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Throwback Thursday: Black Hawk War of 1832. Posted: November 14, 2024 | Last updated: November 14, 2024. Midway Village joins us for Throwback Thursday ...
On August 1-2 of that year, the final confrontation of the Black Hawk War took place just south of the Bad Axe River in the western region of modern day Wisconsin.… On this date in 1832, ...
On Aug. 27, 1832, Black Hawk and the remainder of his followers surrendered, ending the Black Hawk War. As a result of the war, the Sauk and Meskwaki lost much of their land in Iowa. Legend grows ...
Aug. 1-2 will be the 175th anniversary of the Bad Axe River massacre. This massacre occurred 25 miles south of La Crosse (near the Mississippi) and ended the so-called Black Hawk War of 1832. At ...
Elgin library foundation’s book sale set for Sept. 14-18The Gail Borden Library Foundation’s Semi-Annual Book Sale will be held Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 14-18, at the main library, 270 ...
"A Black Hawk War Guide" by Ben Strand is available on Amazon or at arcadiapublishing.com. By 1831, U.S. authorities pushed the native people west of the Mississippi and promised them food that ...
April marks the 175th anniversary of a series of events that came to be known as the Black Hawk War. To many historians, the series of skirmishes between American troops and Sauk Indians that ...
The Black Hawk War has captivated Gene Swarts, East Moline, for several decades. Mr. Swarts has collected books about the war and taken photos of almost all of the historical ...
War may be the way Americans learn geography, as someone once suggested, but movies are the way we learn about war. It was a particular challenge, then, for director Ridley Scott (“Blade Runner ...
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Ultimately, disagreement over the validity of this treaty led to the Black Hawk War in 1832. Before that, though, Black Hawk fought for the British during the War of 1812. He led Sauk warriors in ...