Turning Points
in Wisconsin History
A local historian chats about Prairie du Chien (vol. 1)
History talks from Prairie du Chien: Volume 1
During the mid-1950s, local historian Martinus J. Dyrud (1903-1988) of Prairie du Chien gave weekly "History Chats" over radio station WPRE. Near the end of his life, his family transcribed a number of these and published them in a limited edition of 24 copies. In September 2011, his children edited them lightly and suggested they be included here. Dyrud's topics range widely across the history of Prairie du Chien and its vicinity, and the transcriptions reveal much about how the media produced "history" for a popular audience in the middle of the 20th century. This is the first of two volumes.
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Explorers, Traders, and Settlers Territory to Statehood Arrival of the First Europeans The French Fur Trade The War of 1812 Early U.S. Settlement The Black Hawk War Treaty Councils, from Prairie du Chien to Madeline Island The Founding of Major Cities The Founding of Social Institutions The Civil War Home Front |
| Creator: | Dyrud, Marty |
| Pub Data: | Prairie du Chien, Wis.: V. Dyrud, [1985] |
| Citation: | Dyrud, Marty. History talks from Prairie du Chien: Volume 1 (Prairie du Chien, Wis.: V. Dyrud, [1985]). Online facsimile at: http://wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1790; Visited on: 4/27/2024 |
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