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Fall River

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Before the settlers came to the Fall River area, when south-central Wisconsin was still wilderness and large areas of unsettled wild territory, two small creeks flowed together to form the Crawfish River. It was on a ridge above the Crawfish River that A. A. Brayton first built his house and store in 1845. The Village of Fall River in the 1900’s consisted of Tramburg’s Saloon, Weber’s store, the Fall River House (a hotel constructed before the Civil War) and the G. A. R. Hall and of course, the sawmill and grist mill. The Fall River House served as a gathering place the veterans of the Civil War.

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The Fall River, Wisconsin area boasts many excellent recreational and sporting venues. The 18-hole course at the Kestrel Ridge Golf Club facility in Columbus, Wisconsin features 6,051 yards of open to the public golf from the longest tees for a par of 70. The course rating is 68.6 and it has a slope rating of 121 on Blue grass. Designed by Dan Feick, the Kestrel Ridge golf course opened in 2002, and also has a 30 tees driving range. There’s an 8,000 square foot clubhouse that includes banquet facilities for 300 people, a fully stocked golf shop, and a sports bar for post-round food and beverage.

Aztalan State Park contains one of Wisconsin’s most important archaeological sites, showcasing an ancient village and ceremonial complex that thrived from A.D. 1000 and 1300. Archaeologists theorize that the occupants may have cultural traditions in common with Cahokia, a large Middle-Mississippian settlement near East St. Louis, Illinois. The inhabitants built large, flat-topped pyramidal mounds and a stockade around their village. They hunted, fished, and farmed on the floodplain of the Crawfish River. Portions of the stockade and two mounds have been reconstructed in the park.


Village of Fall River

PO Box 6, Fall River, WI 53932
Phone: (920) 484-3927 Email: [email protected]

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