Stephen Moulton Babcock

Historical marker location:

McFarland, Wisconsin

( Marker can be reached from U.S. 51, 0.2 miles south of Burma Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1963

1843 1931.

The deadliest tornado in Wisconsin's history occurred on May 18, 1883, when a tornado swept through the town of Rochester, killing 117 people and injuring more than 200 others.