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The Wisconsin Veteran's Home was founded in 1887 by the GAR to house veterans of the Civil War. It was unusual in that it allowed wives to live with the veterans and provided them individual cottages. In 1929 the state took over the home, and to this day it houses veterans of subsequent wars. [48] 24: Veterans Home Chapel: Veterans Home Chapel ...
The city of Waupaca purchased the land and buildings of the defunct Greenwood Park Hotel and donated the grounds to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) for the site of a veterans' home. [1] Civil War physician and GAR member Dr. Frederick Marden was chosen to head a five-member committee to organize a Wisconsin veterans' home.
The Veterans Home Chapel is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin on the grounds of the Wisconsin Veterans Home. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [ 1 ]
The following 64 pages use this file: Bear Creek, Waupaca County, Wisconsin; Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin; Buckbee, Wisconsin; Caledonia, Waupaca County ...
Waupaca County (/ w ə ˈ p æ k ə / ⓘ wə-PAK-ə) [2] is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,812. [3] The county seat is Waupaca. [4] The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1853. [5] It is named after the Waupaca River, a Menominee language name meaning "place of tomorrow seen ...
The 57th Assembly district of the Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [1] Located in central Wisconsin, the district comprises nearly all of Waushara County and most of the southern half of Waupaca County, along with parts of western Winnebago County, southwest Outagamie County, southeast Portage County, and eastern Adams County.
Settled by formerly enslaved African Americans in the 1850s, Pleasant Ridge was home to over 100 people, approximately half of whom were African Americans, through the early 20th century. The last resident died in 1959.
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