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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).

History

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. Today the Gratiot House and the Berry Tavern still survives in what had been Gratiot's Grove.

Notes

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2. "404 Error: File Not Found - Wisconsin Historical Society". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
3. "404 Error: File Not Found - Wisconsin Historical Society". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Gratiot House - Travel Wisconsin".

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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