Wabasha is the home of the National Eagle Center.
Just outside the center on the banks of the Mississippi River is a beautiful statue of a Chief Wabasha. He was a noted man in his day, and was recognized as head chief of the River bands of Sioux. During the troubles with the Winnebago Indians, at Prairie du Chien, at an early day, Wah-pah-sha was invited by them to a council. After listening to the Winnebago chiefs, and what they proposed doing to the whites, Wah-pah-sha arose, and, pulling a hair from his head, blew it away, telling the council that if they harmed a white man he would blow them from the face of the earth as he had blown the hair. The chief with his band made their summer residence on what is now called “Sand Prairie,” or, as it was called by the old voyageurs, “La Prairie au Cypre.”
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