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May Newsletter

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Sculpture Proposals for the Hidden History Sculpture Trail are due May 27, 2025.

More information and the application can be found here: CALL FOR ARTISTS.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Emmy Dedication, Screening, and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Meet & Greet

Saturday, June 7, 4:00 - 6:00pm

Pleasant Prairie History Museum

Free Admission

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

Members enjoy the following benefits:

Copy of the bi-annual Prairie Pioneer newsletter
Invitation to the Annual Night at the Museum
Membership Certificate and Pin
Early access to sign-up for the annual History Happy Hour series

To download a Membership

Application, click HERE

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Volume 14 Issue 2—Fall 2024

HISTORY HIGHLIGHT

POMPEII DEL LAGO

Nestled into the most southeastern corner of Wisconsin is Prairie Harbor Yacht Club—a marina with a history dating back to 1938. That was the year Walter H. Mayer, Sr. built “Pompeii Del Lago” (Pompeii on the Lake), a Roman-style villa inspired by the ruins of Pompeii (a Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.). The complex included a marble bathhouse, gazebo, and formal gardens. The cornerstone of the garage was inscribed “AS OUR DREAMS ARE, SUCH ARE WE” and dated “10/27/38.” That cornerstone now resides in the front of the present-day Prairie Harbor Yacht Club, which opened in 1991.