Big Bull Falls • Birthplace of Wausau

In the early 1800s, timber supplies were coming to an end in the eastern United States. The Westward Expansion—the settlement of the prairies and mountainous regions west of the Mississippi—was driving the hunger for more timber with which to build ...

Barnegat Lighthouse

Built 1857-58 by the Federal Lighthouse Board.

First Lighted January 1, 1859.

The present lighthouse replaced an earlier lighthouse built in 1834. The height of the light above sea level is 165 feet. Barnegat Lighthouse was built as a 1st order light, ...

Greenville Treaty Boundary Line

Greenville Treaty

Boundary Line.

Treaty Signed And

Ratified 1795 By

The Indians And

General Anthony Wayne.

By This Treaty

The Land To The North

Was Given

To The Indians

And To The South

To The White Settlers.

Marker is at the intersection of Boundary Road (County Route 73) and Marion - Marysville ...

Wisconsin's First Home-Built Flying Machine

On June 23, 1911, near this location, Wausau native John Schwister became a pio­neer of Wisconsin aviation. Research indicates that on this date Schwister flew the state's first home-built airplane capable of sustained, powered flight. Constructed of wooden ribs covered ...

Bayside Cannery

ca. 1906

Established ca.1906, Bayside Canning Company expanded to become the third largest cannery in the United States by 1931. Under the leadership of Thomas Foon Chew, Bayside was the first cannery in the world to can green asparagus. The main ...

Post Rock Scenic Byway

[History related excerpts from the marker]

Side A

The Midland Hotel

in Wilson was built in 1899 as the most magnificent facility in the Midwest. Featured in the 1973 movie Paper Moon, the hotel was recently restored back to its original splendour.

Wilson is ...

Gettysburg National Military Park

Established by Act of Congress approved February 11, 1895 by which the Secretary of War was authorized to receive all lands and improvements which belonged to the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, a corporation chartered by the State of Pennsylvania 1864 ...

Technology in Timber County...

a Better Way to Build a Dam

Having water around a sawmill is a good thing. It’s easier to move logs and lumber, and put out fires. The Hume-Bennett Lumber Company found this site near good timber and decided a reservoir ...

Turchin's Brigade

Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.

Turchin's Brigade

Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.

Brig. Gen. John B. Turchin.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 5 P.M.

82 Indiana - Col. Morton C. Hunter.

11th Ohio - Lieut. Col. Ogden Street

17th Ohio - Maj. Benjamin F. Butterfield.

17th Ohio - Capt. Benjamin ...

The Battle of Sutherland

The Battle of Sutherland

April 2, 1865

Dedicated in sacred memory to those valiant Confederates who remained steadfast to the end, and who gave their last full measure of devotion in defense of their homeland. Here the Confederates, under the Generals Wilcox ...