Battle of Prairie du Chien to Be Commemorated-- Part 1

From the April 23, 2014, Clayton County (Iowa) Register "Bicentennial Celebration to honor the War of 1812 Battle of Prairie du Chien."

The British won the battle of Prairie du Chien in Wisconsin Territory along the Mississippi River, but lost the territory which eventually became the state of Wisconsin.

Many events are planned.

The town is proud of its history: "There are not many places where one can drive just a few blocks and visit early French-Canadian log houses, see a battle between American and British, walk the same ground as Black Hawk and William Clark, Zebulon Pike, Zachary Taylor, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Eleanor Roosevelt, to name just a few of the national figures who have been to Prairie du Chien."

--Brock-Perry