Highlands of Lake Geneva

18,000 years ago, the last of many glaciers retreated to the North after having gorged-out and depressed a lake basin and created a moraine of rolling hills. This paved the way for the physical attributes that are today know as the city of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

The ancient Oneota Tribes of the lost Hopewell Culture Indians lived here. These agricultural peoples enjoyed an advanced civilization on these shores as long ago as 1,000 BC. Their effigy mounds, a panther and a lizard, existed in what today is Library Park. The Potawatomi tribe, who were a hunter/gatherer society, would drive the Oneota out of the area and reside in "Lake Geneva" until 1836.

In 1835, John Brink, a government surveyor, laid claim to the waterfall power and adjacent land at the White River outlet to the lake. He named the lake after his home in Geneva, New York. Until that point, the Native Americans had called the lake Kish-Way-Kee-Tow meaning "clear water"

Fields of Shorewood

The village was incorporated on November 27th, 1957. Formerly known as Troy, Shorewood's roots date back to the 1830's when its mills and sheep farms were the primary source of commerce and economic welfare.

By the early 20's Shorewood had developed into a fishing and resort community with several summer cottages along the DuPage River. During the 1950's, during it's incorporation, the village name of Troy was dropped due to an existing community of the same name and Shorewood was adopted as the new village name.

Today, Shorewood still provides the scenic beauty and serenity that vacationers sought in the 20's, but it also carries thriving commercial, industrial, agricultural, and retail industries geared for growth and progress. The once small town of 358 has grown to over 10,000 full-time residents over the past 50 years and anticipates potentially quadrupling that number over time.