Marble Hill press., 1919-06-05


thsm r,oeesiiasl, Interesting frum N. scientific
tl~-raiaL t. r@rk Arva l. btAnicaliy and Es--
losioaliy interesting
Great historical tstsrs,t
Historically the rreaal i gruuinsy Interesting
The nrst uhi'e man kuuwu o. hHvr iourneyed by
way ~ Grrsn bay. FoN rtvvr AMI Wisconsin river
Vas lean Nsvili.tt b. may or may uo, have k.pt
GA to ths Mississippi Fi,rrr Radis~ons suppressed
Journal brought to iisht in Paris In i>Sa shows
that be- aud Jean Grr-"i,lrr To tS'9 went dorsn the
wi.cun.iu auI the Mississippi and ~ the Missouri
e. the MaBdaa villages tlll-taHrek y ~. In 1919
Joliet aud Irfv MArQu-tir usually credited With
the dsco,rfv s! the tpp,f Mississippi vent down
the Ni.cuu.la and the Mlsslssippi 60 the Arkan.
sas rrturuia. 90 Qu-h~c ty Nay u the Illinois and
Lake MsbIsaB La sale svpIorri The region be-
tarv ea.us tHsa the Ms,ls>ppi to n" Gulf In
los and taking po~~sssiuu u Louisiana" In the
nam. 80 LUIS NV.
LScnl HISTORY begins before iSa In i737 Sieur
Marin. a Fr,.gh cummaudrr bull; q fort near
rIks's Peak IN lTp4 Rasii GirRri, fr,hchmAh.
held . cunf,rrfrs tn uiid~irvam with the spanish
governor - l. ,~lana and secured grant ~ 1b
arrv- On The p5 cent site of M~irrg"r. The United
States ccnHrtrst the grant sitter ID" Louisiana FUR
chase
rrairis du rhtcn Is very old In lT7s II was a
Sac and FuS age nt which an annual mart or
fair was aifrrtci by fur traders FROM the - Law.
f"urN anu lif tffNfr NtNNf>siHf IA ~ II WIS
a trading r.ss' Of the Northwest company. the
rival ot the lIaissn's Hay company Lieut. Zebu.
loo NJ rke = A.. was ther" H. that year. ex.
pinrirg the braiwaters of the Mississippi lie
cr,.-.c, over &C. Pkas Peak nad raised the flag for
the rrs, time % what Is now Iowa.
Though the nlt~l States secured the territory
io the Mississippi by the Treaty NJ Paris u7SDt
the Rrlti.h hung on to the Northwest and We did
not set fuu g~session until a -enerHtiou later.
when John Jacob AStor established the American
Fur cumpaue u competitor of the Missouri Fur
company nud fHe Northwest company In lSt~ he
set M a trading post at Prairie du Chien that
played aB tm,.,rtani part in the American fur
trade In 1874 iuring the War of 1872, the United
states built Fart Shelby az Prairie du Chen, Il
VAS captured GAe same year by the British aud In
dians and was allied Fort Mckaye untn It's cvacu.
alton IN 1915 II was burned AMI the Americans
built Fort Crawford un its site This ahah.
doned Ia lS-u and a larger Fort Crawford was
built farther DOWN the river the ruins OF this
stti stand he arsenal oi Port Shelhy IS stu III
existence.
In 1881 the BIack Hawk broke out Ahra.
ham Lincoln vas captain of Illinois volunteers.
Col Zachar, Taylor and Lieut. jefferson Davis
also fought, When Black Hawk was nyerpowcrcd
he was tnkcn to Fort Cruwford C,aonel Taylor
commanded Fort Crawford for a time and Lieu.
tenant Davis VAS under him. Local tradition tells
OF the clopemcnt OF Davis and Taylor's daughter,
Natives viii show yon the very window through
which the ynuag woman climbed The last earri
s.n marched aut under Gen, Albert Sidney John
son bound fer the Marmon campaign in Utah
When Zachary TAYLOR. '0ld Rough and Ready"
hero of the Mexican war, became twelfth presi
dent of the tinted Sfates IN isla, Jefferson Davis
was the pra~taNery header In the United States
senate.
When Ahraham lincon president ot the
Cnitcd S,ates during the Civil war and comman-
der IN chef ot the Federal army Jefferson Davis
was pressde.,; % the Cenfelsrue, and commander
In chief On IFS armteA