Did you know Lake Koshkonong is not a true lake but flooded marshland? In 1851, Western European settlers to the area built the first Indianford dam which eventually created the lake visible today. Imagine what the first inhabitants in the area saw and experienced. prior to the damming of the marsh area. The Woodland Indians and later the Ho-Chunk built camps along the shoreline.  More

The Cigar Tobacco Market Capitol of the U.S., Pauline Pottery, Chilimania, Rascal the Raccoon, the Sterling North Film Festival, a great public library, so much awaits you and your imagination in Edgerton.

Home to one of the largest suppliers of farm supplies, toys and educational materials in the U.S., the world's only intaglio effigy mound, and of course the venerable Fireside Theater. Here is more about 

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Experience the living legacy and significant role our state played in the Abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad with a visit to Milton. As Springfield, Illinois is to the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln, Milton is to the well-preserved history of abolitionism in the Midwest.  This historic town of around 5,000 is like a trip back in time, even if America's complete story fades from school history books. More