History of Columbus, Wisconsin

The city has a statue of Christopher Columbus and a museum devoted to Columbus and the era that he lived in. It features the Chicago 1983 World's Columbian Exposition.

The Christopher Columbus statue is located on Highway 16, 60 and 151 at exit #118.

In 1839 Elbert Dickason came to the West side of the Crawfish River and built a sawmill and home. Another early resident of Columbus and its first lawyer was James T. Lewis. Lewis went on to be the Governor of Wisconsin from 1864 to 1865.