Fort Saint Joseph’s construction began in 1796 and was completed in 1799 on St. Joseph island in Ontario Canada. (1) The land was bought from the natives in 1797 although work to build a military post was well under way.…
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“The Indians were prompted to their outbreak by the wrongs committed against them and chafed under unfair treatment. They now will go back to their homes and live peaceably if the whites will treat them fairly, which is very likely,…
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Fort Detroit would prove to be an important location for a series of attacks against the British during the War of 1812. The fort however would be put under the command of a General who would end up surrendering the…
Comments closed“Our ranks scattered, our brave Colonel slain, and most of the other officers mortally wounded, seems sufficient to have unnerved the bravest hero, but even then many heroic deeds of personal valor were enacted and I still occasionally heard the…
Comments closedIn 1909, the United States Army Signal Corps contracted with the Wright Company, and purchased its first airplane. In a makeshift airfield just outside of Dayton, Ohio, the newly Army-owned Wright Military Flyer was sent on a successful test flight.…
Comments closedDuring the U.S. Civil War, the Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Georgia was a source of cruelty. In this Confederate prison camp Union soldiers were dying of disease, malnutrition, and execution. 13,000 out of 50,000 prisoners died of malnutrition and disease…
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Marinette, WI is a small town of about 11,000 people as of the last census in 2010 (“Census of Population and Housing”). It is a very industry driven city, driven mainly by a Kimberly Clark paper mill, fire protection manufacturer…
Comments closedFort Crawford, situated in Prairie du Chein, Wisconsin, was constructed starting in 1816. The 340-foot-long wooden structure was built in succession with many other forts in the Fox-Wisconsin Routes after the scare from the War of 1812 [6]. Strategically placed,…
Comments closedWurtsmith Air Force Base has been an integral part of the United States Air Force from the 1920’s to June 3rd 1993. The base came to be because of chance. If a banker had not taken Lt. Whitehead on a…
Comments closedThe Rise and Fall of Little Crow: The Dakota people led by Chief Taoyateduta (Little Crow) launched the U.S Dakota war of 1862 in Minnesota resulting in one of the deadliest Indian vs settler disputes to this day. On Monday…
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