Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

824 Fredonia Avenue, Fredonia, Wisconsin

( Memorial is on Fredonia Avenue (County Road A / H) west of Hill Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1994

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.