ON THIS SPOT _ Issue 1
From the Lake Michigan shoreline to the banks of the Mississippi River, from Bayfield to Beloit, the Union's 30th state boasts an eclectic, fascinating, impressive history that is often overlooked in favor of the east coast colonies. From the first peoples who have cherished the land from time immemorial; to the arrival of the French explorers, "voyageurs" and Catholic missionaries in the 1600's; to the pioneer settlers who arrived in droves from the late-1700's to the mid-1800's, Wisconsin's history has been shaped by an enviable array of people, places, cultures, languages, and events that influence residents and visitors even today. Through interviews with those who placed the markers, ON THIS SPOT augments the popular WisconsinHistoricalMarkers.blogspot.com website and provide readers with a deeper understanding of the history briefly recounted in a marker's content, such that, when in the area, readers may be inspired to "stop and visit the spot".
From the Lake Michigan shoreline to the banks of the
Mississippi River, from Bayfield to Beloit, the Union's 30th state
boasts an eclectic, fascinating, impressive history that is often
overlooked in favor of the east coast colonies. From the first peoples
who have cherished the land from time immemorial; to the arrival of
the French explorers, "voyageurs" and Catholic missionaries in the
1600's; to the pioneer settlers who arrived in droves from the
late-1700's to the mid-1800's, Wisconsin's history has been shaped
by an enviable array of people, places, cultures, languages, and
events that influence residents and visitors even today.
Through interviews with those who placed the markers, ON THIS
SPOT augments the popular WisconsinHistoricalMarkers.blogspot.com website and provide readers with a deeper understanding
of the history briefly recounted in a marker's content,
such that, when in the area, readers may be
inspired to "stop and visit the spot".
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still active, and includes dive sites and lighthouses,<br />
in addition to the markers.<br />
Over the years, county and local historical societies<br />
have implemented their own, sometimes extensive,<br />
marker programs – most notably Dane County,<br />
Milwaukee County, Chippewa County, and<br />
Washington County. Local groups and individuals<br />
have also participated in the marking of Wisconsin.<br />
The Wisconsin Historical Markers project began in<br />
June 2012, 99 years after the 1913 publication of the<br />
Bulletin of Information No. 70, and is the first 21st<br />
century effort to identify, locate, document, and<br />
digitally record Wisconsin’s historical markers and<br />
sites. The Wisconsin Historical Markers website<br />
currently boasts more than 5,500 posts of historical<br />
markers and sites, museums, lighthouses, veterans<br />
memorials, vintage hamburger joints, and Smokey<br />
the Bear signs, along with more than 60,000 photographs<br />
it is the most comprehensive survey of its<br />
kind anywhere online.<br />
With Wisconsin's historical markers you can follow<br />
the trail of Black Hawk and his people as they fled<br />
Mysterious Aztalan<br />
and its sacred platform mound<br />
from Wisconsin Heights to the Mississippi River. You<br />
can walk in the field where Abraham Lincoln’s horse<br />
was stolen while he slept. You can visit the gravesites<br />
of 40 soldiers of the American Revolution; the<br />
gravesite of Lansing A. Wilcox, Wisconsin’s last Civil<br />
War veteran (who died at age 105 years, 6 months<br />
and 26 days); and the intriguing burial mound of an<br />
early indigenous “princess”.<br />
You can stand at the bisect of the 90th meridian of<br />
longitude and the 45th parallel of latitude, and at the<br />
“exact center” of the State of Wisconsin. You can<br />
leave tobacco at “Spirit Rock”, sacred to the<br />
Menominee; you can walk isolated, wooded pathways<br />
leading to ancient effigy mounds; you can<br />
climb the platform mound at mysterious Aztalan; and<br />
you can follow the Wisconsin leg of the Yellowstone<br />
Trail.<br />
The 45x90 marker is misidentified<br />
as a "geological" marker<br />
Wisconsin is the birthplace of Flag Day and the<br />
Republican Party. Wisconsinites developed the<br />
typewriter, the snowmobile, the outboard motor, and<br />
fourwheel drive, and Wisconsin is home to world<br />
famous Colby cheese.
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