The Cassville Car Ferry

The Cassville Car Ferry awaits visitors for a fun way to cross the Mississippi River. Take a ride on the Pride of Cassville and visualize a twenty-three-year-old Nelson Dewey and his first trip across the Mississippi to reach the little village that was envisioned to become the first Capital of the Wisconsin territory. The ferry served the early settlement as far back as 1836 and was powered by horses working on a treadmill. Though horses have been replaced, it continues today making the same trip back and forth across the mighty river.