Historic Sites in Tomah, WI

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When this site was selected for a settlement in 1855, one of its founders read in an old history of the state that th...

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Robert Howie (1830-1913) came to Tomah in 1858 from County Ayshire Scotland and homesteaded land. Howie worked with R...

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This is Mill Bluff, one of many isolated and rocky castle-like hills which rise abruptly from the surrounding plain. ...

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[graphic of] Prominent Glacial Features Deep winter in Wisconsin lasts about three months. But during the last two mi...

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Monroe County was created in 1854, and Sparta became the county seat. The present building is the third Monroe County...

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This Civil War cannon was captured from Confederate forces by Wisconsin troops on Island Number 10 near Vicksburg. Br...

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The history of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail is almost as fun as the ride. In its prime this section of the Chica...

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Marshy sections of Jackson, Monroe, Wood and Clark counties produce large quantities of Sphagnum moss, providing a ma...

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Lt. Volk was the first Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot killed in the Korean Conflict. Jerome Volk was born March 1...

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The Kickapoo River Watershed covers four counties in Wisconsin: Monroe, Vernon, Richland and Crawford. The Kickapoo R...

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Winnebago Indians call themselves Hochunkgra. A Siouan people, they once occupied the southern half of Wisconsin and ...

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Irish, English, Scotch pioneers settled in this valley about 1850. Their collective struggles and sharing built this ...

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You are standing on what was once the bottom of a glacial lake in which Castle Rock, the formation rising before you,...

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This 32 mile state trail was formerly the mainline of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The conversion from rail...

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Prior to the construction of this building in 1902, the Sparta Free Library had several homes in the community. Schic...

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