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Nelson Dewey State Park

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Video of Nelson Dewey State Park Campgrounds – Cassville, Wisconsin

Nelson Dewey State Park is a land of incredible vistas overlooking the Mississippi River valley. On the site is the home of Wisconsin’s first governor, Nelson Dewey. His 2,000 acre plantation was considered the state’s first large scale farming operation. The governor’s first home was gutted by fire in 1873. The current building was built on the original foundation. Across the road, the State Historical Society operates Stonefield Village and the State Farm Museum. There are a number of effigy mounds constructed by the Hopewell Indian group along the bluff trails and overlooks in the 750 acre park. The trail through the dry lime prairie restoration along the edge of the overlook is very scenic. Tent campers will be impressed with the four walk-in sites overlooking the Mississippi River valley. This video includes all the park’s campsites. Music copyright 2008 by Maury Smith. Slide show and photographs copyright 2008, Creative Juice LLC.

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Upper Mississippi lock and dam 4 at Alma, Wisconsin

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Mississippi River from Buena Vista Park – Alma, Wisconsin

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Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

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Sunset on the Mississippi River, Perrot State Park – Trempealeau, Wisconsin

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Perrot State Park Campgrounds

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Perrot State Park, Campsite 43 – Trempealeau, Wisconsin

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White Pelicans at Base of Trempealeau Mountain – Perrot State Park

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American White Pelicans (from John James Audubon’s Birds of America)

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Topographic Map of Perrot State Park – Trempealeau, Wisconsin

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Video of Perrot State Park, Campsites 1-50 – Trempealeau, Wisconsin

Nicholas Perrot, a 17th century French Canadian fur trader spent the winter here in 1685. In 1731 Godefroy de Linctot built a fort at the mountain whose foot is bathed by water, sometimes written La Montagne Qui Trempe a Leau and now called Mount Trempealeau. Platform mounds associated with the Mississippian culture of Cahokia have been located in the nearby village of Trempealeau. Effigy and burial mounds of the Hopewell culture are also found in the Park. Today you can get excellent views of Mount Trempealeau and the Mississippi River Valley by climbing the trail to the top of the 520 ft. Brady’s Bluff. Or canoe through the bottomland to see some of the thousands of birds that nest or pass through this magical terrain. There are 98 campsites in the park. The tent sites by the water have spectacular views of Mount Trempealeau. The Great River State Trail for bicycling can be accessed directly from the campground. You can then explore three other bicycle trails in this excellent trail system. Music copyright 2008 by Maury Smith. Slide show and Photographs copyright 2008, Creative Juice LLC.

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