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Historical Markers in Waupun

 
Clickable Map of Dodge County, Wisconsin and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Dodge County, WI (28) Columbia County, WI (76) Dane County, WI (462) Fond du Lac County, WI (47) Green Lake County, WI (14) Jefferson County, WI (51) Washington County, WI (53) Waukesha County, WI (137)  DodgeCounty(28) Dodge County (28)  ColumbiaCounty(76) Columbia County (76)  DaneCounty(462) Dane County (462)  FondduLacCounty(47) Fond du Lac County (47)  GreenLakeCounty(14) Green Lake County (14)  JeffersonCounty(51) Jefferson County (51)  WashingtonCounty(53) Washington County (53)  WaukeshaCounty(137) Waukesha County (137)
Juneau is the county seat for Dodge County
Waupun is in Dodge County
Dodge County (28)  ►
ADJACENT TO DODGE COUNTY
Columbia County (76)  ►
Dane County (462)  ►
Fond du Lac County (47)  ►
Green Lake County (14)  ►
Jefferson County (51)  ►
Washington County (53)  ►
Waukesha County (137)  ►
 
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1 ► Wisconsin, Dodge County, Waupun — 45 — Auto Race — Green Bay to Madison —
On South Watertown Street (Business State Highway 26) at Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling north on South Watertown Street.
In 1875 the Wisconsin Legislature offered a prize of $10,000 to the citizen of this state who could produce a machine "which shall be a cheap and practical substitute for the use of horses and other animals on the highway and farm." Such machine was . . . — — Map (db m55383) HM
2 ► Wisconsin, Dodge County, Waupun — Carnegie Library —
On South Madison Street (Business U.S. 151) at East Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south on South Madison Street.
Waupun Wis. has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Dept. of Interior Sept. 4, 1979 Wapun Historical Society — — Map (db m55384) HM
3 ► Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Waupun — Clarence Addison Shaler — (1860–1941) —
Near North Madison Street (County Highway M) 0.4 miles north of East Main Street (State Highway 49), on the left when traveling north.
Inventor of the Hot-Patch, is fondly remembered by the residents of Waupun for: creating the Shaler Scholarships; being instrumental in the formation of the Rock River Country Club; purchasing for the city the world famous End of the Trail by Fraser . . . — — Map (db m25637) HM
4 ► Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Waupun — 120 — The End of the Trail —
Near North Madison Street (County Highway M) 0.4 miles north of East Main Street (State Highway 49), on the left when traveling north.
Created as a tribute to the American Indian by James Earle Fraser (1876–1953) when only 17. His twice life-sized plaster replica gained world fame at the 1915 San Franciso Exposition. Clarence Shaler, Waupun industrialist, commissioned . . . — — Map (db m25403) HM
5 ► Wisconsin, Dodge County, Waupun, Town of Chester — From Glacier to Refuge —
On Redhead Trail, on the right when traveling south.
Carved out by the Green Bay lobe of the Wisconsin glacier more than 10,000 years ago, Horicon Marsh has had a rich and colorful history. This vast marsh, bordered on the east by the Niagara Escarpment, was a food source that drew Native . . . — — Map (db m298440) HM
6 ► Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Waupun, Town of Waupun — 92 — Horicon Marsh —
On State Highway 49 2.7 miles east of County Highway I, on the left when traveling east.
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 . . . — — Map (db m23090) HM
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026