Lake Ivanhoe to be recognized as Wisconsin's only Black-founded town

LAKE IVANHOE, Wis. (CBS 58) — Lake Ivanhoe is located in the Town of Bloomfield in Walworth County. The most recent census data counts a population of about 400 people. At nine years old, Peter fell in love with the great outdoors that Lake Ivanhoe has to offer and has been here ever since.

To truly understand Peter Baker’s passion for Lake Ivanhoe you have to go back in time, long before his family settled in the area.

“It goes back to 1926 when it was founded,” said Baker. Lake Ivanhoe is a rich part of Black history in Wisconsin. The community was the vision of three black men from Chicago in the 1920’s. They were Jeremiah Brumfield, Frank Anglin and Bradford Watson.

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