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Fort Crawford was an outpost of the 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 fortifications, both of them named Fort Crawford. The first of was occupied from 1816 to 1832, the second from 1832 to 1856. Both of the forts formed part of a string of fortifications along the upper Mississippi River that also included Fort Snelling near Saint Anthony Falls in Minnesota, and Fort Armstrong in Rock Island, Illinois. Fort Crawford was also associated with a string of forts built along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, which included Fort Winnebago in Portage, Wisconsin and Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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  • Fort Crawford was an outpost of the 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 fortifications, both of them named Fort Crawford. The first of was occupied from 1816 to 1832, the second from 1832 to 1856. Both of the forts formed part of a string of fortifications along the upper Mississippi River that also included Fort Snelling near Saint Anthony Falls in Minnesota, and Fort Armstrong in Rock Island, Illinois. Fort Crawford was also associated with a string of forts built along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, which included Fort Winnebago in Portage, Wisconsin and Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The site of the second fort has been preserved and holds the Fort Crawford Museum, located in the Second Fort Crawford Military Hospital. This is a 1930s reconstruction of the hospital serving the second fort. This building contains the only surviving building fragments of either fort, and it was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1960. (en)
  • Fort Crawford était un poste avancé de l'US Army situé à Prairie du Chien dans l'actuel État du Wisconsin au XIXe siècle, ainsi nommé en l'honneur de William Harris Crawford (1722-1834). L'occupation par l'armée de Prairie du Chien s'est concrétisée par la construction successive de trois fortifications, la première, Fort Shelby qui tombera aux mains des Britanniques lors de la bataille de Prairie du Chien en 1814 puis celle de Fort Crawford construit en 1816, reconstruit en 1832 et occupé par l'armée jusqu'au 9 juin 1856. Le fort faisait partie de la chaîne de fortifications du haut Mississippi qui comprenait Fort Snelling près de l'actuel Minneapolis dans le Minnesota, et Fort Armstrong à Rock Island en Illinois. Fort Crawford faisait également partie de la chaîne de fortifications de la voie navigable Fox-Wisconsin qui comprenait à Portage et à Green Bay. Fort Crawford est maintenant un musée entretenu par l'association à but non lucratif, Prairie du Chien Historical Society (fr)
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  • Fort Crawford Cemetery, Soldiers Lot, 413 South Beaumont Road, Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, WI (en)
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  • Fort Crawford was an outpost of the 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 fortifications, both of them named Fort Crawford. The first of was occupied from 1816 to 1832, the second from 1832 to 1856. Both of the forts formed part of a string of fortifications along the upper Mississippi River that also included Fort Snelling near Saint Anthony Falls in Minnesota, and Fort Armstrong in Rock Island, Illinois. Fort Crawford was also associated with a string of forts built along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, which included Fort Winnebago in Portage, Wisconsin and Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (en)
  • Fort Crawford était un poste avancé de l'US Army situé à Prairie du Chien dans l'actuel État du Wisconsin au XIXe siècle, ainsi nommé en l'honneur de William Harris Crawford (1722-1834). L'occupation par l'armée de Prairie du Chien s'est concrétisée par la construction successive de trois fortifications, la première, Fort Shelby qui tombera aux mains des Britanniques lors de la bataille de Prairie du Chien en 1814 puis celle de Fort Crawford construit en 1816, reconstruit en 1832 et occupé par l'armée jusqu'au 9 juin 1856. Le fort faisait partie de la chaîne de fortifications du haut Mississippi qui comprenait Fort Snelling près de l'actuel Minneapolis dans le Minnesota, et Fort Armstrong à Rock Island en Illinois. Fort Crawford faisait également partie de la chaîne de fortifications de la (fr)
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