| Prairie Du Chien Contributor(s): Antoine, Mary Elise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738583561 ISBN-13: 9780738583563 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| LCCN: 2010934708 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.63" W x 9.22" (0.68 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |
Contributor Bio(s): Antoine, Mary Elise: - Author Mary Elise Antoine was raised amid the history of Prairie du Chien and lives in a French-Canadian house she restored. Having worked in the museum field in New York and Wisconsin, Antoine is on the board of the Prairie du Chien Historical Society and writes about the early history and French culture of the upper Mississippi. |