Paintings by a young Austrian, Franz Holzhuber, show what the early settlers found when they came to the Coulee Region. Reproductions of Holzhuber's paintings, done between 1856-60 show scenes of Indian life, logging, river transportation from rafts to paddlewheelers, and the early days of the railroad. The museum is dominated by a replica of a settler's cabin, in which the Onalaska Area Historical Society puts several different displays a year. Past exhibits have covered women's fashions from the early part of this century, Victorian furnishings, antique Christmas decorations, military uniforms, old woodworking tools, 19th-century photographic equipment and photographs and more. The museum's glass cases have housed a wide array of displays, from antique valentine cards and school memorabilia to railroading artifacts and relics from the city's former canning and pickling factory.
Cemetery is on east side of road.
Onalaska Cemetery - Corner of Main Street and 12th Avenue South.