History
The history of the Military Ridge is long and varied dating back to the mid-1800s when Wisconsin was a territory before statehood. Part of it was a military road used by the Army at the time of the Blackhawk Battle between the Sauk and Fox Indian nations and the U.S. Army and militia in 1832. Between Dodgeville and Mount Horeb, it runs along the top of the Military Ridge, the divide between the Wisconsin River watershed to the north and the Pecatonica and Rock River watershed to the south. Between Mount Horeb and Fitchburg, it goes through the Sugar River Valley. Most of the trail follows the former Chicago and North Western Railway corridor.
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Click on the button to learn about the railroad history of the Military Ridge Trail.
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Click on the button to read about the beginnings of the Friends of the Military Ridge Trail.
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Communities along the trail from west to east are Dodgeville, Ridgeway, Barneveld, Blue Mounds, Mount Horeb, Klevenville, Riley, Verona, and Fitchburg.
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