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Ownership of the massive Badger Plant is divided between the Ho Chunk Nation, the USDA and the Sauk Prairie Recreational Area.
The Badger Army Ammunition Plant is shown before its demolition.
One of the remaining buildings of the Badger Plant is framed by the Baraboo Hills in the background.
A handful of Badger Plant buildings remain; at one time it had more than 1,400 buildings. Most of them were demolished in an effort to return the land back to farming and recreational use.
Motorcycle police at the Badger Ordnance Works plant near Baraboo, Wisconsin, patrolled the fence line of the plant between 1942 and 1945. One of the guards is Lyle Lilly (1916-1911). The sign reads, 'Badger Ordnance Works, An Arsenal of Democracy, Protecting Our Country, Promoting Safety.' Photo was taken about 1944.
Art Posbeck in a driving class Feb. 21, 1947, checks his field of vision on equipment from the Badger Ordnance Works. Watching him from left are Dick Gettle, Bob Wise and Billy Gatz. The photo was published Feb. 24, 1947, in the Wisconsin State Journal. -- photographer Arthur M. Vinje, 1888-1972
The Bass farm in the town of Sumpter in Sauk County, Wisconsin, is acquired in 1942 by the U.S. government for the Badger Ordnance Works. It was originally owned by the photographer's father, Isaac Bass. Pictured about 1900 are the photographer's mother, Lorinda Bass, brother Frank Bass holding his son Floyd, sister Rhoda, and children Cary and Everetta Bass. -- photographer Dr. Edward A. Bass
Looking south in about 1892 at the Sauk Prairie are, from left, the photographer's brother, Frank Bass; Mrs. Edward (Ada Burlingame) Bass and her daughter, Everetta, sitting on the boulder; and the photographer's sister, Rhoda Bass. A split-rail fence separates the rocky hillside from a field. Headstones in Pioneer Cemetery are just visible beyond the field, on the left. Ferry Bluff is in the background, right. The Badger Ordnance Works later occupied this part of the Sauk Prairie in the town of Sumpter in Sauk County, Wisconsin. -- photographer Dr. Edward A. Bass
Editor's note: A story about the Badger Village was published in the July 14 issue of Agri-View.
LeeAnne Bulman
LeeAnne Bulman writes about agriculture from her farm overlooking the beautiful Danuser Valley on Wisconsin’s west coast. When not writing she helps her husband on their small grain and beef farm. Email genwim2@gmail.com to reach her.
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Badger Village and Badger Ordnance Works were built between Baraboo and Madison, Wisconsin.
BADGER VILLAGE, Wis. – It was an amazing phenomenon when Badger Village was built between Baraboo and Madison. There were 500 dwellings on 38 …
Motorcycle police at the Badger Ordnance Works plant near Baraboo, Wisconsin, patrolled the fence line of the plant between 1942 and 1945. One of the guards is Lyle Lilly (1916-1911). The sign reads, 'Badger Ordnance Works, An Arsenal of Democracy, Protecting Our Country, Promoting Safety.' Photo was taken about 1944.
Art Posbeck in a driving class Feb. 21, 1947, checks his field of vision on equipment from the Badger Ordnance Works. Watching him from left are Dick Gettle, Bob Wise and Billy Gatz. The photo was published Feb. 24, 1947, in the Wisconsin State Journal. -- photographer Arthur M. Vinje, 1888-1972
The Bass farm in the town of Sumpter in Sauk County, Wisconsin, is acquired in 1942 by the U.S. government for the Badger Ordnance Works. It was originally owned by the photographer's father, Isaac Bass. Pictured about 1900 are the photographer's mother, Lorinda Bass, brother Frank Bass holding his son Floyd, sister Rhoda, and children Cary and Everetta Bass. -- photographer Dr. Edward A. Bass
Looking south in about 1892 at the Sauk Prairie are, from left, the photographer's brother, Frank Bass; Mrs. Edward (Ada Burlingame) Bass and her daughter, Everetta, sitting on the boulder; and the photographer's sister, Rhoda Bass. A split-rail fence separates the rocky hillside from a field. Headstones in Pioneer Cemetery are just visible beyond the field, on the left. Ferry Bluff is in the background, right. The Badger Ordnance Works later occupied this part of the Sauk Prairie in the town of Sumpter in Sauk County, Wisconsin. -- photographer Dr. Edward A. Bass
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