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Pendarvis Prairie Restoration

A view of the Merry Christmas Mine Hill prairie restoration.
A view of the Merry Christmas Mine
Hill prairie restoration.

A restored prairie habitat overlooks historic Mineral Point and the Pendarvis Cornish restoration. The 43-acre prairie project began in 1988 in a joint venture between the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Conservation Corps. Today the prairie again thrives with indigenous grasses and flowering plants, comprising one of the largest native prairies in southwestern Wisconsin. Marked trails traverse the mine property and the adjoining prairie, providing lovely vistas that recall the frontier landscape that greeted the first settlers, including the Cornish immigrants who built the cottages of Pendarvis.

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