Prairie Du Chien

by Mary Elise Antione and Mary Elise Antoine

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738583561
• ISBN13: 9780738583563
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"