Near Babcock in Wood County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Wallace B. Grange
Photographed By Keith L, June 1, 2023
1. Wallace B. Grange Marker
Author, Naturalist, Historian
Est. Sandhill Game Farm - 1937
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Animals. A significant historical year for this entry is 1937.
Location. 44° 20.22′ N, 90° 10.947′ W. Marker is near Babcock, Wisconsin, in Wood County. Marker is on Trumpeter Trail, on the right when traveling north. Marker is within the Sandhill Wildlife Area. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1715 County Highway X, Babcock WI 54413, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Gallagher Foundation (approx. half a mile away); Babcock (approx. 4.2 miles away); Center of the State of Wisconsin (approx. 7.4 miles away); City Founders’ Cemetery (approx. 7.7 miles away); City Point Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.7 miles away); Cranberry Culture (approx. 10 miles away); Indian Bill Cemetery (approx. 14.2 miles away); Indian Dance Rings (approx. 14.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Babcock.
More about this marker. The marker is located a considerable distance beyond the entrance gate along an unpaved, one-lane trail. Eventually, there will be a three-mile shortcut to the exit gate – but continue on the longer trail to reach the marker.
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1. Observation Towers and Trumpeter Trail of Sandhill Wildlife Area.
The Trumpeter Trail is a 14-mile auto tour that takes about two hours to complete.(Submitted on June 2, 2023.)
2. Sandhill Game Farm and the Grange Era.
During the peak of the Great Depression in the 1930s, an entrepreneur named Wallace Grange and his wife, Hazel purchased 9,460 acres of abandoned, tax-delinquent "wasteland." Before purchasing the land that would eventually become Sandhill Wildlife Area, Wallace Grange spent a career working in game management with the former Wisconsin Conservation Department (now the Wisconsin DNR) as the state's first superintendent of game management and for the U.S. Biological Survey (now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) as a biologist.(Submitted on June 2, 2023.)
Photographed By Keith L, June 1, 2023
2. Wallace B. Grange Marker
Photographed By Keith L, June 1, 2023
3. Wallace B. Grange Marker
Photographed By Keith L, June 1, 2023
4. Sandhill Wildlife Area
Credits. This page was last revised on June 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2023, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 2, 2023, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
