Belle Boyd

Historical marker location:

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

( Marker can be reached from Broadway Road (State Highway 23) 0.2 miles east of State Highway 13/16, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1976

Kilbourn Landmark.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is the oldest and largest public university in the state, and is often referred to as the "Harvard of the Midwest." It was founded in 1848, just two months after Wisconsin became a state.