WISCONSIN
OFFICIAL MARKER
PERROT’S POST
One of the leading early French traders
and diplomats among the Indians of the upper
Mississippi region was dark and handsome
Nicholas Perrot. After building Fort St. Nicholas
at Prairie du Chien in the summer of 1685,
Perrot moved north and spent the winter here
"at the foot of the mountain behind which
was a great prairie abounding in wild beasts".
These wild beasts" were buffalo, elk, deer,
bear, cougar and lynx. Today, only deer are
still common to this area.
From here Perrot continued up the Mississippi
to establish another fortified post on Lake Pepin
and named it Fort St. Antoine. There on May 6,
1689, he formally took possession of the entire
region west of the Great Lakes "no matter how
remote" in the name of his king, Louis XIV.
In 1731 Godefroy de Linctot built a small
fort among the Sioux at "the mountain whose
foot is bathed by water", sometimes written "La
Montagne Qui Trempe a Leau" and now referred
to as Mount Trempealeau. De Linctot’s fort
existed until 1736 and when its ruins were
uncovered on this site in 1887, below them
was found a hearthstone probably used by
Perrot during the winter of 1685 1686.
Erected 1964
36
Keywords: Nicolas Perrot,Perrot’s Post,Wisconsin
Title: Perrot’s Post – Wisconsin
Caption: WISCONSIN
OFFICIAL MARKER
PERROT’S POST
One of the leading early French traders
and diplomats among the Indians of the upper
Mississippi region was dark and handsome
Nicholas Perrot. After building Fort St. Nicholas
at Prairie du Chien in the summer of 1685,
Perrot moved north and spent the winter here
“at the foot of the mountain behind which
was a great prairie abounding in wild beasts”.
These wild beasts” were buffalo, elk, deer,
bear, cougar and lynx. Today, only deer are
still common to this area.
From here Perrot continued up the Mississippi
to establish another fortified post on Lake Pepin
and named it Fort St. Antoine. There on May 6,
1689, he formally took possession of the entire
region west of the Great Lakes “no matter how
remote” in the name of his king, Louis XIV.
In 1731 Godefroy de Linctot built a small
fort among the Sioux at “the mountain whose
foot is bathed by water”, sometimes written “La
Montagne Qui Trempe a Leau” and now referred
to as Mount Trempealeau. De Linctot’s fort
existed until 1736 and when its ruins were
uncovered on this site in 1887, below them
was found a hearthstone probably used by
Perrot during the winter of 1685 1686.
Erected 1964
36
Date: 2017-08-12T05:15:05
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Photographer: Tony Webster
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