Park dedicated to early Wisconsin state leader
Photo at left: Boyd’s Corners. More Mystery Place photos are GALLERY
If you travel on South Lake Shore Drive out of Lake Geneva, and continue toward the intersection with Pilgrim Church Road, you will see a small triangle where one road continues directly south toward Wisconsin Highway 120.
This area is called Boyd’s Corners. Gen. John William Boyd lived at this corner, where a bed and breakfast is now located.
When Alice Massey wrote the Linn Neighborly Club’s history in 1961, she indicated that in 1926, their club took over the care of this park. This was during the time that Elizabeth Lasch was club president.
Later, there was a marker put in the park dedicating it to the early town of Linn pioneers. At that time, it was called Linn Memorial Park. Today, widened roads have shrunk this former park area.
Boyd was born in Saratoga County, New York. He came here in June, 1844, and purchased land in Section 11.
According to Beckwith’s History of Walworth County, he was one of the most successful farmers in the county.
He represented the county at the first state constitutional convention, served on one of the organizational committees and became the first state senator from Walworth County.
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