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Fort Crawford
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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 Prairie du Chien was built in 1816, abandoned in 1826, re-garrisoned in 1827, and finally abandoned in 1831 in favor of the newly built fort.
1840
Brower, A.
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WHi 5385
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Fort Crawford
1840
A view of Fort Crawford (the second site and buildings of 1829-?).
Fort Crawford
1840
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.
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1830
1848
The first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, with the Mississippi River in the foreground. Although dated 1830, this scene was actually painted by Henry Lewis in 1848 and published in Germany in 18...
