Prospect House and Civil War Museum — Attraction in Battle Lake

This is the most interesting house tour I've been on in a long time and I'm a fancy house tour nerd. Your tour will start in the kitchen of this local landmark and will encompass almost every bit of this lovingly restored home . The tour is given by the great grandson of Cap Colehour, a man who was shot twice in the Civil War and lived to tell about it. Jay Johnson inherited a home from his mother that was in great need of restoration. He has done an amazing job of sifting through decades of collected bits and pieces of the homes history. There is a great deal of family history mixed in with local history, Civil War history and world history as well. He survives on donations, and has done wonders with this place. The vintage paper dolls display and the Chicago World's Fair display alone made the tour worthwhile, but there was...

I have visited this historic home four times-- the first two before it was a museum. My wife's great-grandfather, "Cap" Colehour, grew up there, and after surviving being shot twice in the Civil War (His uniform with the two holes is on display in the small museum), took possession of the house--and eventually much of early Battle Lake--which is now a quaint, small town surrounded by rolling farms and numerous...

Quite possibly the best guided tour I have ever had the pleasure of taking. If the man had asked for 40 bucks a head I would have happily paid it for the wealth of knowledge he has, both historical and familial. At only 10 bucks per person for an hour and a half of walking through history I consider it a privilege to have been able to attend.

Come ready to learn and laugh. Youwill not regret the time or...