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View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien

Date: 09 1825
Description: Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov...
Photograph

Construction of Fort Crawford

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o...
Photograph

Surrender of Black Hawk

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832.
Photograph

Black Hawk's Surrender

Date: 
Description: Diorama in the Milwaukee Public Museum depicting Black Hawk's surrender on August 27, 1832 at Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien.
Painting

Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a painting of the second Fort Crawford, built 1829-1835. Two men are in a boat in the water in the foreground. The first Fort Crawford at Pra...
Painting

Fort Crawford

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Description: Painting of Fort Crawford on the panel of an oak door.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1864
Description: Fort Crawford was decommissioned in 1856, having outlived its usefulness as a frontier post. During the Civil War, however, it functioned as a military ho...
Photograph

Fort Shelby Diorama

Date: 1814
Description: Fort Shelby built in 1814 and named for the Governor of Kentucky, was surrendered to British forces later in 1814 and renamed Fort McKay. Pictured here is ...
Painting

Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
Description: Fort Crawford (the second site, with buildings of 1829-?), on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1954
Description: A view of the site of the original Fort Crawford (1816-1831).
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1940
Description: Former residence of the commanding officer. General Zachary Taylor was its first resident. It was subsequently rebuilt under the command of General Brooke....
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1925
Description: Ruins at Fort Crawford.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1930
Description: Ruins of Fort Crawford.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the ruins of Fort Crawford.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Fort Crawford.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1875
Description: Fort Crawford ruins. This image may be even earlier than 1875; by the 1880's almost nothing was left of the actual fort compound buildings. Men are sitting...
Painting

Fort Shelby/Fort McKay

Date: 1823
Description: British evacuation of their fort at Prairie du Chien after the end of the War of 1812. Fort Shelby, the first fort at Prairie du Chien, was built in 1814 b...
Photograph

Beaumont Memorial

Date: 08 1931
Description: The Beaumont memorial marker on the site of Fort Crawford.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Fort Crawford facing west showing north row of buildings. The Mississippi River is in the background. Typewritten caption reads: "Fort Cra...
Photograph

Fort Crawford Palisade

Date: 1938
Description: A horizontal view of the palisade between old Fort Crawford and the military hospital. The number "30" has been placed in the trench on the left.

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