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Filter: Community of La Pointe
Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Dirt trail passing log shack that was probably the home of Michael and Madeline Cadotte. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Residence at La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Boardwalk leading to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Inn and boats on shoreline of Lake Superior on Madeline Island. The Old Mission Inn had numerous modifications over the years. It was razed in... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | One of the etchings published in an atlas of Lake County, Illinios in 1870 by George Ogle. Etchings done by the Wisconsin Central Railroad. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | St. Joseph's Catholic Church built in 1841 by Father Frederick Baraga (later Bishop), who established his mission in 1835. A small log church was commenced... |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Indians receiving payment. Seated on the right is John W. Bell. Others are, left to right, Asaph Whittlesey, Agent Henry C. Gilbert, and William S. Warren ... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Tintype of Michael De Perry and unidentified child. |
| Date: | 1834 |
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| Description: | This copy of an 1834 map in the American Fur Company's papers held by the New-York Historical Society shows an outline of Chequamegon Bay and Madeline Isla... |
| Pioneer Fur Trader |
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| Brief biography of pioneer fur trader Michael Cadotte. |
| Fur Trader |
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| Biography of pioneer fur trader Jacques Vieau. |
| Learn about the oldest cities and towns in Wisconsin which were established by 1836 and still exist today. |
| Read about the Austrian born missionary who worked with many groups of Native Americans and settlers in the upper Midwest. |
| Buffalo and O-Sho-Ga Protest Forced Removal |
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| Discover how two Ojibwe chiefs traveled to Washington DC and negotiated with President Millard Fillmore to keep rights to their land. |
| When the Beaver was King |
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| Discover how beavers transformed Wisconsin's economy in the 1650s for the next two centuries. |
| How the Natives Lost Their Land |
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| Learn about the many treaties between the United States government and native tribes. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the La Pointe Band (now known as the Bad River La Pointe Band) of the Ojibwe Nation awaiting annuity payment at La Pointe. Non... |
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