Note: Many of the sites included in this booklet are
private residences. Please respect the privacy of the owners and
occupants.
A Madison Heritage Publication: This booklet is one of
several published to provide tours of historic areas of Madison.
Contact the City of Madison Department of Planning and Development
for information about other publications in this series.
Published by the Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association
1999
Let the Exploration Begin
The Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood is a complex product of the past
and present. Long ago, glacial action formed the pre-settlement
landscape. Eventually, American Indians and then Europeans settled
in the area and adapted it for camping, hunting, farming and
getting around. More recently, homes were constructed, parks were
created and businesses opened to support the developing
neighborhood. This long and diverse history has produced a
neighborhood rich in cultural and natural resources and has created
a strong sense of place - a feeling of being attached to a location
and proud to be a part of it.
This guidebook was written to help you explore the neighborhood --
notice and discover things you had perhaps not seen before, and
learn interesting facts about various buildings, businesses and
natural areas. We include points of interest to represent the
neighborhood's diversity and to spark your interest and
imagination. We hope you will think of more questions to ask and
notice other interesting features to share with your family, your
friends, your neighbors and us (see contact information on previous
page).
Add another dimension to your next walk or bicycle ride by taking
this booklet with you and making a treasure hunt out of exploring
the neighborhood.
Tour Approach
To help you investigate natural and cultural resources in the
neighborhood, we present four tours, which can be taken
individually (roughly 45 minutes each) or combined to make a single
loop of the neighborhood (allow a good three hours). The tour names
roughly coincide with the farms and wetlands that were developed
and became the Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood (see map in center of
booklet).
Treasure Hunt Approach
Alternatively, you could make these tours into treasure hunts.
Pick a single clue or a category of clues from the treasure hunt
clue list on the following pages and see if you can find the
treasure. The site numbers are listed to help you find the answer
in the booklet.
There are also boxes scattered through the booklet containing
clues for additional treasures for which to search.
