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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 195?
Category : Prairie du Chien (Wis.).
ISBN : OCLC:11138862
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 196?
Category : Crawford County (Wis.)
ISBN : OCLC:29586060
Author : Peter Lawrence Scanlan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0966800400
The story of Prairie du Chien is the history of the Mississippi Frontier in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Native Americans gathered on the prairie to engage in the fur trade, French explorers built a fort to house the furs and trade goods, British traders and American soldiers competed and battled for control of the prairie, and here Black Hawk surrendered in 1832. Though written in 1937, "Prairie du Chien: French, British, American" still stands as the most definitive work on Wisconsin's second oldest community. Republished by the Prairie du Chien Historical Society.
Author : Peter Lawrence Scanlan
Publisher : Prairie Du Chien Year of the French Committee
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89067945170
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0738583561
Just above the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers lies a 9-mile prairie whose beauty and location have long drawn people to its expanse. At this traditional gathering place of Native Americans, French explorers and fur traders stored trade goods and celebrated on the prairie, in time building homes at la Prairie des Chiens. American soldiers constructed a fort here, at the entrance to the upper Mississippi Valley, to secure the region for settlement. Wave upon wave of people arrived in Prairie du Chien by steamboat and railroad, and by 1900, a bustling city had spread across the plain. But the French heritage and majestic beauty of the river endured. After World War I, tourists came to drift along the banks of the Mississippi, climb the steep bluffs surrounding the prairie, and sample the Friday night fish fries. Wisconsin's second-oldest community, Prairie du Chien retains the attraction that drew the first explorers to its shores.
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870207389
Author Mary Elise Antoine brings a little-known, strategic, corner of the War of 1812's history to life. She details the story of a years'-long fight for control of the Northern Mississippi and the "western country," a struggle that culminated in a three-day siege of the area's lynchpin fur trade center in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in July of 1814.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : UCAL:B3283769
Author : Sharyn Alden
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0915024934
Take a trip back in time through Wisconsin's past with this useful guide. Historic places, people and events come to life in the delightful period photography featured. Included is information on where to stay and dine. For Wisconsin travelers and history buffs alike.
Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Effigy Mounds National Monument (Iowa)
ISBN : MINN:31951002979632I
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031029184
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Crawford County (Wis.)
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU54330610
Author : Mary Elise Antoine,Lucy Eldersveld Murphy
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870207600
Albert Coryer, the grandson of a fur trade voyageur-turned-farmer, had a gift for storytelling. Born in 1877, he grew up in Prairie du Chien hearing tales of days gone by from his parents, grandparents, and neighbors who lived in the Frenchtown area. Throughout his life, Albert soaked up the local oral traditions, including narratives about early residents, local landmarks, interesting and funny events, ethnic customs, myths, and folklore. Late in life, this lively man who had worked as a farm laborer and janitor drew a detailed illustrated map of the Prairie du Chien area and began to write his stories out longhand, in addition to sharing them in an interview with a local historian and folklore scholar. The map, stories, and interview transcript provide a colorful account of Prairie du Chien in the late nineteenth century, when it was undergoing significant demographic, social, and economic change. With sharp historical context provided by editors Lucy Eldersveld Murphy and Mary Elise Antoine, Coryer’s tales offer an unparalleled window into the ethnic community comprised of the old fur trade families, Native Americans, French Canadian farmers, and their descendants.
Author : Richard H. Zeitlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1981*
Category : Archaeological surveying
ISBN : WISC:89102827326
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870207396
In The War of 1812 in Wisconsin, author Mary Elise Antoine brings a little-known corner of Wisconsin’s history to life. Prairie du Chien, located just above mouth of the Wisconsin River, was the key to trade on the upper Mississippi. Whoever controlled the prairie commanded the immense territory inhabited by thousands of American Indians—and the fur they traded. When war broke out between the United States and Great Britain in 1812, British and Americans fought to maintain the ever-shifting alliance of the tribes. This is the story of the battle for the control of Prairie du Chien and the western country, which began many years before the three-day siege in July of 1814 for which the Battle of Prairie du Chien is named. It is also the tale of the people, Euro-American and Native, who lived in pre-territorial Wisconsin and how the contest for control of the region affected their lives and livelihoods. The outcome of the War of 1812 would determine what "manifest destiny" would mean to all who called these lands home.
Author : Marty Dyrud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Prairie du Chien Region (Wis.)
ISBN : WISC:89067945238
