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Schoonmaker Reef

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
County of Milwaukee.
North of West Street between N. 66th Street (extended) and N. 64th Street (extended)
National Register Number: 97001266
 Resource type: Site.
Property type: Landscape - natural feature. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2004.
Congressional District: WI-4 Certified Local Government: NO
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Statement of Significance (as of designation - September 25, 1997):
This Landmark is a 425-million-year-old fossil reef, one of the first recognized as such in the United States in 1862. Professional geologists used data collected from the reef to formulate theories fundamental in the study of geology.


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