Fur Trader and Settler |
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Biography of French-Canadian fur trader Michel Brisbois, who founded the first permanent white settlement in Prairie du Chien. |
Pioneer and Hoaxer |
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Biography of Prairie du Chien pioneer and Wisconsin's "oldest man," Joseph Crelie. |
fur trader, pioneer land speculator |
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Brief biography of [Jean] Joseph Rolette (1781 - 1842). |
An Old Man's Tall Tale |
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Wisconsin pioneer Joseph Crelie was said to be 139 years old when he was exhibited to spectators in 1864. But how old was he really? |
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