History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin's Historical Markers

This guide to Wisconsin's historical markers is designed to acquaint readers and travelers with many of the dramatic events and noteworthy achievements that help to comprise Wisconsin history. History Just Ahead can be a companion book for the thousands of curious visitors, travelers, and residents who pause to read Wisconsin's markers every year. Containing over 400 marker texts and 100 illustrations, conveniently organzied by regions and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870203177
• ISBN13: 9780870203176
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An impressively presented guide

History Just Ahead: A Guide To Wisconsin's Historical Markers is an impressively presented guide to Wisconsin's numerous historical markers, identifying and designated key people, places, and events in the Badger State's history. Profusely illustrated throughout, History Just Ahead is divided regionally into Southeast, South Central, Southwest, Northwest, and Northeast sections. Each section is preceded with a regional map, the villages, towns, and cities within each region are presented alphabetically. Very highly recommended for personal as well as Wisconsin school and community library collections, this authoritative, "user friendly" guide is enhanced with an informative introduction, a "How to Use the Guidebook" section, a Map of Wisconsin, a Photo of State Historical Marker, a numerical list of official Wisconsin historical markers, and a comprehensive index.