Home of Governor James Duane Doty
(1799-1865)
The home of James Duane Doty, oldest residence in Fond du Lac County, was built in 1839. Doty served as Federal Judge, Congressman, Governor of the Territory of Wisconsin and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He was Governor of Utah when he died.
Doty laid out the Military Road between Green Bay and Prairie du Chien in 1835. He then organized the Fond du Lac Land Company and developed this area. He named Taycheedah from an Indian word meaning "our home."
The land was purchased in 1914 by the state and used for the Taycheedah Correctional Institution.
Marker can be reached from County Road K 0.7 miles south of U.S. 151, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
