Sheridan Park
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Sheridan Park is a municipal park in the city of Cudahy, Wisconsin. Situated on the shore of Lake Michigan, the park has trees, shrubs, and other plants native to this region of Wisconsin.{{Cite web |date=September 2016 |title=Sheridan1 [C2] |url=https://county.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/cntyParks/maps/Sheridan1.pdf |website=Milwaukee County}}
History
The mayor of Cudahy, Wisconsin in 1913, Christ Woehsner, believed that a public park should be built on the shore of Lake Michigan. In a letter,{{clarify|letter to whom?|date=December 2017}} he expressed his deep appreciation for the beauty that the area offered. The letter led to the purchase of land near the shore of Lake Michigan from the landowner, Patrick Cudahy. In 1914, the Public Park of Cudahy became an official park. In 1920, the name was changed to Sheridan Park in memory of Major-General Philip Henry Sheridan.{{Cite book |title=Sheridan Park: A Centennial History of Cudahy's First Park 1914-2014 |last1=Roepke |first1=Rebecca |last2=Gibbs |first2=Michelle |publisher=Friends of Cudahy Library (FOCL) |year=2014 |isbn=|location=Cudahy, Wisconsin|pages=9, 11}}
Natural history
Sheridan Park contains distinct natural areas. There are open fields, wooded areas, bluffs, beaches, and a pond. The area along the bluff contains plant species native to this part of Wisconsin.
Recreation
Adjacent to Lake Michigan, the park contains baseball/softball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a children's playground, a picnic area, part of the Oak Leaf Trail, and a pond.
Flora and fauna
- Fish: largemouth bass, panfish, Northern pike{{Cite web|url=http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/lakepages/LakeDetail.aspx?wbic=11700|title=Sheridan Park Pond|website=dnr.wi.gov|access-date=2017-12-02}}
- Birds: Canada geese, mallards{{Cite web|url=http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L354041|title=eBird--Sheridan Park|last=ebird|website=eBird|language=en|access-date=2017-12-02}}
File:Geese in Sheridan Park.jpg|Canada geese
File:Geese in Sheridan Park 2.jpg|Canada geese
File:Geese and Mallard in Sheridan Park Pond.jpg|Mallards and Canada geese in Sheridan Park pond
File:IMG 0999 copy.jpg|Female mallard in Sheridan Park pond
- Trees and plants: birch, red pine, spruce, staghorn sumac, red osier dogwood, rough-stemmed goldenrod, cattails, dandelion
File:IMG 0945 copy.jpg|Birch tree
File:IMG 0964 copy.jpg|Red pine
File:IMG 0968 copy.jpg|Spruce
File:IMG 0971 copy.jpg|Birch tree
File:Staghorn Sumac in Sheridan Park.jpg|Staghorn sumac
File:IMG 0959 copy.jpg|Red osier dogwood
File:IMG 0952 copy.jpg|Rough-stemmed goldenrod
File:IMG 0973 copy.jpg|Cattails near Sheridan Park pond
File:IMG 1015 copy.jpg|Dandelion
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