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Thomas Forsyth (1771-1833) was an Illinois fur trader who served as Indian agent for the Sauk and Fox Indians from 1818-1830. He was stationed at Rock Island, Ill., just across from their principal to…

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James Duane Doty, future governor of Territorial Wisconsin, was selected by Gov. Lewis Cass to be the official secretary of this U.S. exploring expedition. Doty, then 21 and serving as the secretary t…

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Env. 32: Chinese funeral; native life Grayscale Forman Nitrate Negatives, Box 8

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Achille Bertrand arrived in Superior with his parents on the Lady Elgin (the same ship that would gain notoriety for its horrific wreck in 1860) in June of 1857, where he remained until 1886. In this…

The first British trader given a license to collect Wisconsin pelts was Alexander Henry, who wrote a vivid autobiography many years later. He narrowly escaped death at Mackinaw in 1763, and when Ponti…

William Bartlett produced this eclectic history of the Chippewa Valley drawn from newspaper articles, personal reminscences, photographs, and interviews with residents of the area. Of particular note…

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Augustin Grignon was the last in a long line of French fur-traders that stretched back to Charles de Langlade, the first European to live in Wisconsin. From 1805-1835 Grignon controlled the crucial po…

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Written between 1798 and 1825, these letters detail family and social life, religious life, the legal and banking systems, and health. The principal correspondents include Robert Baird, Henry Baird Sr…

The title accurately describes this basic reference map. It was scanned from a reproduction published in 1986 in Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin (Madison: State Historical Society of Wiscons…

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The title accurately describes this basic reference map. It was scanned from a reproduction published in 1986 in Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin (Madison: State Historical Society of Wiscons…

After the British defeated the French in 1760, they took possession of the French forts throughout Canada. Lt. James Gorrell was sent out to Green Bay in 1761 with a small garrison of British soldiers…

This 1901 work on the early history of the Fox River region of Wisconsin discusses the history of the Indians in the region, the French explorers and missionaries, Indian wars, the English involvement…

James Lockwood arrived at Prairie du Chien in 1816. Working for Jacob Franks and the American Fur Company, he would later become a banker, merchant, and judge. He recollects here the early years of se…