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The first permanent modern settlement along the marsh was the town of Horicon. In 1846, a dam was built to power the town's first sawmill. The dam held the water in the marsh, causing the water level to rise by nine feet. The "marsh" was called Lake Horicon, and was, at the time, called the largest man-made lake in the world.
Bitter cold winter weather can lead to deadly consequences and dangerous travel conditions
The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.
Islip, New York set a record low on the morning of January 31 at −3 °F (−19 °C). [103] In Williamsville (near Buffalo), a locally well-known homeless man, Lawrence "Larry" Bierl, was found frozen to death in a bus shelter on the morning of January 31. [104] The wind chill that previous night was −25 °F (−32 °C). [105]
The Horicon Marsh Veteran Hunt is a nonprofit organization founded by Dodge and the late Ryan Voy of Horicon, friends who grew up hunting on the marsh. The idea for the event was born on Memorial ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Friday brings the final day of the record-breaking arctic outbreak that has frozen the central U.S., but the danger isn't over. While some areas are experiencing a slight ...
Subglacial meltwater is the main product of glacial ablation.This meltwater acts as the force that causes subglacial tills to deform, and also plays a significant role in shaping the morphology and distribution of the till on the till plain.
Fourmile Island is located within Horicon State Wildlife Area which comprises roughly the southern half of Horicon Marsh. The northern portion is managed as the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. The island supports one of the largest heron and egret rookeries in the Midwest. Oak, basswood, elm, aspen, and cottonwood trees comprise most of the ...