Georgia O'Keeffe

This world-renowned artist was born in the Town of Sun Prairie on November 15, 1887. She was the second of seven children born to Francis and Ida O'Keeffe. Georgia grew up on the family farm south of the city of ...

Site of a Tulip Tree

Used as a signal station

· by ·

Confederate soldiers under

Gen. Jubal A. Early

during the attack on

· Washington ·

July 11 and 12, 1864

Also used by

Confederate Sharpshooters

The lower plaque reads:

Two cannon balls

Relics ...

The Norway House & the Birthplace of Alexander Wiley

Built in 1871 by Alexander Wiley Sr. and Nels Elikson, the rooming house over the years was home for hundreds of immigrants, lumber jacks, mill workers, farm hands and log drivers (known as river pigs). In 1887 Wiley Sr. became ...

John A. Johnson made Madison's Factory District Flourish

The Madison Heritage Series

John A. Johnson made a bold move when he co-founded an agricultural implement company in Madison in 1880. Many civic leaders opposed manufacturing, fearing the workers would lower the city's moral and intellectual tone.

But Johnson proved ...

341st Fighter Squadron

The "Blackjack" Squadron

Dedicated to all the men of the

341st Fighter Squadron,

348th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force

Pacific Theater WWII

Dedicated 26 September 1986

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World-famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright called Madison his hom

The Madison Heritage Series

In 1879, the family of young Frank Lloyd Wright bought a house at 802 East Gorham Street, a house that was later demolished.

Wright's years in Madison were formative. As a teenager, he witnessed the tragic collapse of ...

The Story of Trenton

Settled in 1679, Trenton looks back on more than 300 years of tumultuous history. Scene of the two Battles of Trenton in 1776 and 1777 and New Jersey’s State capital since 1790, Trenton embarked on the path that turned the ...

Grant County / State of Maryland

Grant County. Formed in 1866 from Hardy, Named for General Grant, later President. At the northwestern corner is the Fairfax Stone, which established the limits of the lands of Lord Fairfax. The county has many mountain peaks and beautiful scenery.

State ...

U.S. Army of the West — Mormon Battalion

Longest Sustained March in U.S. Military History, 1846-1847.

Between 1846 and 1848, the United States and Mexico went to war. One of the major directives of the United States during this war was to secure its western border and to occupy ...

Knox County Veterans Walk of Honor

So proudly we stand

in tribute to the

Veterans of

America as one

nation under

God with

liberty and

freedom

for all.

Welcome to the Knox County Veterans Walk of Honor

Public Square Flag Pole

Dedicated: May 26, 2008

Marker is on Public Square, on the left when traveling east.

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