Fond du Lac Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States
About Fond du Lac
Although Fond du Lac was founded in 1836, the area at the southern end of Lake Winnebago had been a busy place for centuries before. Native American tribes, including the Potawatomi, the Mascoutin, and the Winnebago shared the area as hunters, gatherers, and farmers. The first Europeans in the area were the French missionaries in the 1600s, followed by the French fur traders. In the 1830s, James Doty, a federal judge for western Michigan Territory, bought the land at the foot of Lake Winnebago and developed it as a city in Wisconsin Territory. As such, it lay astride the Military Road (now roughly old US 151), which connected forts in Green Bay, Portage, and Prairie du Chien. As Wisconsin approached statehood in the 1840s, there were plans to make Fond du Lac the capital of the new sta
Top Attractions in Fond du Lac
Explore the best things to see and do in Fond du Lac:
- ★Buttermilk Creek Park
- ★Fairgrounds Family Aquatic Center
- ★Fond du Lac Children's Museum
- ★Fond du Lac Lighthouse
- ★Historic Galloway House and Village
- ★Lakeside Park
- ★Octagon House
- ★The Cathedral of St. Paul
Where to Stay in Fond du Lac
- 🏨Comfort Inn Fond du lac
- 🏨Radisson Hotel and Conference Center Fond du Lac
- 🏨Retlaw Plaza Hotel
Fond du Lac Travel Guide Sections
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