Near Wyocena in Columbia County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Wyona Park
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Rifle Pit Legend

Wyona Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 2, 2010

1. Wyona Park Marker

[north side]

Inscription. Wyona Park This site has traditionally been a popular picnic area for Wyocena residents. As early as 1905, approximately 1,000 people attended an insurance company picnic at this location. In 1948, Gordon Spear, a lifetime Wyocena resident, sold the grounds to Columbia County and requested that the area be named a county park. In 1971, his dream was realized when the park was completed, dedicated and named Wyona Park. The Spear-Allen Shelter House honors pioneer families instrumental in the creation of this park.
Erected 2000
Rifle Pit Legend According to local legend, a battle took place at this site between Native Americans and the Army. Several shallow pits, within a circle 50 feet in diameter, were identified by early residents. A military buckle and buttons as well as human bones were also reportedly found. However, it is more likely that the pits were made by looters digging out Native American burial mounds that once existed in this park. There were no military engagements with Indians recorded in Columbia County.
Erected 2000

Erected 2000 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 550.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in

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these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.

Location. 43° 29.929′ N, 89° 17.561′ W. Marker is near Wyocena, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. It can be reached from County Road GG 0.4 miles north of County Highway G. County Road GG dead-ends at Wyona Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wyocena WI 53969, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Madison.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Columbia County Asylum Cemetery (approx. ¾ mile away); Major Elbert Dickason / Dickason's "Hotel" (approx. 0.8 miles away); Dickason Park / Toppe Field (approx. 0.8 miles away); Historic Pardeeville / Belmont Hotel (approx. 2.6 miles away); Angie Williams Cox Public Library (approx. 2.7 miles away); Pardeeville World War I Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Samuel & Chloe Leonard Doud (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wyocena.

Wyona Park / Rifle Pit Legend Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Greta Schassler, September 15, 2024

2. Wyona Park / Rifle Pit Legend Marker

Rifle Pit Legend Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 2, 2010

3. Rifle Pit Legend Marker

[south side]

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 2, 2010

4. Wyona Park / Rifle Pit Legend Marker

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 2, 2010

5. Wyona Park / Rifle Pit Legend Marker

Spear-Allen Shelter House

Photographed by Greta Schassler, September 15, 2024

6. Wyona Park

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 3, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 2,402 times since then and 89 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 3, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. 2. submitted on September 16, 2024, by Greta Schassler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 3, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. 6. submitted on September 16, 2024, by Greta Schassler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Wyona Park⎯⎯⎯Rifle Pit Legend

Wyona Park
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Rifle Pit Legend