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History & Museums
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Grant County has a deep history - literally! We’re home to the Mining and Rollo Jamison Museums in Platteville. This is your chance to go underground and tour an actual lead mine used in the 1800s. You might also notice Platteville’s giant M just to the east of town - which stands for Mining! On the surface, the railroad played a major part in developing communities around Grant County. Its history is told through the Boscobel Depot Museum and Fennimore Railway Museum. Interested in seeing how far the Ag industry has advanced? Then plan a trip Stonefield Historic Site in Cassville and visit the Wisconsin State Agricultural Museum. Or, go even further back in history, and check out the mounds built by indigenous peoples that are located along the Lower Wisconsin Riverway.
And here’s more for the History Buff...
Boscobel Depot, 800 Wisconsin Ave., Boscobel Dickeyville Grotto, Hwy. 35 N., Dickeyville, 608-568-3119 Doll & Toy Museum, 135 6th St., Fennimore, 608-822-4100, www.dollandtoymuseum.com
PLAN YOUR VISIT TO
Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage Museum
135 E. Maple St., Lancaster, WI SEE WEBSITE FOR HOURS 460 W. Madison St., Platteville, WI OPEN SATURDAYS
MAY - OCT. 30 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
grantcountyhistory.org
adno=265096 Farmall Museum, Main St., Cassville Fennimore Railway Museum, 610 Lincoln Ave., Fennimore Grant County Courthouse, Lancaster Grant County History Museum, (formerly Cunningham Museum), 135 E. Maple St., Lancaster Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage, Lancaster Rd. (Hwy. 81) and W. Madison St., Platteville, grantcountyhistory.org/visit/stone-cottage/ Passage Through Time, Potosi Pendarvis, Mineral Point, 608-987-2122, pendarvishistoricsite.org Potosi Brewery and National Brewery Museum, 209 S. Main St., Potosi, 608-763-4002, www.potosibrewery.com Sinsinawa Mound Center, 585 Cty. Rd. Z, Sinsinawa, 608-748-4411, www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter
Southwest Wisconsin Room: Archives & Area Research
Center, Karrmann Library, UW-Platteville Stonefield, Cassville, 608-725-5210, stonefieldhistoricsite.org The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, Platteville Villa Louis, Prairie du Chien, 608-326-2721, villalouis.org
Lafayette County Historical Society Museum & Archives
Open Monday thru Friday 1-4 p.m. 525 Main Street, Darlington, WI Historical Exhibits 14 Original Kammerude Paintings Civil War • Medical • Agricultural Parson Bros. Circus & More! lafayettehistorical@centurylink.net (608) 776-8340
Sponsored by Darlington Community Fund
Depot Museum/Tourist Information Center Open June, July & August • Thurs, Fri & Sat 1-4 p.m. South Washington St., Darlington, WI
FOR SALE Historical Books KammerudE Prints
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By Appointment 608-331-0758
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