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 ==History==
-The [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] taught settlers in Wisconsin how to make maple syrup and sugar from maple trees. A grove of maple trees is commonly referred to as a “[[Sugar bush]]”. The hill was named for the maple trees that surround it.{{cite book |last1=Vogel |first1=Virgil J. |title=Indian Names on Wisconsin’s Map |date=1991 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |location=Madison, Wisconsin |isbn=978-0-299-12984-2 |page=107 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Indian_Names_on_Wisconsin_s_Map/xrYfektNvoQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sugar+bush+hill+wisconsin&pg=PA107&printsec=frontcover |access-date=5 November 2023 |language=en}} The land is on the [[Forest County Potawatomi Community|Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation]] and it is considered sacred.{{cite book |last1=Paprock |first1=John-Brian |last2=Paprock |first2=Teresa Peneguy |title=Sacred Sites of Wisconsin |date=2001 |publisher=Big Earth Publishing |location=Boulder, Colorado |isbn=978-1-931599-01-6 |page=76 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sacred_Sites_of_Wisconsin/sgf7JmzmBO0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sugar+bush+hill+wisconsin&pg=PA76&printsec=frontcover |access-date=5 November 2023 |language=en}}
+The [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] taught settlers in Wisconsin how to make maple syrup and sugar from maple trees. A grove of maple trees is commonly referred to as a “[[ bush]]”. The hill was named for the maple trees that surround it.{{cite book |last1=Vogel |first1=Virgil J. |title=Indian Names on Wisconsin’s Map |date=1991 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |location=Madison, Wisconsin |isbn=978-0-299-12984-2 |page=107 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Indian_Names_on_Wisconsin_s_Map/xrYfektNvoQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sugar+bush+hill+wisconsin&pg=PA107&printsec=frontcover |access-date=5 November 2023 |language=en}} The land is on the [[Forest County Potawatomi Community|Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation]] and it is considered sacred.{{cite book |last1=Paprock |first1=John-Brian |last2=Paprock |first2=Teresa Peneguy |title=Sacred Sites of Wisconsin |date=2001 |publisher=Big Earth Publishing |location=Boulder, Colorado |isbn=978-1-931599-01-6 |page=76 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sacred_Sites_of_Wisconsin/sgf7JmzmBO0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sugar+bush+hill+wisconsin&pg=PA76&printsec=frontcover |access-date=5 November 2023 |language=en}}
 A large fire tower was situated at the top of the peak.{{cite web |title=Memories of Forest Co. : historical research project |url=https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/66537 |website=Wisconsin Historical Society |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=5 November 2023}} In 1939 the ”Wisconsin State Journal” stated that the tower was {{cvt|110|ft|m}} tall. A local resident confined himself to the tower in 1939 and held a strike.{{cite news |title=High Up Sit-Down Assailed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-sugarbush-hill/134662969/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |agency=United Press |publisher=Wisconsin State Journal |date=9 March 1939…

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