Historic monument to John Wise, pioneer aeronaut, born in Lancaster in 1808 and died in Lake Michigan September 29, 1879. Tablet erected by Lancaster County Historical Society, 1955.
Photograph- Cabinet card identified first as John Wise, balloonist, but a note on the photograph says that former librarian Laura Lundgren thought it may be John Wise's son, Charles Wise.
Photograph- Cabinet card identified first as John Wise, balloonist, but a note on the photograph says that former librarian Laura Lundgren thought it may be John Wise's son, Charles Wise.
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Cabinet card identified first as John Wise, balloonist, but a note on the photograph says that former librarian Laura Lundgren thought it may be John Wise's son, Charles Wise.