Summary: The Only Waunakee

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“The Only Waunakee In The World” Is what they say about the small unknown town. Everytime someone asks where we live all we say is just outside of Madison, but not many people know all of the history this town holds. Trains and Farming, If you dig below the surface you can really find some interesting facts about this wonderful town.
Railroads
According to waunakeechamber.com two early settlers, Louis Baker and George C. Fish are two people that are not known by many, but these people were the ones who found and built up Waunakee. The exact date is unknown, but the two men, had a long railroad traveling across the grassy land in Wisconsin. When they found it the town was not labeled Waunakee, but was called Leicester. They had a list of names that sounded the best for the small town and in the end they chose Waunakee which in Indian translation means “the fair and pleasant valley.”
Right in the middle of Waunakee is an artifact that brings us back to 1871 when the Waunakee Train Depot was built. When George C. Fish and Louis Baker found Waunakee it was originally just their land that tracks ran through, but when Waunakee was built …show more content…

The schools were not the same back then than they are today because they had much more kids in one class than we do in this decade. As population.us states, it says that there were only about 1,600 people in Waunakee at the time she taught but still there were many students attending. Comparing the people living in Waunakee back then to now was a big difference the last time it was taken in 2016 there was nearly 13,600 which is more than 12,000 people more. So as you can see Waunakee has grown. If almost half of that was students you can imagine how small the schools were, as there was only about four schools. Waunakee schools taught almost the exact same curriculum as they do today, such as science, math, english, gym, and chorus, which is taught in most

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