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Author : Peter Lawrence Scanlan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prairie Du Chien:French British American written by Peter Lawrence Scanlan and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Lawrence Scanlan
Publisher : Prairie Du Chien Year of the French Committee
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prairie Du Chien, French, British, American written by Peter Lawrence Scanlan and published by Prairie Du Chien Year of the French Committee. This book was released on 1985 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870207393
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)
Download or read book The War of 1812 in Wisconsin written by Mary Elise Antoine and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Richard H. Zeitlin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prairie Du Chien written by Richard H. Zeitlin and published by . This book was released on 1981* with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439650217
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book Legendary Locals of Prairie du Chien written by Mary Elise Antoine and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Mary Elise Antione
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439640874
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prairie du Chien written by Mary Elise Antione and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Wisconsins second-oldest community, Prairie du Chien retains the attraction that drew the first explorers to its shores.
Author : Carl J. Ekberg
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252069246
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book French Roots in the Illinois Country written by Carl J. Ekberg and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Kemper and Leila Williams Book Prize for the Best Book on Louisiana History, French Roots in the Illinois Country creates an entirely new picture of the Illinois country as a single ethnic, economic, and cultural entity. Focusing on the French Creole communities along the Mississippi River, Carl J. Ekberg shows how land use practices such as medieval-style open-field agriculture intersected with economic and social issues ranging from the flour trade between Illinois and New Orleans to the significance of the different mentalities of French Creoles and Anglo-Americans.
Author : Mary Elise Antoine
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870207601
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)
Download or read book Frenchtown Chronicles of Prairie du Chien written by Mary Elise Antoine and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)
Download or read book The National Register of Historic Places written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry A. Jones
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 143571251X
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Civil War P.O.W. written by Larry A. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography, journal and letters of a frontier lawyer who enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, was captured, and died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia
