On River Bluffs Scenic Highway/Hiawatha Pioneer Trail (U.S. 52) at Ivory Rd (County Highway B60), on the right when traveling north on River Bluffs Scenic Highway/Hiawatha Pioneer Trail.
Dedicated June 13, 1954
In memory of deceased members of Post 27
Memorials for
Cyrill Matt and Arthur Meyer
have made this park possible — — Map (db m202889) WM
On Great River Road Hiawatha Pioneer Trail (U.S. 52), on the right when traveling north.
The valley of the Mississippi River is one of the most distinctive landscape features of the central United States. Set in a geologic framework of ancient sea floors and glacial flood waters, this rock-lined corridor hosts interesting . . . — — Map (db m202873) HM
Near Great River Road (State Highway 76) 2 miles north of U.S. 18, on the right when traveling north.
This rock marks the beginning of the Old Military Trail first used in the summer of 1840 by troops from Fort Crawford in Wisconsin when building Fort Atkinson in Iowa. It served as a highway for the movement of troops and supplies from Fort Crawford . . . — — Map (db m44190) HM
Near River Street (Business U.S. 18) 0.4 miles north of Front Street, on the left when traveling north.
Cave History
Workers for the Hagensieck brewery created these cave openings around 1867 using picks, shovels and blasting powder. They used the caves to store ice and beer until the brewery closed in 1888. Hundreds of bats used the caves . . . — — Map (db m46742) HM
John Froelich invented the very first successful gasoline powered tractor able to proplel itself backward and forward, in 1892, right here in this village named after the Froelich family. The blacksmith, William Mann, assisted with the creation of . . . — — Map (db m203106) HM
On Froelich Road, on the left when traveling east.
In this village, John Froelich built the first gasoline tractor that propelled itself backward as well as forward. Far-reaching in its effect on modern agricultural history. It moved out of this village and into the world in 1892.
Later that . . . — — Map (db m202935) HM
On A Street / Dr. Clifford Smith Street west of Main Street (Iowa Highway 76), on the right when traveling west.
McGregor
"Royal is my race," was the motto of Clan MacGregor of which McGregor's founder, Alexander MacGregor, was a descendant. It was 1837 when Alexander began a ferry boat operation on "MacGregor's Landing" that became a thriving town of . . . — — Map (db m44758) HM
On Pikes Peak Road, 0.5 miles east of County Highway X56.
Across this impressive gorge of the Mississippi River is the mouth of the Wisconsin River. The steeply notched valleys of both rivers are carved into sedimentary bedrock which underlies the level, plateau-like uplands and forms the abrupt, . . . — — Map (db m46138) HM
Near Pikes Peak Road, 0.5 miles east of Highway X56.
Across the Mississippi is the mouth of the Wisconsin River. This is the point where on June 17, 1673 Pere Marquette and Louis Joliet, in two small canoes entered the mighty Mississippi. They were the first white men to discover the Upper Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m44797) HM
On Froelich Road, on the right when traveling south.
The original Froelich Train Depot had been a large building located just to the north of the present location of our current depot. It was located on the west side of the old highway 18 & 52. In 1872, the railroad came through what became known . . . — — Map (db m203108) HM
On Froelich Road, on the left when traveling east.
This store was built in 1891 by Edwin Froelich, after the previous general store burned down that had been located where the Frolelich Monument is currently located. It was called the Iron Clad Store for the exterior was covered with fire-proof . . . — — Map (db m203105) HM
