Gratiot's Grove (Wisconsin)

Gratiot's Grove was a mining settlement and later, a frontier fort, during the Black Hawk War, in Michigan Territory (later Lafayette County, Wisconsin).^[1][2]

History

The Gratiot House south of Shullsburg on Rennick Rd.

In 1824, Henry Gratiot settled in the area with his brother and set up a mining and smelting operation. Later during the Black Hawk War, the settlement became Fort Gratiot.^[3][4] Today the Gratiot House and the Berry Tavern still survives in what had been Gratiot's Grove.^[5]

Notes

1. "404 Error: File Not Found - Wisconsin Historical Society". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
2. "404 Error: File Not Found - Wisconsin Historical Society". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
3. "404 Error: File Not Found - Wisconsin Historical Society". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
5. "Gratiot House - Travel Wisconsin".

Further reading

• Stark, William F. (1977). "Gratiot's Grove". Ghost Towns of Wisconsin. Sheboygan: Zimmermann Press. pp. 37–57. OCLC 3564408.

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