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Black Hawk Recreation Area & Marker – DeSoto
Rafting on the Mississippi Marker – Lynxville
US Lock & Dam #9 – Lynxville *
Largest federally managed pool on the Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien Historical Marker
Villa Louis Historical Site & Markers – Prairie
du Chien
Located on St. Feriole Island, Villa Louis Rd. National historic
landmark site owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical
Society. Tour six historic structures including the Villa Louis
mansion. 608-326-2721
Fort Crawford Museum & Markers – Prairie du
Chien
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Self guided tour
of three buildings with over 50 exhibits. Showcasing the
reconstructed Fort Crawford Hospital on its original site. Other
exhibits include Dr. William Beaumont's digestive experiments;
medical, national, and local history exhibits; 1829 Fort Crawford
Military Cemetery, and more.
War of 1812 Historical Marker – Prairie du
Chien
Marquette & Jolliet Historical Marker – Prairie
du Chien
Black Hawk’s Surrender Marker – Prairie du
Chien
St. Feriole Island – Prairie du Chien
Area of earliest settlement and activity in Prairie du Chien. Site
of the Battle of Prairie du Chien during the War of 1812 and of the
First Fort Crawford where three important Indian treaties were
signed, home of the Villa Louis. Host to annual events including the
Prairie Villa Rendezvous, Town and Country Jamboree, the Rodeo,
Prairie Dog Blues Fest and the Villa Louis Carriage Classic. Ideal
for walking and biking. Two approaches to the island, at the newly
renovated Blackhawk Avenue entrance and at Washington Street.
Wyalusing State Park – Bagley
Located 10 miles south of Prairie du Chien. Features views of the
historic junction of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers where the
first Europeans, Marquette and Joliet landed in 1673. Campsites,
group camping facilities, picnic facilities, 22 miles of hiking and
nature trails, and a year round naturalist. 608-996-2261
Indian Mound Wayside – Highway 60
Kickapoo Indian Caverns – Wauzeka
Hwy 60 on Rhein Hollow Rd, Wauzeka, 15 miles SE of Prairie du Chien,
WI. Largest show cave in the Midwest. 608-875-7723
LWR Genealogical and Historical Research Center
– Wauzeka
Phetteplace Display – Wauzeka
Museum of the Kickapoo – Gays Mills
Log Cabin Heritage Park – Gays Mills
Apple Orchard Historical Marker – Gays Mills
STILLIFE Wildlife Museum - Gays Mills
Located in the town of
Petersburg 4 miles south of Gays Mills, it has over 500 Taxidermy
mounts. Open only on weekends. There is no fee.
48577
Petersburg Lane, Gays Mills, WI 54631. 608 735-4664
Soldiers Grove Origin Historical Marker
Solar Town – Soldiers Grove
Built between 1978 and 1981, America’s first “Solar Village” is
still regarded by the U.S. Department of Energy as a milestone in
the use of solar heating by a community.
Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial –
Soldiers Grove
Celebrates awards to more than 600 Medal of Honor recipients from 12
Midwestern states.
James Davidson Historical Marker – Soldiers
Grove
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