[2] The original owner of the site was Cyrus Woodman, who obtained it in 1853 as a military land warrant from the federal government.

The Ormsbys' daughter Mildred who was born at Bonnie Oaks, married a Milwaukee lawyer named Harrison S. Green in 1897.

[1] Zona Gale, author of Miss Lulu Bett, and a native of Portage, frequently stayed at the property.

The experiment was conducted by Gale, Latimer, her husband Jean Toomer and multiple other unmarried people that lived together.

[5] The Neenah Creek forms the eastern boundary of the district, with the rest of the property found in dense woods, between 3rd Ave. and Grouse Dr.[6]