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    Prairie du Chien (/ˌprɛri du ˈʃiːn/) is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,506 at the 2020...
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  • Prairie du Chien is a town in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 957 at the 2020 census. The City of Prairie du Chien is located...
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    The Siege of Prairie du Chien was a British victory in the far western theater of the War of 1812. During the war, Prairie du Chien was a small frontier...
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    The Treaty of Prairie du Chien may refer to any of several treaties made and signed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin between the United States, representatives...
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    Fort Crawford (category Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    United States Army located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, during the 19th century. The army's occupation of Prairie du Chien spanned the existence of two...
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    flowing through Wisconsin's hilly Western Upland and joining the Mississippi approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Prairie du Chien. The highest waterfall...
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    The Commercial Hotel is located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Originally known as the Schweizer Block, this Italianate-styled building first housed...
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    H. Louis Dousman (category People from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    was the heir to the estate of Wisconsin millionaire Hercules Louis Dousman, who had made a career in Prairie du Chien. Dousman had a new mansion built...
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  • Campion High School (category Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    Jesuit High School was a Jesuit boarding school for boys in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, named for the Jesuit martyr Edmund Campion. The school operated...
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  • established by the first (1825) Treaty of Prairie du Chien (roughly from La Crosse, Wisconsin to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin), extending from the Mississippi River...
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    western terminus of the Fox–Wisconsin Waterway was at the Mississippi at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It continued up the Wisconsin River about 116 miles (187 km)...
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    census. McGregor is located on the Mississippi River across from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Pike's Peak State Park is located just south of the city. Just...
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  • Treaty of Prairie du Chien may refer to any of four treaties signed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin by the United States and Native American peoples of...
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    Villa Louis (category Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    Feriole Island, in Prairie du Chien, southwestern Wisconsin. The villa and estate are a historical museum operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society...
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    (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Prairie du Chien, a city in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. It is included in the Federal Aviation...
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    Hercules L. Dousman (category People from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    settlement of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where he worked as an assistant to Joseph Rolette, the company's local agent. In Prairie du Chien, Dousman proved...
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    from 1860 until 1872. The family then lived in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and moved to Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1875. In 1907 Ringling Bros. acquired the...
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  • Search for "chien"  or "chienne" on Wikipedia. Bayou de Chien, Kentucky, United States Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States Rivière aux Chiens (disambiguation)...
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    on the Upper Mississippi River about 9 miles (15 km) south of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The population was 379 at the 2010 census. It is a popular riverside...
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    The Prairie du Chien Post Office is a historic post office building at 120 S. Beaumont Road in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It was added to the National...
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    Fort Shelby was a United States military installation in Prairie du Chien. Illinois Territory, built in 1814. It was named for Isaac Shelby, Revolutionary...
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    The Treaty of Prairie du Chien may refer to any of several treaties made and signed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin between the United States, representatives...
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    Derrick Van Orden (category People from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    Village of Butternut in northern Wisconsin. On June 17, 2021, Van Orden confronted a teenage library page at Prairie du Chien Memorial Library about a display...
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    1872. The Ringling family then moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and finally settled in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1875. They were of German and French...
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  • Edwards and Phillip Dixon. Hope Olson (born April 4, 1956, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of...
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    Astor Fur Warehouse (category Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    located at Bolvin and Water Streets on St. Feriole Island in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Jean Joseph Rolette, an agent of the American Fur Company, built...
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  • WVCX (category Christian radio stations in Wisconsin)
    covering the Madison area, K208FO 89.5 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and W275CH 102.9 in Ripon, Wisconsin. The station is owned by VCY America. WVCX's...
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  • Bernard Walter Brisbois (category People from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)
    an agent for the American Fur Company. Bernard Brisbois was born in Prairie du Chien, Illinois Territory in 1808, to Michel Brisbois, a French-Canadian...
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    part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,113. Its county seat is Prairie du Chien. Along with Brown County, Crawford...
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    The Prairie du Chien City Hall is the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin's historic former city hall. It was built in 1894 on the grounds of the city's...
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