Raube Road Site, The
Posted by: 
frankhj
N 43° 43.772 W 088° 43.829
16T E 360630 N 4843288
Quick Description: One of Wisconsin's few remaining intact Old Military Road segments.
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 7/19/2007 9:23:30 PM
Waymark Code: WM1WCA
Views: 33
Long Description:
The Raube Road Site is one of Wisconsin's few remaining intact Old
Military Road Segments from the state's territorial period. Located
on farmland purchased by Albert and Martha Raube in 1911, this
123-foot-long Military Road segment was part of the first
constructed roadway to cross Wisconsin. Originally planned as an
Army supply and communication route between Fort Crawford at
Prairie du Chien, Fort Winnebago at Portage and Fort Howard at
Green Bay, the 234-mile-long road was surveyed and built between
1832 and 1837. Fort Winnebago troops constructed the Poynette to
the Fond du Lac River section using oxen and hand tools during the
summer of 1835. The road's marshy areas were filled with bundles of
brush, tree limbs and stone while smaller streams were bridged with
large logs. Preserved by the Raube family. "The Old Road" was
listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
County: Fond du Lac
Location: Other
MarkerID: 370
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