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Campion Jesuit High School was a Jesuit boarding school for boys in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, named for the Jesuit martyr Edmund Campion. The school operated from its founding in 1880 until closing in 1975, and educated several notable figures during its existence. The former school's campus now houses a prison operated by the state of ...
Front facade of Villa Louis. / 43.05583°N 91.15917°W / 43.05583; -91.15917. The Villa Louis is a National Historic Landmark located on St. Feriole Island, in Prairie du Chien, southwestern Wisconsin. The villa and estate are a historical museum operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society. [4]
Black Hawk War. Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (Sauk: Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa) (1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what is now the Midwestern United States. Although he had inherited an important historic sacred bundle from his father, he was not a hereditary civil chief.
Prairie du Chien ( / ˌprɛri du ˈʃiːn /) is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,506 at the 2020 census. [2] Its ZIP code is 53821. [4] Often called Wisconsin's second-oldest city, [5] Prairie du Chien was established as a European settlement by French voyageurs in the late 17th ...
The Siege of Prairie du Chien was a British victory in the far western theater of the War of 1812. During the war, Prairie du Chien was a small frontier settlement with residents loyal to both American and British causes. By 1814, both nations were anxious to control the site because of its importance to the fur trade and its strategic location ...
93000142. Added to NRHP. March 18, 1993. The Francois Vertefeuille House is located in the Town of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1] It is one of the oldest buildings in Wisconsin, and is designated as the oldest building in the state still located on its original site.
Coordinates: 43°01′57″N 91°08′28″W. Martin Luther Preparatory School (MLPS) was a college-preparatory school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It was created in 1979 by the merger of Northwestern Lutheran Academy of Mobridge, South Dakota, and Martin Luther Academy of New Ulm, Minnesota.
Cook PVI. R+4 [3] Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district covers most of the Driftless Area in southwestern and western Wisconsin. The district includes the cities of Eau Claire, La Crosse, and Stevens Point, as well as many Wisconsin-based exurbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It borders the states of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.