Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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MW WEDWN mafia 1 V' I know a town all through Better than I know myself. Sometimes I think it is myself. I know this little town lives unproclaimed On the banks of a rushing river. I know that it is there, And it rests me to know. In the quiet of this town There is something living greatly- I know that too. When I was little I knew it. We played, we always played. The out-of-doors was ours. The town, the prairie, the hills and the rivers Given with God's prodigality. We made new games to fit the great playground. We played, we always played: Old and young played. We didn't take God on faith- There He stood out in the open And we worshipped I-Iim, Our hearts bursting with the full-blooded joy of it. VVe worshipped Him, In the rain and the snow and the sun. In the summer A lavender lady's-slipper, Suddenly come upon in the hills, Was The The The The The an adventure. rock-hung couleesg rainbow pearls locked in the flesh of the river clams, unkempt shaggy sloughs hiding from the enterprising river: silent voices of the trees on the great log-rafts traveling from Minnesota woods to St. Louis, season when the hills rang with songs of the nut-gatherers, A llock of wild geese Hying south: The Indians hot palette splashed on October hills, All, all were adventures. And when their brothers called from Picardy, Old and young came from the hills, the fields, the mills, To fight as they played And to pray as they fought: There's nothing to worry about. In the hills by a rushing river A lavender lady's-slipper blows. I know that it is there- It rests me to know- I like to think about it. -Laura Sherry Old Prairie du Chien ii

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ed St. Maryls Academy. In 1875 a public high school was organized. By 1854 the Hrst railroad reached Prai- rie du Chien. It was known as the Milwau- kee and Mississippi, but was soon purchased a second railroad entered Prairie du Chien, This time from the south. During the years since Father Marquette and Louis Joliet first came to the valley, the prairie had changed greatly. A thriving commun- ity, supporting many indus- tries, has grown out of the wilderness but the spirit of the pioneers is always pre- sent.. Those of us who call Prairie du Chien home, are proud of the history of this corner of Wisconsin and will long remember the heritage that is ours to keep. by the Milwaukee Road which still operates it. In 1874 John Lawler received his patent for a pontoon -bridge across the Mississippi and the railroad spread out over the state of Iowa and surrounding territory. In 1885 Dr. Beaumont and Alexis St. Martin at Fort Hospital The Gagnier Murder, 1827

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A A replica of one of the two block-houses, which were built in 1816 as part of the first Fort Crawford, stands in the Villa Louis ground at the very spot where excavators unearthed the foundations of the original fort. The houses were two stories, the top story placed diagonally across the lower. Two pieces of artillery offered protection. 3146 One...