Wisconsin is home to nearly 650 state historical markers – those fancy brown, aluminum signs graced with cream-colored serif, staples in front of old buildings and on road trips planned by documentary-loving dads. Located in almost every county (check out an interactive map of them here ), the markers commemorate important people, places and events in Badger State lore – everything from Laura Ingalls Wilder to the state’s first African-American church to the World’s Largest Penny .

So, we were wondering: Who writes these things?

Unfortunately, there is no official marker writer who spends every daylight hour poring over historical records in a basement somewhere. Instead, it’s a collaborative process between the Wisconsin Historical Society and the person or

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