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WorksheetsHuman History of the marsh
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How do we know Indians once were in the area?
Indian museums were discoverd
found Indian hotels
discovered spear points/arrowheads
located buried treasures
when did the marsh originally form?
100,000 year ago
1846
1921
10,000 years ago
What Indian(First American) tribes came to the marsh area?
Pueblo
Winnebago
Apache
Seminole
Why were ditches dredged in the marsh?
better landing spots for birds
for muck farming
to protect cattails
make more habiat for animals
What eventually happened in the 1920’s -1940’s
people wanted to make it a lake
People wanted to restore and protect it
people wanted hunting clubs
people wanted to drain marsh
Today, through ___________, Horicon Marsh is once again supporting a variety of wildlife
money
management
DNR
ecosysytem
The history of Horicon Marsh is like the life that flourishes within it —_______ and ___________.
carp and geese
lifeless and dead
wetland to wasteland
vital and abundant
What are effigy mounds
mountains of gold near marsh
mounds built to represent sacred animal shapes
hills made by Indians to sled on
mounds created to bury treasures
What is one thing that has lured people to the marsh for hundreds of years
smelly dead carp
abundant wildlife
cold winters
dirty water
What year was Horicon founded and a dam built
1808
1946
1846
1848
In 1900 the dam was destroyed and _______hunting became popular
deer
raccoon
zebra
duck
In 1910 ________ were built to increase farming oppurtunities
mounds
streets
ditches
factories
What year did state pass the Horicon Marsh Refuge Bill
1927
1987
1776
1846
How many acres of land is the marsh today
11,000
32,000
3,200
100,000
Horicon translated in Indian means
land of corn
land of clean, pure water
land of geese and trees
land of John Deere
