Horicon Marsh Marker

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Near Waupun in Dodge County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Horicon Marsh

By Keith L, September 27, 2009

1. Horicon Marsh Marker

Inscription. Horicon Marsh, an area of 31,653 acres, was scoured out by the Wisconsin glacier, at least 10,000 years ago. Gradually the upper Rock River made deposits which slowed its current and spread its waters over the marshland. The Marsh became a haunt of the earliest Indians whose mounds remain. To promote lumbering, transportation, and agriculture white pioneers built a dam in 1846. Horicon Lake, covering 51 square miles, became famous for hunting and fishing. The dam was removed in 1869, restoring the marsh, which was subjected to various development schemes that changed its character. Climaxing a twenty year struggle by conservationists, Horicon National Wildlife Refuge was established July 16, 1941. The State controls the south 10,857 acres; the Federal government, the north 20,796. A wide range of wild fowl, many varieties of small birds, and numerous fur-bearing animals constitute the population of Horicon Marsh.

Erected 1959 by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Location. 43° 37.986′ N, 88° 38.724′ W. Marker is near Waupun, Wisconsin, in Dodge County. Marker is on State Highway 49 2.7 miles east of County Highway I, on the left when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is along the north shoulder of the highway. Marker is in this post office area: Waupun WI 53963, United States of America.

By Keith L, September 27, 2009

2. Horicon Marsh Marker

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Auto Race (approx. 3.7 miles away); Clarence Addison Shaler (approx. 4.2 miles away); The End of the Trail (approx. 4.3 miles away); The Raube Road Site (approx. 7.9 miles away); Pioneer Military Road (approx. 13.3 miles away); Dodge County Memorial Park (approx. 13.6 miles away); Wisconsin Progressive Party (approx. 14 miles away); Frederick Douglass (approx. 15.6 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Waupun.

Also see . . . Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area. "Horicon Marsh is the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States... While this marsh is renown for its migrant flocks of Canada geese, it is also home to more than 290 kinds of birds which have been sighted over the years." (Submitted on October 8, 2009.)