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Muscoda is a village in Grant (mostly) and Iowa counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,299 at the 2010 census. Of this, 1,249 were in Grant County, and only 50 were in Iowa County. The Grant County part of the village lies in the town of Muscoda, while the Iowa County portion lies in the town of Pulaski, and is the largest village in the county, and third largest community. ==History and culture== Muscoda (pronounced MUS-co-day) was originally known as English Prairie, named for two English fur traders, Abraham Lansing and Garrit Roseboom, who opened a post at the close of the French and Indian War. Lansing and his son were murdered in 1763 by their French assistants and the fame of the murder kept the name English Prairie alive until 1840. The name was evidently taken from Longfellow's ''Hiawatha'', in which it is mentioned several times:
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This is most likely how Muscoda earned its name, from the popular meaning of "Prairie of Flowers."〔(''Hiawatha; a poem'', by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by John Rea Neill )〕 Muscoda has billed itself as the "Wisconsin's Morel Capital" since 1982 and hosts the "Morel Mushroom Festival" every year on the weekend following Mother's Day.〔(Morel Mushroom Festival )〕 The event includes carnival rides, tractors pulls, tournaments, merchant stands, food booths, and portable tattoo parlors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Muscoda, Wisconsin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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