ancient ruins
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Over 200 prehistoric mounds built by Indigenous peoples, including 31 in the shape of bears and birds, along the bluffs of the Mississippi River.
6 km · about 10 min drive
Wisconsin, United States · North America
Prairie du Chien is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Monona, 6km from Effigy Mounds National Monument.
Prairie du Chien is a town located in Wisconsin, United States. With a population of 5,757, it is an important destination in North America.
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Prairie du Chien ( PRAIR-ee doo SHEEN) is a city in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 5,506 at the 2020 census. Often called Wisconsin's second-oldest city, Prairie du Chien was established as a European settlement by French voyageurs in the late 17th century. ItsRead more
settlement date of June 17, 1673, makes it the fourth colonial settlement by European settlers in the Midwestern United States, after Green Bay, Wisconsin; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; and St. Ignace, Michigan. The city has many sites showing its rich history in the region.
Prairie du Chien is near the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers, a strategic point along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Mississippi. This location offered early French missionaries and explorers their first access and entrance to the Mississippi River. Early French visitors to the site found it occupied by a group of Meskwaki led by a chief whose name Alim meant chien in French ('dog' in English). The French explorers named the location Prairie du Chien, French for 'dog's meadow'. Originally, this name applied only to the plain upon which the settlement lay, but it was later applied to the city. The city of Prairie du Chien is located partly in the town of Prairie du Chien and partly in the town of Bridgeport.
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Prairie du Chien is located in Wisconsin, United States, North America. The coordinates are 43.0517 latitude, -91.1412 longitude.
Prairie du Chien has a population of approximately 5,757 people, making it a town in United States.
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Over 200 prehistoric mounds built by Indigenous peoples, including 31 in the shape of bears and birds, along the bluffs of the Mississippi River.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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