German Valley

Historical marker location:

2294 South Erbe Road, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin

( Marker is on South Erbe Road, 2 miles south of U.S. 18-151, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2002

<i>Evangelical Lutheran Parochial Schule</i>.

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.