The Raube Road Site

The Raube Road Site is one of Wisconsin's few remaining intact segments of the Old Military Road from the state's territorial period. On farmland purchased by Albert and Martha Raube in 1911, this 123-foot-long stretch formed part of the first constructed roadway to cross Wisconsin. The 234-mile road was surveyed and built between 1832 and 1837 as an army supply and communication route linking Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Fort Winnebago at Portage, and Fort Howard at Green Bay. During the summer of 1835, troops from Fort Winnebago built the section from Poynette to the Fond du Lac River with oxen and hand tools. Marshy ground was filled with bundles of brush, tree limbs, and stone, and smaller streams were crossed on bridges made from large logs. Preserved by the Raube family, the Old Road was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Brandon, Wisconsin · United States