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Historical
Markers - Rock Co., WI
Home
of Governor Harvey
Wisconsin Official
Marker
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Located on the
southwest corner of the intersection of County S and County J,
Shopiere, Turtle Township
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Courtesy of
Kurt Wheeler, Rock County Planning & Development Agency
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- Home of Governor Harvey
- Louis Powell Harvey lived here 1851-1859.
He was a leader in business,
- education, journalism, and politics.
Soon after his inauguration, Gov. Harvey led a relief expedition
to Wisconsin troops who had just fought their first major battle
and suffered big losses in the Battle of Shiloh. While boarding
a steamboat, he fell int o the Tennessee River and drowned. His
wife, Cordelia Perrine Harvey, founded Harvey Hospital for wounded
soldiers in Madison, and was known as the "Wisconsin Angel."
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- Erected in 1953 by the Rock County
Historical Society
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©2006
ALHN-Rock Co., Wisconsin
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