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Happy New Year! 2023

Now & Then, Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Thank you for being here! We are so thankful for your engagement over the many years we've been at this! Your knowledge, thoughts, comments, ideas, corrections, concerns, and yes, respectful disagreements make this a pretty good job!…

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Paddleboat John Muir

#ThrowbackThursdays On Social Media

Did you know that every Thursday we share a historic Devil's Lake State Park postcard, photo, stereogram, or other bric-a-brac from our personal collection on our social media pages? If if you're interested in these little slices of Devil's Lake…

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Stone Barn Wall

Relics

In every abandon barn and stone wall here in the Baraboo Hills, there is a geology lesson. Long before much of the public land we explore today here in the Baraboo Hills was "public", it was farmland. Rocky farmland, strewn…

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Kirk Animal Tunnel

Video Reveals History

Happy December everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday and that you were able to get outdoors over the weekend. On Black Friday, we avoided the madness to #OptOutside and walk around Devil's Lake. In fact, I posted…

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Ho-Chunk Dancer at Devil's Lake

Amazing Experiences

It was something very special. About 250 people attended the July 26th "Native Beat Goes On" event on the shores of De Wakacak, Spirit Lake. (Or Devil's Lake will work too!) Below are some photos and a list of upcoming…

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Effigy Mound

Honoring Sacred Space

"We ask that as you walk over this land to please remember this is sacred ground to those of the mound building culture. The descendants of this culture are not a lost people but rather living, thriving American Indian cultures…

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“Shanty Town”

First built in the early 1890s, this hidden village housed workers of a once busy quarry on the east bluff of the park. Quarries such as the one this village supported, were in fact, a major driver for the creation of…

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South Shore Black Pine

The Iconic Tree Is Down

Folks were surprised to learn that a well-known and loved old tree on Devil’s Lake State Park’s south shore, was just taken down. To be fair, we all knew the day would come. Last December we first talked about the demise…

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