See Madison from a different point of view with Lake Mendota historian Captain Don Sanford, author of On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota. Don will offer completely different but equally fun narrated cruises on Lake Mendota, as well as two history and nature walks through Tenney Park and along the west bank of the Yahara River. Please click here for the 2026 schedule.
This book is the story of the people, places and events that have shaped the shoreline of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, as we know it today. Many of the photos featured in the book come from private collections and have not been seen before.
On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota was published in August, 2015.