Verbeck Residence

Historical marker location:

906 E Decorah Rd, West Bend, Wisconsin

( Marker is on East Decorah Road, 0.7 miles west of South Main Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1997

West Bend, Wisconsin.

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.