Oh, to Explore Every Town

 Fort Atkinson, population around 12,300, sits in the south-eastern corner of Wisconsin, thirty miles south-west of Madison. It is filled with historic buildings, which in turn are filled with wonderful stories. Unfortunately, when we were there for just overnight, on a rainy night at that, in June, we didn’t have time to uncover much of anything. Only the surface. 

 The Sauk chief, Black Hawk, is honored throughout the historic down town. The city actually grew up around the site of Fort Koshkonong, which was used during the Black Hawk War of 1832. A replica of the original fort has been built just outside of town, and we missed that.

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 Didn’t miss that sculpture between those two buildings.

 Yes, it’s a giant catfish.

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 Along the Rock River.

 And randomness.

 The band shelter in Barrie Park.

 The old historic water tower.

 Another thing we missed. The Hoard Historical Museum and Dairy Shrine, closed on Mondays, the day we were in town.

 Will definitely have to go back. Wish I had time to explore in depth every town I came across.