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Pecatonica Battlefield Marker
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Pecatonica battlefield marker, Black Hawk Park (Lafayette County). The marker reads: "At this place on June 16,1832 between Wisconsin pioneers under Colonel Henry Dodge and a band of Black Hawk Sacs was fought the Battle of Pecatonica. "The annals of Indian warfare no parallel to this battle." Of the twenty-one volunteer soldiers engaged three were mortally and one severely wounded. The seventeen Indians were slain. Thus was our land made safe for settlement.: Erected by Rhoda Hinsdale Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Shullsburg and by the town of Wiota, 1922.
1925
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Marker at Black Hawk Park
1925
Pecatonica battlefield marker, Black Hawk Park (Lafayette County). The marker reads: "At this place on June 16,1832 between Wisconsin pioneers under Colonel Henry Dodge and a band of Black Hawk Sac...
Pecatonica Battleground Marker
1922
The Pecatonica Battlegound marker, erected by the Rhoda Hinsdale Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Shullsburg and by the town of Wiota. A flag in a flag stand is to the right o...
Pecatonica Marker Dedication
1922
Dedication of the Pecatonica Battleground marker, erected by the Rhoda Hinsdal Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution of Shullsburg and by the town of Wiota.
Battle of Pecatonica Historic Marker
Black Hawk Memorial Park, 2995 County Road Y, Town of Wiota
Chicago Stageroad Marker
1915
View of the Chicago Stageroad marker erected by the local Daughters of the American Revolution.
Map of Horse Shoe Bend on the East Peketonica
circa 1832-1839
The origin of this hand-colored manuscript map showing a pivotal moment in the 1832 Black Hawk War is not known. It depicts the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, also known as the Battle of the Pecatonica ...
