Near Bagley in Grant County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Passenger Pigeon Monument
Photographed by Gordon Govier, July 21, 2008
1. Passenger Pigeon Monument Marker
Erected 1947 by Wisconsin Society of Ornithology.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Environment • Natural Resources. A significant historical year for this entry is 1899.
Location. 42° 59.278′ N, 91° 7.776′ W. Marker is near Bagley, Wisconsin, in Grant County. It can be reached from Long Valley Road half a mile west of State Park Lane. Marker is in Wyalusing State Park, overlooking the river by the Sentinel Ridge Trail at the Green Cloud Picnic area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bagley WI 53801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and monument is in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, in the Corn Belt, in the Driftless Area Bluff Country, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Camp Nelson Dewey (approx. 0.7 miles away); Curtis Memorial Scientific Area (approx. one mile away); Pikes Peak Overlook Landscape Interpretation (approx. 1.8 miles away in Iowa); Point of Discovery (approx. 1.8 miles away in Iowa); Prairie du Chien Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); McGregor / Ringling Brothers (approx. 3½ miles away in Iowa);
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Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. A Marker in Babcock, "noted for being the site of the last known, natural sighting of a passenger pigeon."
Also see . . . Passenger Pigeon. Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on March 24, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.)
Photographed by Gordon Govier, July 21, 2008
2. Passenger Pigeon Monument
Photographed by Gordon Govier, July 21, 2008
3. Passenger Pigeon Monument
Photographed by Gordon Govier, July 21, 2008
4. Marker describing Upper Missippi River Valley
Photographed by Gordon Govier, July 21, 2008
5. View of Upper Mississippi River from Passenger Pigeon Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2010, by Gordon Govier of Fitchburg, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 2,281 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 14, 2010, by Gordon Govier of Fitchburg, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
