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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Did hate prompt fur trader to build tomb on Prairie du Chien Hill?

Date: 1927-06-29
County: Crawford
City: Prairie du Chien
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The rival frontier fur traders of old Prairied du Chien

Date: 1922-11-19
County: Crawford
City: Prairie du Chien
Historical Essay

Madison's Fur Traders

The First White Men in Madison
The first white residents of Madison were fur traders Wallace Rowan, Olivier Ammel and Michel St. Cyr.
Historical Essay

Dubay (Dube), John Baptiste (1810-1887)

Fur Trader and Murderer
Biography of pioneer fur trader John Baptiste Dubay.

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