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Sketch of Fort Shelby
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Fort Shelby, built by the Americans during the War of 1812. In 1814 the fort surrendered to British forces led by Captain Andrew W. Bulger who renamed it Fort MacKay. Before vacating the post at the end of the war, the British burned the fort. In 1816 the Americans built the first Fort Crawford on approximately the same site. This sketch appears on a document in Bulger's papers in the Public Archives of Canada.
1814
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Fort Shelby Diorama
1814
Fort Shelby built in 1814 and named for the Governor of Kentucky, was surrendered to British forces later in 1814 and renamed Fort McKay. Pictured here is a diorama in the museum at Villa Louis, Pr...
Fort Shelby/Fort McKay
1823
British evacuation of their fort at Prairie du Chien after the end of the War of 1812. Fort Shelby, the first fort at Prairie du Chien, was built in 1814 by American troops commanded by William Cla...
First Fort Crawford
October 1829
Fort Crawford as drawn by Seth Eastman. People are in a canoe in the river in the foreground. Across the river is the fort, other buildings around the fort, and in the distance are hills. Caption r...
Fort Crawford
1840
Photograph of a painting of the second Fort Crawford, built 1829-1835. Two men are in a boat in the water in the foreground. The first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien was built in 1816, abandoned...
Fort Crawford
1864
Fort Crawford was decommissioned in 1856, having outlived its usefulness as a frontier post. During the Civil War, however, it functioned as a military hospital and recruiting depot. This photogra...
The Ruins of Old Fort Crawford
1925
Fort Crawford (the second site, showing ruins of the building of 1892-?). These are the ruins of the hospital. Caption reads: "The Ruins of Old Fort Crawford, Prairie-du-Chien, Wis."
