Forever young,

Forever in our hearts

In memory of

Sophia M. Silva 1980 - 1996

Kathryn "Kati" N. Lisk 1984 - 1997

Kristen M. Lisk 1982 - 1997

they were taken from us too soon.

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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, incorporated in 1925, was created to make the discoveries of University of Wisconsin scientists available to the public. WARF patents return royalties to the University to support new research. The ...

Original Site of Third Baptist Church

The First African American Baptist Church West of the Rocky Mountains

In August 1852, Abraham Brown, Thomas Bundy, Thomas Davenport, Willie Denton, Harry Fields, George Lewis, Fielding Spotts, and Eliza and William Davis organized the church in the Davis home. ...

Battle of Spotsylvania

May 12 - 18, 1864, between the armies of Lee and Grant is unmatched for its display of unyielding heroism and devotion to duty and principle. Here thousands of valorous men, fighting with bayonets and clubbed muskets, wrote their imperishable ...

Roberts Ferry

Originally located 3/8 mile downstream, this ferry was first established by Dr. B. D. Horr about 1850. Later owned by Dickenson and by Osborn, it was purchased by John W. Roberts in 1862 and moved to this location in 1865. ...

First Normal School

Founded as “Minns’ Evening Normal School” in 1857, the school became the State Normal School by act of the state legislature on May 2, 1862. In 1870 the state legislature chose Washington Square as a permanent location. Destroyed by fire ...

John Brown Scaffold

Within these grounds a short distance east of this marker is the site of the scaffold on which John Brown, leader of the Harpers Ferry raid, was executed December the Second, 1859.

Marker is at the intersection of S. Samuel Street ...

Site of Abraham Lincoln's Speech

Aug. 12, 1858

"A house divided cannot stand."

Marker is on S. State Street just north of 3rd Street.

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Emerson Shaft

Eastern Shaft of the Wildman Mine located at the Post Office site. Used as an air chute and hoist shaft to dispose of waste rock later used to pave roads. The mine founded by William T. Wildman, circa 1851

Marker is ...

First Professional Basketball Game

On this site in 1896, was played the first professional basketball game. Fred Cooper, captain of the Trentons, had arranged for the rental of Masonic Temple Hall, after rent was paid, he distributed the remaining money among the players ...