William Beaumont, M. D.

Historical marker location:

717 South Beaumont Road, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of South Beaumont Road and West Rice Street, on the right when traveling south on South Beaumont Road.)

Marker installed: 1931

Pioneer in Physiology.

The first ever televised political debate was held in Wisconsin during the 1950 U.S. Senate race between Joseph McCarthy and Robert La Follette Jr.