Her father in law made a fortune in barbed wire in Texas and her first husband died in Wyoming of an apparent stroke shortly after returning from a hunting trip with “Wild Bill” Cody. Her grandfather was killed in 1864 while working in a Nebraska wheat field by Native American warriors. She was born in 1888 and came from midwestern pioneer stock. She was educated and well traveled and was extraordinarily independent for the times in which she lived. At the time it was called “Judd Field.” She purchased it in 1941 in conjunction with her summer home on Middle Beach Road.įlorence was at one time considered one of the richest women in the country, the owner of mansions in three states with her own seat on the NY Stock Exchange. Who was the person who so quickly agreed with the goals of the MLCT and stepped forward to donate its first parcel of wetland? Florence Judd offered the MLCT a one acre piece of the Fence Creek Marsh. ![]() By June of that same year they had the first land donation in the works and were rushing to establish non-profit status. They quickly began to contact these owners by letter and outlined their plans to conserve these vital wetland areas. They got right to work setting up committees, discussing publication of a newsletter and distributing a list of all tidal marshland owners. On January 30th, 1964 the first meeting of the MLCT was held with nine members present and $194 in its treasury. The wetlands were being paved over for parking lots, filled and developed, or dredged for marinas at a distressing pace. ![]() In the early 1960s, a concerned group of residents led by Ray Wiswell, came together to discuss the need to preserve Madison’s coastal wetlands that were fast disappearing. ![]() Judd Meadow: The Land Trust’s first property by Linda Nietlisbach
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