Military Ridge Road

Raube Road Site
Raube Road, a preserved segment of the first Wisconsin military road, constructed in the 1830s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Built1835
NRHP reference No.92000589
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1992

The Old Military Road was a road built by the U.S. Army in 1835–36, connecting Fort Howard (Green Bay) Wisconsin with Fort Crawford (Prairie du Chien) via Fond du Lac, Fort Winnebago (Portage), and Dodgeville. This first military road was a beginning of government planning for overland travel, which eventually led Wisconsin, first as a territory and later as a state, and its localities to finance its own system of roadways for various purposes. Remains of the road that exist today are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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