Beginning of Old Military Trail Historical Marker
Beginning of Old Military Trail Historical Marker is a park in Clayton, Iowa. Beginning of Old Military Trail Historical Marker is situated nearby to the locality Yellow River, as well as near La Prairie Retirement Village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Effigy Mounds National Monument and Villa Louis.
Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by pre-Columbian Mound Builder cultures, mostly in the first millennium CE, during the later part of the Woodland period of pre-Columbian North America.
Villa Louis
Park
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The Villa Louis is a National Historic Landmark located on St. Feriole Island, in Prairie du Chien, southwestern Wisconsin. The villa and estate are a historical museum operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Villa Louis is situated 1½ miles southeast of Beginning of Old Military Trail Historical Marker.
Crawford County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Crawford County Courthouse is located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Crawford County Courthouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Beginning of Old Military Trail Historical Marker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marquette and Prairie du Chien.
Marquette
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Marquette is a small town in northeast Iowa. It is of interest to travelers as the jumping-off point for Effigy Mounds National Monument. Another small town, McGregor, is immediately to the south.
Prairie du Chien
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Prairie du Chien is a city in the Southern Wisconsin River Valley of Southwest Wisconsin, near the junction of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers.
McGregor
Village
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McGregor is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 742 at the time of the 2020 census. McGregor is located on the Mississippi River across from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Pike's Peak State Park is located just south of the city. McGregor is situated 3½ miles south of Beginning of Old Military Trail Historical Marker.
Beginning of Old Military Trail Historical Marker
- Type: Park
- Location: Clayton, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.07359° or 43° 4′ 25″ northLongitude
-91.17985° or 91° 10′ 48″ westElevation
617 feet (188 metres)Open location code
86MC3RFC+C3GeoNames ID
4848068
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