Gratiot's Grove (Wisconsin)
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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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Gratiot_House.jpg/220px-Gratiot_House.jpg)
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
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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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