Fort Atkinson Total Population 11,365

Rock River

• No buildings in our state capital are allowed to be built taller.

• You can see the capital building from all directions in town.

• It’s the biggest capital building in our Nation.

We love our cheese and the Green Bay Packers.

These are some of our main sports in Wisconsin. We have Collage Football, Basketball, Baseball and Professional Football, and of course our home town High School teams.

We have the Hoard Museum. A nice play and musical theatre called The Fireside and Every year in Fort Atkinson we hold a rendezvous. We also have a parks with trails. We really enjoy our city pool!

The Kalahari is an Indoor/outdoor Water park with an Indoor Theme Park. It is largest in the U.S.

The Wisconsin Dells is a town in Wisconsin known for it’s large water parks. The Dells has lots of fun things to do, including roller coaster parks, go cart parks, indoor water theme parks, shows, and lots of fancy dinning. There is also a lake and lots of camping areas and hotels.

Our winters range from mid November to March. As you see we have a lot of snow in the winter. Our temperatures go up rapidly in June , July, and August to 80’s and 90’s.

Wisconsin Weather

Our state is surrounded by 2 fresh water lakes.

That’s us

Lake Superior

Lake Michigan

Lake Huron

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Wisconsin bird: Robin. Wisconsin animal: badger. Wisconsin motto: Forward.State fish: Musky . State flower: Wood violet. State insect: Honey bee

The Fox and Sauk Indians lived in the southern part of Wisconsin and were forced on to the state of Iowa.

They didn’t want to so they fought the government to Move back to their land.

They surrendered but later, they declared war. That was the creation of the Blackhawk War. A fort was made to protect settlers. The fort was named after General Atkinson.

The Indians lost and the survivors went back to Iowa and Chief Blackhawk had to surrender.

Chief Blackhawk lead the attack of the Sauk and Fox

Indians.

Fort Atkinson sits among some of the world’s most fertile soil. We have many farms surrounding our city. Wisconsin is called the United States Dairy State. We also have thebest cheese in the states!

Wisconsin’s Outdoor Sports

Wisconsin Seasons FallWinter

SpringSummer

Our school and churchSaint Joseph Catholic Church and School

Lake Koshkonong and the Rock River

Lake Koshkonong is a 12 mile long man made lake fed by the Rock River which winds it’s way through Fort Atkinson.

At one time the lake was covered with wild rice that brought millions of ducks to feed.It was considered the best place in the world to hunt ducks, but since the constructionof the Indian Ford Damn the lake has become the 2nd largest inland lake in Wisconsin and all of the wild rice has disappeared along with the world famous duck hunting.

Rock River

Lake Koshkonong

We hope you enjoyed our slide show!

St. Joe’s 6th Grade Class