It’s true that there is no direct connection between Wisconsin State Parks and Wisconsin Historical Markers. The only commonality is that I’d like to visit all of them – both the parks and the markers.
And so here is where you will find links to brief descriptions and some photos of the Historical Markers that I’ve visited (if that’s the proper word). There isn’t often much to say about a marker, other than what the marker itself says.
If you want more details and pictures of them, I highly recommend you visit the Historical Markers Database (HMdb). You’ll find much more information there about markers of all sorts from all over the country. If you want to see just the official Wisconsin markers, you’ll find them on this page.
Below is a list of the markers I’ve seen – or, in the cases of missing markers, the locations where they should have been. They’re obviously in numerical order, which is not the order in which I visited them.
- 6 – Radisson-Groselliers Fort – Ashland
- 25 – First Church of Christ Scientist – Oconto
- 49 – Madeline Island – Washburn
- 53 – Old Copper Culture Cemetery – Copper Culture State Park, Oconto
- 55 – Northern Highland – Crandon
- 64 – Major “Dick” Bong – Poplar
- 78 – Mission of St. Francis Xavier – Oconto
- 79 – Admiral Marc A. Mitscher – Hillsboro
- 100 – Hamlin Garland 1860-1940 – West Salem
- 101 – Hamlin Garland – West Salem
- 113 – Gogebic Iron Range – Hurley
- 124 – Mesas and Buttes – Mill Bluff State Park, Camp Douglas
- 151 – Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium – Lake Nebagamon
- 167 – First Rural Zoning Ordinance – Rhinelander
- 178 – The Circus – Rest Area #12, Portage
- 203 – Winnebago Indians – Rest Area #53, Black River Falls
- 204 – Sphagnum Moss – Rest Area #53, Black River Falls
- 207 – Laona School Forest – Laona
- 224 – Northland College – Ashland
- 238 – Shot Tower – Tower Hill State Park, Spring Green
- 245 – Clare A. Briggs – Cartoonist – Reedsburg
- 263 – Wisconsin’s Dairy Industry – Rest Area #51, Denmark
- 264 – Upper Mississippi – Rest Area #31, La Crosse
- 267 – The Valley View Site – La Crosse
- 268 – Wisconsin’s Maritime Industries – Rest Area $52, Denmark
- 294 – Korean War – Rest Area #82, Westfield
- 296 – Major General C. C. Washburn – Rest Area #31, La Crosse
- 304 – Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy – Ashland
- 306 – World War I – Rest Area #62, Menomonie
- 313 – In Service to Their Country – Rest Area #14, Johnson Creek
- 314 – Iron Mining in Wisconsin – Hurley
- 321 – Belgian Settlement in Wisconsin – Namur
- 338 – The Lower Narrows – Baraboo
- 349 – Village of Neshonoc – West Salem
- 373 – Denmark – Denmark (missing)
- 377 – Rock Mill – Maribel
- 383 – African American Settlers of Cheyenne Valley – Hillsboro
- 386 – Alexander Noble House – Fish Creek
- 417 – Leathem and Smith Quarry – Sturgeon Bay
- 439 – Merrill City Hall – Merrill (missing)
- 471 – Three Arch Stone Bridge – Merrill
- 477 – Lena Road Schoolhouse – Coleman
- 486 – Brady’s Bluff – Perrot State Park, Trempealeau
- 487 – U. S. Post Office – Sparta
- 488 – Masonic Lodge – Sparta
- 489 – Monroe County Courthouse – Sparta
- 490 – Sparta Free Library – Sparta
- 493 – Jacksonport United Methodist Church – Jacksonport
- 520 – Donald “Deke” Slayton – Leon
- 521 – Episcopal Church of the Holy Nativity – Jacksonport
- 537 – St. Hedwig’s / Poznan Colony – Thorp
- 538 – Stanley Toy Company – Oconto
- 544 – Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church – Egg Harbor
- 559 – New London Fairground – New London
- 563 – Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb – Woodruff
- 579 – Farnsworth Public Library – Oconto
- 580 – St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church – Jacksonport
- 592 – The Brussels Cemetery Grotto – Brussels
- 595 – World’s Largest Penny – Woodruff