I grew up in a place called Frenchtown. The neighborhood was platted as a subdivision of the small municipality known legally (if not a bit over-regally) as the City of Tomahawk. The person who owned the land and platted it … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
On Sunday April 20, 1806, Zebulon Pike was relaxing for a few days in the fort and settlement at Prairie du Chien — now in the state of Wisconsin, then in the newly organized Northwest Territories. In his journal … Continue reading