Washington County Courthouse Square

Historical marker location:

320 South 5th Avenue, West Bend, Wisconsin

( Marker is on South 5th Avenue near Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2000

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.