The Terror of the Rock River An Ancient Legend of the Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi Peoples Carl G. Reinemann, Historical Horicon Wisconsin Long before European settlers pushed into the river valleys of southern Wisconsin, the Rock River was a storied waterway — a corridor of travel, sustenance, and deep spiritual significance for the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) and …
S.S. Rich: Horicon’s Man with the Team Long before trucks and delivery vans crowded Horicon’s streets, Selby Simeon Rich was already doing the town’s heavy lifting. From 1907 until 1933 he worked behind a steady team of horses, a high‑seated wagon, and an aging bus, becoming one of the most familiar figures between Horicon’s depots …
Horicon, Dodge County, Wisconsin · October 19–20, 1882 Carl G. Reinemann, Author The Man Who Came Home from the War Not all of Horicon’s losses came on distant battlefields. William Gibson, an Irish immigrant, had served his country in Company H of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, enlisting in October 1864 and mustering out in …
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On the morning of July 4th, 2003, a retired truck driver named Art Rantala was in his workshop outside Mayville, Wisconsin when he watched three perfect circles form silently in a wheat field across the road. It took roughly twelve to fifteen seconds. No sound, no light, no wind — just the wheat flattening in …
Murder in the Big Woods Generations of Americans grew up with Laura Ingalls Wilder’s version of frontier life — and it’s a beautiful one. Warm, honest, and full of the kind of resilience that made the Little House series an enduring piece of American literature. But Laura was also a careful storyteller. And careful storytellers …