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Author : Peter Lawrence Scanlan
Publisher : Prairie Du Chien Year of the French Committee
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89067945170
Author : Constance M. Evans,Ona B. Earll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Prairie du Chien (Wis.)
ISBN : OCLC:7264320
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,6 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 : David Mamet
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0802151728
"The Shawl" is about a small-time mystic out to bilk a bereaved woman of her inheritance. In "Prairie du Chien" a railroad car is the setting for a violent story of obsessive jealousy, murder and suicide punctuated by the camaraderie of a friendly card game exploding into a moment of menace.
Author : Mary Elise Antoine,Lucy Eldersveld Murphy
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 54,5 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 : Marty Dyrud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Prairie du Chien Region (Wis.)
ISBN : WISC:89067945238
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,9 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 : Constance M. Evans,Ona B. Earll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Prairie du Chien (Wis.)
ISBN : OCLC:4168262
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439650219
From the day Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered the Mississippi River in 1673, fur traders, and then settlers, were drawn to Prairie du Chien. Red Bird and Black Hawk opposed American expansionism, while Zachary Taylor enforced the change. John Muir admired the majesty of the Mississippi River, and John Lawler accepted the challenge to bridge the waters. As people came to Prairie du Chien, generations worked to form a small, cohesive community. Some, like George and Dorothy Jeffers, Ralph and Albina Kozelka, Henry Howe, and Frank Stark, began businesses that descendants continue to operate. John Peacock and Mike Valley found a livelihood from the river. Art Frydenlund, Jim Bittner, and Fred LaPointe promoted and encouraged all to come. B.A. Kennedy and Jack Mulrooney created an outstanding educational and sports program. Peter Scanlan and Cal Peters recorded the rich history. Roy and Geraldine George established the George Family Foundation, and Morris MacFarlane led a movement to create scholarships. Lori Knapp helped disabled people without realizing her impact. Politician Patrick Lucey and cowgirl Elaine Kramer gained national recognition. All these people and others, like Dr. T.F. Farrell and Robert Garrity, were neighbors. Their stories fill these pages.
Author : Richard H. Zeitlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1981*
Category : Archaeological surveying
ISBN : WISC:89102827326
Author : Alfred Brunson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Prairie du Chien (Wis.)
ISBN : OSU:32435006932024
Author : Lee Budahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Architecture
ISBN : WISC:89095305389
Author : Caleb Atwater
Publisher : Columbus, O[hio] : I.N. Whiting
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Dakota language
ISBN : BL:A0019743585
Author : Edward Duffield Neill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Minnesota
ISBN : HARVARD:HX4ZPW
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1530 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : NYPL:33433016643771
