Saint Peter's Catholic Church

In the early 1850's, settlers from Rhine, Bavaria, Bohemia, and Luxembourg came to this part of Wisconsin now known as Tilden Township. They vowed to build a church in honor of the "Blessed Virgin Mother of God" giving thanks for ...

Chapman Park

Dedicated to Rockland Patrolman

John D. Chapman

Law Enforcement Officer

Killed in the Line of Duty

at this location on February 16, 1938

Marker is at the intersection of Park Street (U.S. 1) and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Park Street. ...

Civil War and Edwin Libby Post No. 16, G.A.R. Memorial

To the memory of those men who claiming Rockland

by birth or by adoption as their home

served in the Army & Navy of the United States

War of 1861-1865

Here stood for many years the home of

Edwin Libby Post No. 16

Grand Army of ...

Palmyra Confederate Monument

Erected to the memory of

Capt. Thomas A. Sidenor

Willis T. Baker

Thomas Humston

Morgan Bixler

John Y. Mc Pheeters

Hiram T. Smith

Herbert Hudson

John M. Wade

Francis M. Lear

Eleazer Lake

Marker is on South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Palmyra

Side A:

Palmyra, founded in 1819, was for many years the northernmost town on the Salt River Trail from St. Charles to the Des Moines River. A Federal Land Office for the Salt River area located here, 1824 – 58, led ...

Palmyra Massacre

A State Divided

The Palmyra Massacre

The Palmyra Massacre was a grim ending to Confederate Col. Joseph Porter's 1862 recruiting campaign in northeast Missouri. Besides recruiting local men for the Confederate army, Porter attacked Union outposts and patrols all summer long. In ...

Uptown Theater

Opened June 30, 1930. In 1956, Walt and Roy Disney held the Midwest premiere of their feature film "The Great Locomotive Chase" in this theater. They personally greeted each child at the door. Walt and Roy took the stage before ...

First Congregational Church of Ripon

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Ransom Street 0.1 miles south of West Fond du Lac Street, on the right when traveling south.

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The Happy Place

In 1950 Walt recreated the barn from Marceline at his home in California and used it as his personal workshop.

It became his "Happy Place" and became the birthplace of "Disney Imagineering."

Marker can be reached from West Broadway Avenue 0.1 miles ...

Sokup's Market

Joseph Sokup opened Sokup’s Market in Downtown Chippewa Falls around 1891 on the northwest corner of Bay and Willow Streets. He built the current grocery store at 624 N. Bridge Street in 1894. The market is one of the oldest ...