Fluidr / 1coffeelady's "Prairie du Chien & Sac War Leader BlackHawk ~ Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin" set

Sweet "Prairie du Chien" Sign ~ Wisconsin

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Wisconsin's Second Oldest Community, 1673.

FYI:
ca. 1765 Green Bay
ca. 1785 Prairie du Chien
ca. 1795 La Pointe
ca. 1820 Shullsburg
ca. 1825 Platteville (post office established 12/31/28)

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"PRAIRIE DU CHIEN" Historic Marker ~ Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

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In prehistoric times water from melting glaciers cut a wide valley between the bluffs of the Mississippi River to form a broad flood plain. On it French explorers, trackers and missionaries found a large and well-established Fox Indian village. The chief's name was Alim in Indian, Chien in French, and Dog in English.

Jonathan Carver visited the village in 1766 and called it "Dog Plain" but the residents preferred the French "Prairie du Chien." Another traveler, who could trade and fight better than he could spell, was Peter Pond. In 1773 Pond visited Prairie du Chien and wrote: "This Plane is a Very Handsum one. The Plane is Verey Smooth hear. All the traders & all the Indians of Several tribes Meat fall & Spring."

The United States Government negotiated three important treaties with the Indians here in 1825, 1829 and 1830. Most important was the council that opened August 5, 1825. In a conference that lasted fourteen days, leaders of most of the Indian tribes of the Northwest met with William Clark and Lewis Cass to establish territorial boundaries for each tribe.

"Pere Marquette & Sieur Jolliet" Historic Marker ~ Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

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In 1673, Louis Jolliet, Canadian fur-trader and explorer, and Father Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit Missionary, with five French Canadian boatmen, were the first white men to enter the upper Mississippi River.

Indians directed them to the Great River via Fox-Wisconsin waterway from the present site of Green Bay to Prairie du Chien. The Frenchmen entered the Mississippi River June 17, 1673.

Descending the river until July 16, the explorers turned back at the Arkansas River because they anticipated possible danger ahead from the Spanish and Indians. Returning North, the expedition pioneered what is now the Illinois - Des Plaines - Chicago River passage to Lake Michigan.

Marquette and Jolliet were back at the mouth of the Fox River by the end of September. The trip had taken them over 2,000 miles through country never before seen by white men.

Main Street Historic Marker ~ Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

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In the early 1800's the Ancient Native footpath, tracing the bank of the Mississippi River became a street of houses. These were among the first permanent residences built on the prairie & more the unmistakable stamp of their French-Canadian builders. This drawing imagines a view of North Main Street, when a variety of French-Canadian log houses could be seen along the road. Historically known as the village of St. Feriole. Several of these houses still stand. Relics of the old northwest fur trade. Today they are buried beneath layers of more modern additions & improvements.

"Site of the Second Fort Crawford" Historic Marker Fort Crawford Museum ~ Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

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SITE OF THE SECOND FORT CRAWFORD
1829-1856
The first Fort Crawford was built in 1816, and stood on the site now occupied by the "Villa Louis." After a decade of Mississippi River flooding, the U. S. Army relocated Fort Crawford to this site, constructing the new fort of locally quarried limestone. Under construction from 1829-1834, the fort included housing for eight companies of soldiers and their officers. The army added a separate surgeon's quarters and military hospital. The soldiers built the fort while on fatigue duty but were often called away from the construction to settle Indian disputes. In 1825, 1829, and 1830 important Indian treaties were negotiated at the first and second Fort Crawford. Here, on August 27, 1832, Sauk Indian leader Black Hawk surrendered, ending the Black Hawk War. Colonel Zachary Taylor, Colonel Willoughby Morgan, Lt. Jefferson Davis, and Dr. William Beaumont served at Fort Crawford in the 1830s. The Fort Crawford Hospital was partially reconstructed by WPA workers in honor of Dr. William Beaumont, renowned for his pioneer experiments in human digestion.