Gratiot's Grove (Wisconsin)

Gratiot's Grove was a mining settlement and later, a frontier fort, during the Black Hawk War, in Michigan Territory (later Lafayette County, Wisconsin).[1][2]

History

In 1824, Henry Gratiot settled in the area with his brother and set up a mining and smelting operation. Later during the Black Hawk War, the settlement became Fort Gratiot.[3][4] Today the Gratiot House still survives in what had been Gratiot's Grove.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3557&keyword=gratiot
  2. ↑ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=9037&keyword=gratiot
  3. ↑ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1314&keyword=gratiot
  4. ↑ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/archives/search.aspx?area=browse&volumn=11&articleID=5828
  5. ↑ http://www.travelwisconsin.com/item_detail/Gratiot_House.aspx


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