Legendary Locals Of Prairie Du Chien

Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439650219

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Legendary Locals of Prairie du Chien by Mary Elise Antoine Pdf

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 : Peter Lawrence Scanlan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Crawford County (Wis.)
ISBN : OCLC:989898147

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Prairie Du Chien:French British American by Peter Lawrence Scanlan Pdf

Author : Lea VanderVelde
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199754083

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Mrs. Dred Scott by Lea VanderVelde Pdf

In telling the life of Harriet, Dred's wife and co-litigant in the case, this book provides a compensatory history to the generations of work that missed key sources only recently brought to light. Moreover, it gives insight into the reasons and ways that slaves used the courts to establish their freedom. --from publisher description

Author : Michael Heim
Publisher : Exploring America's Highway
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0974435805

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Exploring America's Highways by Michael Heim Pdf

If you're planning a trip, it's relatively easy to find the fastest route by visiting Yahoo or MapQuest internet web sites or if you're hopelessly old-fashioned- unfolding a map. But how do you choose the most interesting route, and create a trip that is more than just a blur of mile markers and exit signs? Exploring America's Highways: Wisconsin Trip Trivia may have the answer!Exploring America's Highways: Wisconsin Trip Trivia provides travelers a guided tour along specific routes throughout the state. Travelers will obtain a wide range of interesting information along the highway including:? Place Name? Historical Markers? Local Landmarks? Prominent People? Industry and Inventions? Geological? General TriviaDid you know that: Jesse James and his gang were chased out of Northfield trying to rob their first bank? The first woman ever to reach the North Pole came from Ely, or Mountain Lake was originally named Midway because it was midway between the railroad line that travels from St. Paul to Sioux City, Iowa. These are just a few of the fun things revealed in this book.There is no reason anybody needs to dread long hours of driving time anyway. Just find your route (highlighted in the table of contents) and read along, city by city. It's that simple.

Author : Marianne Luban
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1979824428

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Tales of Old Prairie Du Chien by Marianne Luban Pdf

Prairie du Chien, the second oldest settlement in the state of Wisconsin, is permeated with history. In fact, the past often seems stronger than the present. Being there is like navigating between two dimensions. Just where does the past end? Is it ever really over? Pieces of it can still be seen and touched. It's not altogether an illusion. The stories of those who once lived at Prairie du Chien, gleaned from dusty old volumes and yellowed newspaper clippings, are fascinating. There are beautiful girls and their dashing officers, colorful fur traders, and widows with more money than luck. There are seemingly successful merchants struggling with inner demons and other citizens who managed to become legends in their own lifetimes, some of those being extraordinarily long. The 19th Century was not an easy period in which to exist, especially on a frontier where there were still hostile Indians and lawless neighbors too willing to settle scores with a gun.

Author : Richard D. Cornell
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870207815

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The Chippewa by Richard D. Cornell Pdf

Inspired by August Derleth’s seminal book The Wisconsin, Richard D. Cornell traveled the Chippewa River from its two sources south of Ashland to where it joins the Mississippi. Over several decades he returned time and again in his red canoe to immerse himself in the stories of the Chippewa River and document its valley, from the Ojibwe and early fur traders and lumbermen to the varied and hopeful communities of today. Cornell shares tales of such historical figures as legendary Ojibwe leader Chief Buffalo, world famous wrestler Charlie Fisher, and supercomputer innovator Seymour Cray, along with the lesser-known stories of local luminaries such as Dr. John "Little Bird" Anderson. Cornell gathered firsthand stories from diners and dives, local museums and landmarks, quaint small-town newspaper offices, and the homes of old-timers and local historians. Through his conversations with ordinary people, he gets at the heart of the Chippewa and shares a history of the river that is both one of a kind and deeply personal.

Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1955656290

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Frenchtown Cemetery, Old Catholic Burying Ground, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin by Mary Elise Antoine Pdf

North of the City of Prairie du Chien lies a small burying ground, which the life-long residents of the community call "Frenchtown Cemetery." In the early 19th century, the cemetery was known as the Old Catholic Burying Ground. Though left to nature for many years, the Old Catholic Burying Ground at Prairie du Chien did not suffer the fate of the early cemeteries of Green Bay and La Pointe. A sense of honor and sanctity of the burials in the Old Catholic Burying Ground persisted. The men, women, and children who had been buried in the cemetery were not reinterred in newer cemeteries established at Prairie du Chien. The history of the Old Catholic Burying Ground is an important part of the history of early Prairie du Chien and the Wisconsin territory. The existence of the cemetery was a direct result of occurrences far greater than the events of daily life at Prairie du Chien. The cemetery came into existence as a consequence of the United States national policy after the War of 1812 to gain political control of the western reaches of the Northwest Territory. This frontier policy continued along the upper Mississippi until the territories of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota were established. This period of change in the upper Mississippi River valley-1816 through 1840-is the era which brackets the years in which the cemetery was the only burial ground for the residents of Prairie du Chien. In Frenchtown Cemetery, Mary Elise Antoine presents a history of the Old Catholic Burying Ground-the events which brought the cemetery into existence, the priests who visited the prairie to minister to the spiritual needs of the community, the abandonment of the cemetery, and the reverence and preservation of this small plot. Based upon intensive research, Mary Elise compiled a register of burials in the cemetery. For each person so listed, Mary Elise included a biographical sketch. Frenchtown Cemetery also includes a short history of the Brisbois Cemetery that is atop a bluff overlooking the prairie.

Author : Marty Dyrud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Prairie du Chien Region (Wis.)
ISBN : WISC:89067945204

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History Talks from Prairie Du Chien by Marty Dyrud Pdf

Author : Ursula Bielski
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781439668054

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Haunts of the White City by Ursula Bielski Pdf

The author of Chicago Haunts explores historical reports of ghosts, the curse of H.H. Holmes, and other dark tales from the Windy City. At the close of the nineteenth century, Chicago offered the world a glimpse of humanity's most breathtaking possibilities—and its most jaw-dropping horrors. Even as the White City emerged from the ashes of the Great Fire, serial killers like H.H. Holmes stalked the sparkling new boulevards and tragic accidents plagued the factories, slums and railroads that powered the churn of industrial innovation. In other words, amid the city’s shining achievements, there were a lot of ghosts. Demons, mesmerists and birds of ill omen preyed on the unwary from the shadows. Ship captains spoke to the dead, while undertakers discovered reanimated corpses no longer requiring services. From posh mansions built on massacre grounds to the drowned quarries of a forest preserve, Chicago historian Ursula Bielski reveals the many hauntings and unexplained phenomena hidden within the Second City.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Wisconsin
ISBN : WISC:89066206020

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Our Wisconsin Heritage by Anonim Pdf

Author : B. J. Welborn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : WISC:89077935377

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America's Best Historic Sites by B. J. Welborn Pdf

A family-oriented guide to exciting, educational vacations in the United States. Includes regional maps, site and historical information, child-friendly travel tips, and information on planning theme travels. 50 photos, 12 maps.

Author : James E. Davis
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0253214068

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Frontier Illinois by James E. Davis Pdf

In this major new history of the making of the state, Davis tells a sweeping story of Illinois, from the Ice Age to the eve of the Civil War.

Author : August Derleth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Judges
ISBN : UIUC:30112002544986

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Sign of Fear by August Derleth Pdf

Author : Anna Cheifetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : America
ISBN : 174048102X

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America the Complete Story by Anna Cheifetz Pdf

Author : William E. Van Vugt
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780228006862

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Portrait of an English Migration by William E. Van Vugt Pdf

Portrait of an English Migration recounts the history of those who left North Yorkshire for North America between the eighteenth century and the early twentieth century. Focusing on individual stories of migrants and their families, this book provides many personal glimpses of the migration experience of those who left England's largest county to build new lives in the United States and Canada. Exploring the local history, geography, and cultures of Yorkshire and the key places of settlement in North America, William Van Vugt deepens our understanding of the historic migration process: how local conditions and access to information influenced migration decisions, the role of local networks in migration patterns, and the significance of family connections, religious identities, and land ownership to the migrants themselves. He considers the extent to which English migrants shaped regional culture and contributed to economic development, addressing ongoing questions about identity and what it meant to be English in North America. Full of first-person accounts and stories from migrants themselves, Portrait of an English Migration is both a sweeping history of two centuries of migration and an intimate look at the lives of generations of Yorkshire people who crossed the ocean to make a new home.