#3 -- The Dam & Mill Pond
Location: W1974 Eagle Road -- North end of the access road located at W1974 Eagle Road (just west of the “Methodist” church)
Shortly after settling in Germania, Benjamin Hall began building a dam on the Mecan river, which created a shallow lake -- the Germania Lake or Mill Pond -- that became a popular boating spot for community and area residents. The dam was removed around 1902. Thereafter, the former Mill Pond area was used to grow marsh hay for livestock until the 1950’s, at which time the WI DNR purchased the land to create the 2,400-acre Germania Marsh State Wildlife Area by re-installing a dam in approximately the same location as the original Colony dam.
Marsh clog for horses to prevent sinking into soft ground