Movement and connection
Routes that built the region
Follow waterways, railroads, roads, vessels, and the people whose movement connected lake communities.
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Open exhibit History by subject
Explore stories, people, and facts from around the lakes, grouped by subject. We add to each collection as more research is reviewed and published.
Everything here has already been published in the history section. Private research notes are not included.
Movement and connection
Follow waterways, railroads, roads, vessels, and the people whose movement connected lake communities.
Work and enterprise
Explore agriculture, mills, vineyards, industries, businesses, and everyday labor around the lakes.
People and public life
Trace public action, Black freedom, abolition, women’s rights, civic reform, and contested memory.
Landscape over time
See how shorelines, watersheds, settlement, conservation, disasters, and recreation reshaped the region.