The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town is the location of the "sand farm" (Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm) purchased by Aldo Leopold in 1935. A family retreat from the city of Madison, Leopold's attempts to restore health to this abandoned farm, with the help of family and friends, became the inspiration for his masterpiece, "A Sand County Almanac." Leopold died near 'the Shack' while fighting a neighbor's grass fire in 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairfield’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fairfield, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Fairfield
1 place in Fairfield is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.