Cheap Things To Do in Platteville, Wisconsin

This drive loops through the southwest corner of the state, touring the first area of Wisconsin to be heavily settled by Europeans. Brought by the discovery of lead in 1827, miners, land speculators, and merchants flooded into the ... More on Trails

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So I would suggest getting there early enough so you can spend at least 1 hour in each museum plus more t... More on TripAdvisor

The Platteville Mining Museum shows the development of lead and zinc mining in the Upper Mississippi Valley. Platteville once had a mining school, and like many Wisconsin towns it was built on the mining industry. Beneath photographs ... More on showcaves.com

Inscription. Settled in response to the discovery of lead ore in the area, the original Village of Platteville was platted in 1835. Designed around existing miners' diggings, and lead ore smelters, Platteville was patterned after ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (from the memoirs of John H. Rountree): "During the fall of 1827 my partner and myself purchased a mineral prospect that had been discovered, by finding small pieces of lead mineral in the litter piles of dirt scratched ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Wisconsin's first college devoted wholly to training teachers, the Platteville Normal School, opened here on October 9, 1866, in Rountree Hall, which since 1853 has housed its predecessor, the Platteville Academy. The ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 241 Ft High 214 Ft Wide, The University of Wisconsin Platteville, Begun in 1937 by students of The Wisconsin Mining School, , Location. 42° 45.79′ N, 90° 24.442′ W. Marker is near Platteville, Wisconsin, ... More on HMDB

This is the 19th century capital of ... More on Yahoo! Travel

Near the picturesque hamlet of Belmont is First Capitol, the place where the first territorial legislature established Wisconsin's territorial government. The First Capitol site features two buildi... More on Heritage

Inscription. Wisconsin's Territorial Government, On April 20, 1836, Congress passed an act establishing the Wisconsin Territory, composed of the present states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and th... More on HMDB