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    Prairie du Chien (/ˌprɛri du ˈʃiːn/) is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,506 at the 2020...
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    The Battle of Prairie du Chien was a British victory in the far western theater of the War of 1812. During the war, Prairie du Chien was a small frontier...
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  • Treaty of Prairie du Chien may refer to any of four treaties signed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin by the United States and Native American peoples of...
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    The Treaty of Prairie du Chien may refer to any of several treaties made and signed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin between the United States, representatives...
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  • which guarded the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers near modern day Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. William Clark led a force of Army regulars and militia...
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  • Prairie du Chien is a town in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 957 at the 2020 census. The City of Prairie du Chien is located...
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    of highway is the only segment of WIS 35 between the state line and Prairie du Chien, with the exception of the stretch between WIS 81 and Bloomington,...
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    at Prairie du Chien. In retaliation, a party of Meskwakis and Sauks killed twenty-six Menominees, including women and children, at Prairie du Chien in...
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    H. Louis Dousman (category People from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    Wisconsin millionaire Hercules Louis Dousman, who had made a career in Prairie du Chien. Dousman had a new mansion built on the site of his family's house...
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    Wisconsin is named for Black Hawk. The athletic teams of Prairie du Chien High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin are nicknamed the Blackhawks in his honor...
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    Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport (IATA: PCD, ICAO: KPDC, FAA LID: PDC) is a city owned public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast...
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    Fort Crawford (category Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    United States Army located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, during the 19th century. The army's occupation of Prairie du Chien spanned the existence of two...
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    and emptying into the Mississippi River far to the southwest near Prairie du Chien. It originates in the forests of the North Woods Lake District in Lac...
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    Waukesha in February 1851, Madison, and finally the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien in 1857. As a result of the financial panic of 1857, the M&M went into...
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    the Black Hawk War of 1832. Chief Wabasha II signed the Treaties of Prairie du Chien in 1825 and 1830. In 1843, the settlers of Rocque's Landing changed...
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    of the 2020 census, the population was 16,113. Its county seat is Prairie du Chien. Along with Brown County, Crawford County is one of Wisconsin's original...
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    Dolomite Copper Ridge Dolomite Indiana and Illinois Everton Dolomite Prairie do Chien Group Shakopee Dolomite New Richmond Sandstone Oneota Dolomite Potosi...
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    Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa and Potowatomi in the Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1829), by which they ceded most of their lands in Wisconsin and Michigan...
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  • The fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien was negotiated between the United States and the Sac and Meskwaki, the Mdewakanton, Wahpekute and Sisseton Sioux...
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    The Prairie du Chien Post Office is a historic post office building at 120 S. Beaumont Road in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It was added to the National...
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  • Bad Hail and Penichon. In the fall of 1817, Chief Shakopee went to Prairie du Chien to meet with U.S. Indian agent Benjamin O'Fallon. O'Fallon reported...
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    The Prairie du Chien City Hall is the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin's historic former city hall. It was built in 1894 on the grounds of the city's...
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    Hawk Tree, or Black Hawk's Tree, was a cottonwood tree located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States. Local legend held that Sauk leader Black...
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    the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway all the way to the Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien. Frenchmen like Nicholas Perrot continued to ply the fur trade across...
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  • First Treaty of Prairie du Chien Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien Third Treaty of Prairie du Chien Fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien Treaty of Chicago...
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    a military expedition was mounted to supply the U.S. garrison at Prairie du Chien after calls for help. The U.S. expedition was ambushed on July 19....
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  • including the school districts of Dodgeville, Lancaster, Platteville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center, and River Valley. The Southwest Wisconsin Conference...
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    August 19, 1825, U.S. officials finalized a multi-tribal treaty at Prairie du Chien, which defined the boundaries of the region's tribes. By that time...
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  • is now Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in June, 1673. Nicolas Perrot, French commander of the west, established Fort St. Nicholas at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin...
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    Buildings Survey - Prairie du Chien" (PDF). National Park Service - Dept. of the Interior. p. 24. Retrieved 2012-08-11. "Prairie du Chien City Hall". Wisconsin...
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