Mound Prairie

Bulging out of the earth a few yards form this point, three prehistoric Indian mounds interrupt the prevailing flat terrain. Long overgrown with grass, the mounds and adjacent village (covering about 100 acres) constitute one of the major aboriginal sites ...

Prairie City

Site of Prairie City, mining town and center of trade in California Gold Rush days. In July, 1853, Prairie City reached the height of its prosperity, and included fifteen stores and ten boarding houses and hotels. Two stage lines operated ...

Wisconsin’s Greater Prairie Chicken

(Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus)

These open grasslands in the Buena Vista Marsh, Portage County, were one of the last remaining strongholds of the Greater Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin. Once abun­dant in the state, this impressive bird nearly disappeared when its grassland habitat ...

La Prairie Grange Hall

La Prairie Grange No. 79 was organized February 27, 1873, and the Grange Hall was built between June 20 and September 5, 1874. Constructed jointly with the Town of La Prairie, the Hall cost $1,938.50.

In 1960 the Town Board deeded ...

Prairie City Cemetery

The site of the Prairie City Cemetery that once served the bustling gold rush town of Prairie City was located during construction of the Prairie City Road and Highway 50 Interchange in May 1997. It was used between 1853 and ...

Prairie City Cemetery

The site of the Prairie City Cemetery that once served the bustling gold rush town of Prairie City was located during construction of the Prairie City Road and Highway 50 Interchange in May 1997. It was used between 1853 and ...

Osborn Prairie Church - - Built 1892

Gothic Revival Church

Historic Landmarks

of Fountain County, Inc.

Award

Presented to

Osborn Prairie Church

for the Restoration

and Preservation

of the

Gothic Revival Church

Built in 1892

Marker is on Osborn Prairie Road west of County Route N70W, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org