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PLAN YOUR VISIT TO
135 E. Maple St., Lancaster, WI
MON. - FRI. 1 - 4PMSEE WEBSITE FOR HOURS
460 W. Madison St., Platteville, WI OPEN MOST SATURDAYSOPEN SATURDAYS
JUN. - AUG. 1 - 4PMMAY - OCT. 30 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM grantcountyhistory.org
adno=208391 Wisconsin does indeed start here and we can prove it. We’re even home to the Point of Beginnings. While we’re a big part of the reason Wisconsin is known as America’s Dairyland, Grant County has a deep history – literally! The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museums in Platteville tell the tale of how lead mining shaped the community and its university. Go underground and tour an actual lead mine used in the late 1800s. Learn about the railroad industry too with the Boscobel Depot Museum and Fennimore Railway Museum. Or, be a kid again with the Doll and Toy Museum in Fennimore! And our history certainly goes back long before the first European settlers. Mounds built by indigenous peoples centuries ago can still be found in the region. Come celebrate all that makes Wisconsin what it is today.
Information on these and more at grantcounty.org/tourism/historical-info-sites
Your Underground AdventureAwaits!
Mine Tours, TrainRides,and Exhibit Galleries Open DailyMay-October and by Reservation Special Programs Offered Year-Round
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405 EAST MAIN STREET |PLATTEVILLE www.mining.jamison.museum
And for the History Buff...
Boscobel Depot, Boscobel Grant County Courthouse, Lancaster Grant County History Museum, (formerly Cunningham Museum), Lancaster Fennimore Railway Museum, Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum, 135 6th St., Fennimore, 608-822-4100, www.dollandtoymuseum.com GAR Hall, Boscobel
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 The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, Platteville Sinsinawa Mound Center, 585 Cty. Rd. Z, Sinsinawa, 608-748-4411, www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter Stonefield, Cassville, 608-725-5210, stonefieldhistoricsite.org The Dickeyville Grotto, Hwy. 35 N., Dickeyville, 608-568-3119
Southwest Wisconsin Room: Archives & Area Research
Center, Karrmann Library, UW-Platteville Villa Louis, Prairie du Chien, 608-326-2721, villalouis.org
Learn about it. Experience it. Enjoy it.
