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THE ISTHMUS ONE STRIP OF LAND THAT DEFINES US AND GUIDES US.(MADISON 150)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
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April 2, 2006
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Byline: SCOTT MILFRED
A 1,600-foot-tall glacier carved the Madison Isthmus 20,000 years ago, geologists tell us.
Since then, the narrow land between lakes Mendota and Monona has been a favorite spot for American Indians, fur traders, early settlers and eventually the leaders of Wisconsin government.
The Ho-Chunk found the Isthmus an ideal place to grow corn between two abundant fishing holes. After the U.S. government forced the Ho-Chunk to leave, James Duane Doty bought about 1,200 acres of the Isthmus in 1836 for $1,500.
That amount ...
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