Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin

After the county of Crawford had been created it was clearly seen that the people resident therein needed a town organization; so the secretary of the Territory of Michigan, William Woodbridge, then vested with the power and authority of governor, issued a proclamation forming a “township” (town), which was named the Borough of Prairie Des Chiens.. Read more…

• Additional Resources for Borough of Prairie Du Chien
  • Schools
  • Flouring Mill
• Town of Prairie Du Chien
  • Incorporation and Town Officers
  • City Post Office
  • Railroads and Boat Landing
  • The Pile Pontoon Railway Bridge
  • Public Schools
  • District No. 1
  • District No. 2
  • Roman Catholic Schools
  • Independent German School
  • Ferries
  • Fire Department
  • Cemeteries
  • City Park
  • Artesian Wells
  • Mills and Manufactories
  • Commercial Interests
  • Business of “Lower Town.”
  • Business of “Upper Town.”

History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin: Together with Sketches of Their Towns and Villages, Educational, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens ; History of Wisconsin : Embracing Accounts of the Pre-historic Races, and a Brief Account of Its Territorial and State Governments, Part 1. Crawford County (WI): Union Publishing Company, 1884.