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Unforgettable
in Every
Season . . .
Norskedalen
Nature &
Heritage
Center
Historic Pioneer Log Homestead
Trails, Museums, & much more!
Year-Round Paulsen Rental Cabin
Annual Special Events
Open year-round
Weddings or Group Gatherings
www.norskedalen.org
(608) 452-3424
3 miles north of Coon Valley on Cty. Rd. PI
on County Highway PI. Norskedalen
holds many seasonal cultural events
and provides educational programs all
year. Hiking trails, museums, a library,
gift shop, and a pioneer farmstead let
people enjoy a little Norwegian Heritage.
An annual fall Threshing Bee and
Norskedalen’s Old Fashioned Christmas
are highly awaited events. Skumsrud
Heritage Farm is owned and operated
by Norskedalen, and is located 1/2 mile
west of Coon Valley on Highway 14/61.
This is an open air museum with 11
historic buildings and is on the National
Register of Historic Places, open
Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Viroqua
Viroqua is a MAIN STREET CITY,
featured in the Wall Street Journal,
CBS evening news, Smithsonian
Magazine, and Readers Digest. Located
on Highway 14/61 at the junctions of
Highways 56, 82 and 27, Viroqua is a
city on the move. Viroqua has a busy
and varied downtown, and a pride in
its heritage, enterprising spirit and
community wide accomplishments.
VIROQUA MAIN STREET CITY
CHAMBER: 608-637-2575, fax 608-637-
8326, www.viroqua-wisconsin.com
WILD WEST DAYS is held in mid-
August and features a 3-day return to
yesteryear. Wild West Days is set in an
authentic scaled down frontier town
with gunfights, stagecoach rides,
preachers and painted ladies, saloons
and arcades. The tone is uproarious and
fun. www.wildwestdays.
TWINKLE FEST is a Christmas
lighting celebration that begins the
holiday season, with a parade and a tree
lighting, on the Friday evening following
Thanksgiving.
HISTORIC TEMPLE THEATER is
a restored movie theater and Masonic
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Coon Valley, Wisconsin
Italian-American Cuisine
H & R Cabins, LLC
Louis and Martha DiSciascio
(608) 452-3182
www.disciascioscoonvalley.com
Eagle Title Company
95 Central Avenue, PO Box 160
Coon Valley, WI 54623-0160
608-452-3160 • Fax 608-452-3167
email: eagle@mwt.net
Title Insurance • Abstracts • Property Reports
Counties of: Vernon and La Crosse
Hall on Main Street. It has become the
premier performance space in the area.
Concerts, recitals, plays and an arts
series provide first class entertainment.
FARMERS MARKET, found on Main
Street during the summer growing
season, is the place to purchase fresh produce and Amish crafts.
Chances Are
Floral, Gifts & Crafts
109 Fairbanks Street
Coon Valley
608-452-3112
6th Annual Coon Creek Rendezvous
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
June 22, 23, and 24
Located along the banks of the Coon Creek in the
Coon Valley Veteran Memorial Park
Booshway-Jay Synsteby
608-381-1016
Main Street Station is a true public market, housed in a lovingly rehabbed
historic building featuring local hand-made treasures, the bounty of area farms,
special events and much, much more. The main market hall replicates an oldworld
town square - with a fountain and old maple tree at the center. It is a great
place to linger and relax. Come explore Main Street Station. Think global – shop
local.
VERNON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Ask for oral history videos,
brochures and information on walking tours of Viroqua, Historic Black Hawk Trail,
Lucy Stone Marker and Liberty Pole. Other historical properties include Vernon
County Museum, the former County Normal School; Sherry-Butt House, home of
Civil War Colonel Butt and later Orbec and Hilda Sherry; and Country School and
Country Church (available for weddings). Info:
608-637-7396. Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk (1882-89), farmed in Viroqua, served
in the U.S. House of Representatives after the Civil War (1871-77) and was
appointed the first Secretary of Agriculture by President Benjamin Harrison
(1889-1893). (Historical Marker).
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