In December 1845, carpenter Joel Doolittle built a log shanty at the Rock River rapids and became Horicon, Wisconsin’s first permanent settler.
Horicon’s First Settler
1776- Two Revolutions: What Was Happening in Wisconsin While the Declaration Was Signed
A Different Revolution: Horicon Marsh and the Native World of 1776 Long before the Van Brunt Factory, the dam that created Lake Horicon, the mills, the farms, rail lines, drainage ditches, and town plats fixed the Horicon area into the modern Wisconsin map, the great marsh at the headwaters of the Rock River belonged to …
The Terror of the Rock River
The Terror of the Rock River An Ancient Legend of the Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi Peoples ©Carl G. Reinemann, One Shot at History 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) …
