Join us to learn more about Indigenous Trails in Fond du Lac and Dodge County with Herman Bender from the Hanwakan Center.

The primary headwaters of the Milwaukee and Rock rivers lie in Fond du Lac and Dodge Counties, forming a continental sub-divide. This divide separates the waters that flow north through the Milwaukee River, Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes, and the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean from those that flow south through the Rock and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf of Mexico.

Northbound trails from Milwaukee led to Horicon Marsh at the western base of the Niagara Escarpment, a major headwater area of the south-flowing Rock River. This program explores the geography and landforms of the continental sub-divide, the trails leading north from Milwaukee and their intersections with east and west routes. It will also examine Indian trail research, the scientific methods used to distinguish human trails from animal trails and trail markers that have lasted for hundreds of years.