Father Inama's House Marker
Title
Father Inama's House Marker
Subject
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Description
This marker commemorates Father Inama's hand built log cabin. It reads "He came to the Roxbury-Sac Prairie area in November 1845. Early the nect year he built an 18x20 foot log cabin one mile west of here on the banks of Madison Creek which flows through land given to him by Count Haraszthy, Named St.Norbert House Inama's log cabin became the area's first catholic church, and Inama himself was the first resident Catholic priest in Dane and surrounding counties. Father Inama and his associates traveled the area extensively and organized churches in many south central Wisconsin communities surrounding Roxbury and the Madison lakes this earning for Father Inama, the title "Apostle of the four lakes region."
Creator
Willam J. Toman
Source
The Historical Marker database (HMDB).
Publisher
HMDB
Date
June 26, 2010
Contributor
William Fuchs
Rights
HMDB
Relation
[no text]
Format
jpeg
Language
English
Type
still image
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
[no text]
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