African American Settlers of Cheyenne Valley

The Cheyenne Valley area near Hillsboro was Wisconsin’s largest rural African American settlement in the 19th century. The State’s early defiance of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and the later demise of the slavery system after the Civil War encouraged ...

Memorial Fountain and Union Soldier Statue

Erected at center of Memorial Square to honor over 5,000 Franklin County soldiers who served in Civil War, 1861-65. Secured through gifts of Franklin County citizens and dedicated July 17, 1878.

Entered in National Register of Historic Places, May 19, 1978. ...

The Fugitive Trail

One of the main Underground Railroad routes came from Madison to the Ohio River north to Holton, Otter Village, and east to Osgood. It then followed the rail line east to Laughery switch, then turned north to Napoleon. So many ...

First Convention For Woman’s Rights

First convention for

Woman’s Rights

Was held on this corner

1848

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Mynderse Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 20.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Flight 93 Memorial

The Story of

The Heroes of Flight 93

The events of September 11th, 2001 are forever etched into the hearts of the family members and loved ones of those who died, the Nation and the world. The United States experienced the worst ...

Site of Ah Louis Store

Here in 1874 was established Ah Louis Store. The first Chinese store in the county, it sold general merchandise and herbs and served as a bank counting house and post office for the numerous Chinese coolies who dug the eight ...

Barbara Fox, Pioneer Lady Inventor

Miss Barbara Fox came to Napoleon in 1852 as a child and lived next door to the Railroad House Hotel. She received United States patents in 1892 and 1895 for a fire escape. On October 12, 1895 she invited people ...

Sacred to the Memory of the Soldiers

Sacred

to the memory

of the

Soldiers

of the War of

1861 to 1865.

Marker can be reached from 4th Avenue 0.3 miles north of County Highway C, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Clark

A strategic installation in the U.S. Army's line of forts along the military road stretching from San Antonio to El Paso, Fort Clark was established in June 1852. Located near natural springs and Las Moras Creek, its site was considered ...

Forests Without Fire

Without fires, forests grow dense with trees that compete for nutrients, sunlight and space. Competition and stress leave forests susceptible to disease, insects and fire. Many plants on the forest floor die competing for nutrients adding to the fallen trees ...