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

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. ^ "Gratiot [origin of place name]". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  2. ^ "Gratiot/Gratiot's Grove, Election precinct of, Iowa Co". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  3. ^ "Gratiot, Henry 1789 - 1836". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  4. ^ "Bale, Florence Gratiot "A packet of old letters"". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  5. ^ "Gratiot House - Travel Wisconsin".

Further reading

42°32′16″N 90°14′30″W / 42.53778°N 90.24167°W / 42.53778; -90.24167

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