Dutch Settlement
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frankhj
N 43° 34.951 W 087° 48.002
16T E 435409 N 4825816
Dutch Settlement Marker between Oostburg and Cedar Grove. There is also a memorial marker here for a tragic traffic accident that happened in the fog on I-43 near Cedar Grove on October 11, 2002 that claimed the lives of 10 individuals.
Waymark Code: WM1X58
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2007
Views: 56
The names of many places and families in this vicinity reflect the origin of its early settlers. Most of the settlers of Cedar Grove and Oostburg were from the province of Zeeland, although some have lived for a time in New York before catching the westward fever in the 1840's. Here the settler cleared sufficient ground for his new home, which was raised or "logged up" with the help of neighbors. Inside, wrote Pieter Daane in 1847, "very many had nothing but a ground floor; stools sawed from logs were the only seats, a chest answered for a table". One group of about 300 immigrants headed for new homes here in 1847 met with disaster. After completing the long journey from Holland, they were within five miles of their goal when fire broke out aboard the "Phoenix" and more than 200 lives were lost.
County: Sheboygan
Location: Wayside
MarkerID: 44
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