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July 21, 1832

The battle of the Wisconsin was fought between the volunteers under General Henry Dodge and the Indians under Black Hawk.

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County1832During 1832

Black Hawk made a stand against his white pursuers at Wolf Point, in the lower part of the town of Hustisford.

BeloitJune 30, 1832

General Atkinson's soldiers, including Private Abraham Lincoln, made the first recorded visit of white men to the Turtle village (now Beloit) locality, passing through the deserted Turtle village and camping on the prairie; the army entered Rock county and encamped just above where Beloit now is.

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The regionJuly 21, 1832

The battle of the Wisconsin was fought between the volunteers under General Henry Dodge and the Indians under Black Hawk.

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The west line of the county passes between the two Blue Mounds, the largest, or principal one, falling within the county of Dane. About three townships, occupjang the southwest corner of the county, are within the county known as the " Mineral region," and lead mines have long been worked at the Blue Mound, It touches upon Lake Koshkonong, an expansion of Rock river on the southeast, and upon the Wisconsin river at the northwest, embracing the ground upon which the " battle of the Wisconsin" was fought, between the volunteers under General Henry Dodge, and the Indians under Black Hawk, July 21, 1832. There are three newspapers published in this county, at Madison : and six post-offices have been established—at Madison, Mouridville, Cottage Grove, Fitchburg, Dane, and Sun Prairie.

Lapham, I. A. Wisconsin: Its Geography and Topography, History, Geology, and Mineralogy: Together with Brief Sketches of Its Antiquities, Natural History, Soil, Productions, Population, and Government. 2nd ed., Milwaukee: I. A. Hopkins, 1846. Allen County Public Library copy via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/wisconsinitsgeog00inlaph.PDF p. 183 / book p. 173

1832 / July 21

The regionA

July 21, 1832

The battle of the Wisconsin was fought between the volunteers under General Henry Dodge and the Indians under Black Hawk.

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The regionJuly 21, 1832

The battle of the Wisconsin was fought between the volunteers under General Henry Dodge and the Indians under Black Hawk.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The west line of the county passes between the two Blue Mounds, the largest, or principal one, falling within the county of Dane. About three townships, occupjang the southwest corner of the county, are within the county known as the " Mineral region," and lead mines have long been worked at the Blue Mound, It touches upon Lake Koshkonong, an expansion of Rock river on the southeast, and upon the Wisconsin river at the northwest, embracing the ground upon which the " battle of the Wisconsin" was fought, between the volunteers under General Henry Dodge, and the Indians under Black Hawk, July 21, 1832. There are three newspapers published in this county, at Madison : and six post-offices have been established—at Madison, Mouridville, Cottage Grove, Fitchburg, Dane, and Sun Prairie.