COUNTY GRANT2017 Free Travel Guide Wisconsin

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• Cassville Car Ferry • Nelson Dewey State Park Discover • Stonefield Historic Site • WI Great River Road the Roots of Rural WI • Breathtaking Views • Hike • Canoe • Motels Cassville, WI • Bike • Fish • Dining For more information: 608.725.5210 or stonefieldhistoricsite.org • Bird Watch • Hunt • Campgrounds • Boat • Resorts • Boat Tours

Cassville Tourism P.O. Box 576, Cassville, WI 53806 [email protected] or www.cassville.org

adno=493189-01 For More Community Fun Welcome to Bagley Village Clerk (608) 996-2195 www.grantcounty.org/ci/bagley Bloomington Village Clerk (608) 994-3851 GRANT www.grantcounty.org/ci/bloomington Blue River Village Clerk (608) 537-2758 COUNTY www.grantcounty.org/ci/blueriver Boscobel Chamber of Commerce (608) 375-2672 or 1-866-375-2672 Wisconsin www.boscobelwisconsin.com Welcome to Grant County, Wisconsin!We hope you enjoy Cassville Tourism your visit to our beautiful area in southwest Wisconsin”. Our (608) 725-5855 www.cassville.org many communities and businesses welcome you and take Cuba City City Hall great pride in providing our visitors with a great experience. (608) 744-2152 Please refer to the list (to the right) for additional information www.grantcounty.org/ci/cubacity for each of our communities. In Platteville, the Travel Dickeyville Village Clerk Wisconsin Welcome Center is open year-round to assist with (608) 568-3333 providing travel information, maps, etc. The rest area at exit www.dickeyville.com one on Hwy. 151, also has Grant County information. Fennimore Chamber of Commerce (608) 822-3599 or 1-800-822-1131 www.fennimore.com Hazel Green Village Clerk (608) 854-2953 Cassville...... 2 & 4 Hyways and Byways...... 19 www.villageofhazelgreen.org Community Contacts...... 3 Business Directory...... 20-21 Lancaster Chamber of Commerce Historic Site and Camping...... 5 Potosi/Tennyson...... 22-23 (608) 723-2820 Outdoor Recreation...... 6-7 Lancaster...... 24-25 www.lancasterwisconsin.com 2017 Calendar of Events...... 8-10 Cuba City...... 26 Sinsinawa...... 11 Livingston Village Clerk Livingston...... 27 Kieler...... 11 (608) 943-6800 Montfort...... 27 Hazel Green...... 11 www.grantcounty.org/ci/livingston Platteville...... 12-15 & 32 Highland...... 27 Montfort Village Clerk Belmont...... 15 Muscoda...... 28 (608) 943-6917 Grant County Map...... 16-17 Boscobel...... 29 www.grantcounty.org/ci/montfort Dickeyville...... 18-19 Fennimore...... 30-31 Muscoda Village Clerk (608) 739-3182 www.muscoda.com Patch Grove Village Clerk Photo Credits to: (608) 994-2200 Tammy Bradley, John Dutcher, Dena Harris, Mark Hirsch, Kathy Kopp, Juan Paulo Miranda, Amy Olson, Barb Romberg Photography and Linda Parrish. www.grantcounty.org/ci/patchgrove While every effort has been made to be accurate, Platteville Chamber of Commerce note that all information is subject to change. (608) 348-8888 Readers are encouraged to verify dates, times and other information www.platteville.com by logging on to the Grant County website at www.grantcounty.org. Potosi/Tennyson Chamber The Grant County 2017 Travel Planner was published by the Grant, Iowa, (608) 763-2300 Lafayette Shopping News in conjunction with the Grant County Tourism Council. www.grantcounty.org/ci/potositennyson No part of this publication may be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without the expressed written consent of the Woodman Village Clerk Grant County Tourism Council or the Shopping News. (608) 533-3441 www.grantcounty.org/ci/woodman (608) 348-8888 or 1-800-822-1131 3 www.grantcounty.org Cassville www.cassville.org Community History: Travel here by rustic roads, bike, car ferry, boat or airplane! Cassville, Wisconsin is a small town nestled between the scenic bluffs and the mighty Mississippi River. Become part of the nostalgic past as you journey back in time at the Stonefeild Historic Site, one of the Great River Road Interpretive Centers along the Mississippi. It features a recreated turn-of -the-century village, an agricultural museum and the Nelson Dewey homestead. Witness a breathtaking scene at the summit of the Nelson Dewey State Park! The scenic bluffs and trails offer camping, incredible hiking, bird watching and fantastic photo opportunities! Enjoy a picture perfect view of the majestic Mississippi at Riverside Park. Take a ride on the Cassville Car Ferry, the oldest ferry service in Wisconsin. Visualize a twenty-three year old Nelson Dewey making his first trip across the Mississippi to reach the little village that was envisioned to become the first capital of the Wisconsin Territory! Come to the River and experience Cassville! Attractions: Cassville Car Ferry Cassville Bluffs Natural Area - Roe Unit Ferry Landing, Riverside Park, Hwy. 133, Cassville, WI Cassville, WI Contact: Village Clerk’s Office (608) 784-3606 (608) 725-5180 www.mississippivalleyconservancy.org The Ferry begins operation in May 244 acres of bluffs, lowlands forest and will run through October. and prairies. Open for hiking, wildlife Please call the 24 hour Info Line observation, cross-country skiing and (608) 725-5180 for the 2017 schedule. hunting.

Nelson Dewey State Park Stonefield Historic Site Cty. V V, Cassville, WI Cty. Hwy. V V, Cassville, WI (608) 725-5374 (608) 725-5210 or Wooded campsites, showers, picnic www.stonefieldhistoricsite.org areas, hiking, bird watching. Open Experience Rural Wisconsin Life year-round. Park fee. in 1900. Visit the State Agricultural Museum, the Governor Nelson Dewey home site and the 1900 Village. Open May 27-October 8, 7 days a week.

Veteran’s Memorial Riverside Park With the Mississippi as a backdrop, Cassville’s Veteran Prime St., Cassville, WI Memorial is located in Riverside Park and can be seen when (608) 725-5180 (reservations) entering the village via Hwy 81. Located along the banks of the Mississippi offering shelters, picnic and play areas and wildlife observation deck. Launching and docking facilities. Nearby Attractions

Bagley: A small village in Grant County, Wisconsin located on the Upper Mississippi River about 9 miles south of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It is a popular riverside destination in the summer, when the population can quadruple. Wyalusing: This unincorporated community sits right next to the Mississippi River.The Wyalusing State Park is situated at the junction of the Mississippi River and Wisconsin River. There are hardwood and pine forests, bluffs and wetlands. Many forest animals typical of Wisconsin take refuge here, along with seasonal migratory birds. (608) 348-8888 or 1-800-822-1131 4 www.grantcounty.org Historic Sites – State Parks - Camping HISTORIC SITE CAMPING Stonefield Grant River Recreation Area

The Army Corps of Engineers Recreation Area is a class A campground located two miles south of Potosi/Tennyson, WI, along the Mississippi River off Hwy. 133. Barges on the mighty Mississippi pass peacefully by with the silence interrupted by an occasional train.

Open from mid-April until late October, the recreation area has 73 campsites-63 with electricity. Water, dump station, restrooms and showers are available. The Grant River Recreation Area also has such amenities as playgrounds, boat dock, fishing, covered shelters, picnic areas and interpretive programs periodically on weekends making it a Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, farmed this land. He popular family getaway. had high hopes for this pastoral stretch of land nestled between the Mississippi River and the spectacular limestone bluffs that To make reservations, tower above it. He called his beloved riverside agricultural estate call toll free 1-877-444-6777 Stonefield. While his farming enterprise faded into history, the or reserve online at www.reserveusa.com name he gave it lives on at a historic site that pays homage to For more information on the Grant River Recreation Area Dewey and the history of agriculture in Wisconsin. call 1-800-645-0248 or visit www.recreation.gov Return to Stonefield’s historic roots on a guided tour of Governor Nelson Dewey’s home site, offering a sweeping vista overlooking a re-created 1900 rural farming village beside the Mississippi River. Visit a 1900 farmstead and stroll quiet village streets lined STATE PARKS with thirty historic shops and businesses. Explore the State Agricultural Museum, which tells the story of Wisconsin’s Wyalusing State Park agriculture from before farm mechanization, through the rise Located just south of Prairie du Chien, WI at 13081 State and fall of wheat farming and the advent of the dairy industry, Park Ln., Bagley, WI. Open year-round, 6:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m., and into the 20th century. See Wisconsin’s largest collection unless a registered camper. Check out the website provided of historic farm implements ranging from incredibly detailed by the Friends of Wyalusing State Park at www.wyalusing.org miniature McCormick patent models to full-size tractors, reapers or call (608) 996-2261. and threshing machines. The museum’s extensive exhibits include an Allis-Chalmers Model U tractor, the first rubber tire tractor produced, and the 1896 McCormick Auto-mower, the Nelson Dewey State Park Located one mile north of Cassville, WI, on Cty. VV. Open oldest existing tractor in North America. year-round, 6:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m., unless a registered camper. Step inside Governor Dewey’s historic 1870 stone barn and For more information visit www.cassville.org/nelsondewey. peruse the museum shop’s full line of books, note cards, html or call (608) 725-5374. candies, arts-and-crafts items and other souvenirs marking back to Wisconsin’s agricultural heyday.

Stonefield is one of the newest Great River Road Interpretive Centers and features a new exhibit, “River Connections,’’ which tells the story of the site’s connections to the Mississippi River.

Stonefield Historic Site is located one mile north of Cassville, WI on Cty. Hwy. V V Open 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. daily, May 27-October 8 FOR MORE INFORMATION, Contact the Site office at (608)725-5210 Or write us at: Stonefield Historic Site 12195 Cty. Hwy. V V, Cassville, WI 53806 www.stonefieldhistoricsite.org

(608) 348-8888 or 1-800-822-1131 5 www.grantcounty.org Outdoor Recreation

Biking Wyalusing State Park - Wyalusing Walnut Forest State Natural Area Boat Landings The scenic beauty of Grant County’s (608) 996-2261 rolling hills and streams makes it an MISSISSIPPI RIVER Red-Shouldered Hawk, Kentucky and ideal area for biking. There are several Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow-Breasted Banfield Bridge: Indian Creek Rd., biking events in Grant County throughout Chat, Turkey Vultures and Whip-Poor-Wills. off Hwy. 61, DICKEYVILLE. the year. In Platteville, the Rountree Glen Haven: Also known as the Branch Trail offers a 3.1 hiking/biking Chase Creek on the west end of trail that is paved and lighted. Another Canoeing location in Platteville is the Hirsch Farm, town, across the railroad tracks, Grant County offers wonderful with several miles of single-track trails - GLEN HAVEN. opportunities to canoe, kayak or tube on the “Farm” is maintained by local biking one of its scenic waterways. Rich with Grant River Recreation Area: groups. For information on this trail and history, abundant in wildlife and serene, Left off Hwy. 133 on River Lane Rd. other biking info in the area, you can the rivers of Grant County await with 2 miles, POTOSI. e-mail: [email protected]. adventure for the whole family. Along the mighty Mississippi or the somewhat McCartney: Off Hwy. 133 between tricky Wisconsin, there are frequent CASSVILLE and POTOSI Bird Watching islands or other places for the canoer at the west end of Cty. N. Bagley Bottoms Boat Landing Bagley, WI to stop and camp. The Grant, Little O’Leary’s Lake: Eagle Point Rd., (608) 935-3368 Platte, Big Platte and Wisconsin abound off Hwy. 61, KIELER. Yellow-crowned Night Herons, Pileated with bends and rapids to challenge the Woodpeckers and American Egrets. canoer or kayaker. The rapids in the two Potosi Point: Off Hwy. 133 smaller rivers are all Class 1 and are at the south end of POTOSI. Cassville Bluffs Natural Area - Roe Unit suitable for beginners and family groups. Hwy. 133, Cassville, WI Riverside Park Boat Landing: 100’s of miles of streams and nature. (608) 784-3606 Off Hwy. 133 on to Crawford St., The Grant River empties into the mighty www.mississippivalleyconservancy.org CASSVILLE. Mississippi River, up river from Potosi. 244 acres of bluff lands, lowlands forest Wyalusing: Off Cty. X and prairies. Owned by the Mississippi in the town of WYALUSING. Conservancy and Wisconsin DNR. Open Cross Country Skiing to the public for hiking, wildlife observation, Wisconsin River cross-country skiing and hunting. Over 7 miles of groomed trails are available at Wyalusing State Park at Cty. T at the Wisconsin Blue River: Cassville Burton Lake Access 13342 Cty. Hwy. CC, south of Prairie River Bridge north of BLUE RIVER. (608) 725-5855 du Chien, WI. Toilets and water are DNR/Muscoda Access: Closing Dam Rd., Glen Haven, WI available and a park sticker is required. Turn West on River Rd. at the South end of Hwy. 80 Bridge, Grant River Recreation Area 3 blocks, MUSCODA. Potosi, WI (608) 763-2261 Floyd Von Haden Recreation Area: Eagles, Ducks including Teal, Cty. 61 at the Wisconsin River Wood Duck, Canvas Back, Widgeon, Bridge north of BOSCOBEL. Mallard and Ruddy. Millville: Off Cty. C, Nelson Dewey State Park - Dewey west of MILLVILLE. Heights Prairie State Natural Area Cassville, WI Victora Riverside Park: (608) 725-5374 or (608) 725-5855 Turn East on River Rd. at the Eagles (November-March), South end of Hwy. 80 Bridge, Carolina Wren, Pileated 2 blocks, MUSCODA. Woodpecker, Cerulean Warbler, Grant County offers over 370 miles Woodman: Off Hwy. 133, Vireos and other Songbirds. 1 of publicly funded trails. 2 ⁄2 miles west of WOODMAN. Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge - Potosi Point For more detailed information on Potosi, WI public boat landings and recreation (608) 763-2261 areas within Grant County, New viewing platform gives you the please check out the feeling of being out on the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources River, without being in a boat. You website at www.dnr.state.wi.us may view Herons, Egrets, Ducks, Pelicans, Tundra Swans, Yellow Headed Blackbirds and Bank Swallows. (608) 348-8888 or 1-800-822-1131 6 www.grantcounty.org

Family fun for all ages! Fishing Hiking Trail Nothing tastes better than fresh caught Nelson Dewey State Park fish that you’ve pulled from the river 12190 Cty. VV, Cassville, WI yourself. Especially when it’s caught in (608) 725-5374 the natural beauty that is Grant County. The scenic rolling hills and streams The Lower Wisconsin and Mississippi make it an ideal area for biking. Rivers form 110 miles of river frontage Snowmobiling on the northern and western boundaries Grant County offers 370 miles of public of Grant County. funded trails which are maintained Some of the Midwest’s premier fishing and groomed by the Grant County spots are found in Grant County. The Snowmobile Association. GCSA combination of steep cliffs, rolling hills consists of 12 clubs across the county. and valleys with numerous streams GCSA also prints the Grant County and rivers flowing through the county’s Snowmobile trail map. Maps are heartland make this one of the available at Grant County Chamber Midwest’s richest wildlife opportunities. Offices and the Grant County Extension Office in Lancaster, 608-723-2125. The Mississippi River is known for its Contact Lloyd Runde who serves as excellent pan fish, large & smallmouth the Grant County Snowmobile Director bass, walleye, northern, sauger and all at [email protected] or (608) 723- species of catfish. This major American 7492 or Runde also sells trail passes. Grant County offers 370 miles waterway has provided travelers with For trail conditions for snowmobiling, reliable transportation and settlers of public funded trails cross country and downhill skiing visit livelihood for many generations. www.travelwisconsin.com/snow_report.aspx On the ever-changing Wisconsin River, anglers vie for northern, blue gills, smallmouth bass, catfish, Swimming walleye, sturgeon and sauger. Some Many of our communities enjoy the of Midwest’s premier fishing spots are privilege of a municipal swimming found in Grant County. pool. Check your local chamber or Whether your preference is viewing, community contacts on page 3 hunting or fishing, the rugged terrain for the pool nearest you. provides ample cover to witness the beauty of Grant County wildlife. ATV/Motorcycling Many of our township roads have been Golfing approved for ATVs. Please check our Grant County is fortunate to offer website at grantcounty.org for maps for routes and other information. numerous golf courses. Courses are Bow hunting is a fun hobby located in Kieler, Cuba City, Fennimore, Maps will be available at many of our Platteville and Lancaster. For more chambers and businesses. Our scenic for this Bloomington, WI native. information, contact the local chamber back roads provide beautiful vistas for or community. photographers.

Water fun is in abundance with the Rivers, Creeks and waterfalls! Many of our township roads Family fun for all ages! have recently been approved for ATVs. (608) 348-8888 or 1-800-822-1131 7 www.grantcounty.org