mile nourtheast of Blue Mounds, Hwy. F

Brigham Park

Dane

Camp Randall Memorial Park, UW-Madison campus

Camp Randall

Dane

Vilas Communication Hall, UW-Madison campus

9XM-WHA

Dane

Bascom Hall, UW-Madison campus

North Hall

Dane

816 State Street, Madison

State Historical Society

Dane

501 South Thornton Avenue, Madison

Yahara River Parkway

Dane

Village Park, 39 Brodhead Street, Mazomanie

Historic Mazomanie

Dane

Hwy. 51, east shore of Lake Waubesa

Stephen Moulton Babcock

Dane

Hwy. 12, 1.5 miles southeast of Sauk City

Battle of Wisconsin Heights

Dane

La Follette County Park, 3 miles north of Stoughton

Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.

Green

Hwy. 69, New Glarus

New Glarus

Green

Lake Riverside Park, Berlin

Upper Fox Valley

Iowa

Hwy. 14, 3 miles east of Arena

Village of Dover

Iowa

Courthouse lawn, Hwy. 151, Dodgeville

Iowa County Courthouse

Iowa

Hwy. YZ, 4 miles east of Dodgeville

Old Military Road

Iowa

114 Shake Rag Street, Mineral Point

Shake Rag

Iowa

Library Park, Mineral Point

Wisconsin Territory

Iowa

Hwy. 14, east of Wisconsin River, near Spring Green

Frank Lloyd Wright

Iowa

Tower Hill State Park, Hwy. C, south of Hwy. 14

Shot Tower

Juneau

Hwy. C, 0.5 mile east of Camp Douglas

Castle Rock

Juneau

Camp Williams, off I-94

Wisconsin Military Reservation

Juneau

On the trail at the western edge of Elroy

Elroy-Sparta State Trail

Juneau

In Village Park, Hwy. HH, Lyndon Station

Hop Raising

Juneau

Rest Area #10, westbound I90-94

The Sand Counties-Aldo Leopold Territory

Juneau

Rest Area #9, eastbound I-90-94, near Mauston

The Wisconsin River

Juneau

Rest Area #9, eastbound I-90-94, near Mauston

The Iron Brigade

Lafayette

First Capitol State Park, Hwy. G, northwest of Belmont

Belmont-Wisconsin Territory 1836

Lafayette

Hwy. 11, 1 mile west of Benton

Father Samuel Mazzuchelli

Lafayette

Hwy. 23, 5 miles south of Mineral Point

Fort Defiance

Lafayette

Hwy. 11, 1 mile west of Shullsburg

Wisconsin Lead Region

Marquette

Hwy. 22, 8 mi. south of Montello

John Muir Country

Marquette

Rest Area #82, Hwy. 51, 4 mi. north of Westfield

Korean War

Rock

Beloit College campus, Beloit

Beloit College

Rock

Tourist Info. Ctr. #22, westbound I-90, south of Beloit

Black Hawk War

Rock

Rest Area-Tourist Information Center, westbound I-90

Medal of Honor

Rock

I-43 at I-90, Beloit

Wisconsin's First Aviator

Rock

Hwy. 140, 4 miles south of Clinton

Jefferson Prairie Settlement

Rock

Hwy. 51, 0.5 miles south of Edgerton

Wisconsin's Tobacco Land

Rock

In Courthouse Park on S. Atwood Ave., Janesville

First State Fair, Oct. 1-2, 1851

Rock

Rock County Historical Society, 10 S. High St., Janesville

Janesville Tank Company

Rock

Rest Area #17, eastbound I-90

Rock River Industry

Rock

Hwy. 51, 3.8 miles south of Janesville

Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859

Rock

18 South Janesville Street, Hwy. 26, Milton

Milton House

Rock

On southwest bank of Storr's Lake, off Hwy. 26, Milton

Storr's Lake, Milton

Rock

Hwy. J, Shopiere

Home of Governor Harvey

Sauk

On South Shore Road in Devil's Lake State Park

Civilian Conservation Corps

Sauk

Hwy. 33 at County U, 5 miles east of Baraboo

Lower Narrows

Sauk

Hwy. 12, 1.5 miles south of Baraboo

Ringling Brothers Circus

Sauk

Reedsburg Area Historical Park, 3 mi. E. of Reedsburg

Clare A. Briggs, Cartoonist

Sauk

Derleth Park, Water Street, Sauk City

August W. Derleth

Sauk

Hwy. 12, 5 miles northwest of Sauk City

The Baraboo Range

Sauk

Hwy. A, 1.5 miles south of Wisconsin Dells

Dawn Manor - Site of Lost City of Newport

Sauk

Hwy. 16, .1 mile west of Wisconsin Dells

Wisconsin Dells

Waushara

County J, 2 miles south of Almond

Sir Henry Wellcome