DE PERE, RAPIDES DES PERES, "RAPIDS OF THE FATHERS" - OUR PLACE IN NEW FRANCE AND THE OLD NORTHWEST TERRITORY - by Barbara Smits and Larry Schoenleber - 2006

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Early French History of De Pere in photos, graphics and text.  Full color book, in PDF format on CD, Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 (Free Download from Adobe http://www.adobe.com) required to read book.  This is a beautiful book of artwork and text that shows what early De Pere would have looked like during the French period.  This project is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin.

Chapters 1:  In The Beginning - The Natural Landscape

    Glacier, Niagara Escarpment; Glacier and Fox River

Chapter 2:  Animals, Food Supply & Native Americans

    Native Americans; Animals - Buffalo, Waterfowl; Corn and Wild Rice Beds

    Native American Maple Sugar Camp; Fish Weir; Ice Fishing; Ice Boating

Chapter 3:  French Explorers, Fur Traders, Jesuit Missionaries

    Jesuits at De Pere Mission; Nicolet, Radisson and Groseilliers, Father Allouez;

    The House of the Jesuits; Fr. Albanel Builds new Mission; The Mission; The            

    Trading Post    

Chapter 4:  French Discovery and Legacy

    Marquette & Jolliet; DeTonty, Fr. Membre; Duluth & Hennepin at De Pere;

    Duluth Defends De Pere; French Fort Built at De Pere; Wisconsin Native American

    Tribes; Nicolas Perrot Arrives; Perrot Presents Ostensorium; Mission Burned;

    End of French Control; First Permanent Settlement; First Sawmill in Old Northwest

    Territory; Plan of De Pere and Green Bay

Chapter 5:  French and American Settlement

    French Arpents of Land; Bull Oxen Plowing; French Homes

Chapter 6:  French Culture/Daily Life

    Maple Sugar Camp; The Sugar Bush; Sugar Making; Christmas Season; The

    Canadian Horse; Horse Racing on the Ice; Winter Pleasures; The Sleighing Party

Chapter 7:  The Americans

    Old Ways Give Way to New; Law & Order Arrives; De Pere is County Seat;

    Dickinson Plats De Pere; Dickinson's Ferry/Folly; Old Military Road; The

    California House; Fox River Hydraulic Company; Fox-Wisconsin River

    Improvement; First Steamboat - Locks; De Pere; Conclusion; Bibliography

 Interactive Media Section in PDF format only:

        Video Movies:  Fonferek Falls/Niagara Escarpment; Maple Sugar Making

            Sturgeon Spawn/Spearing; Ice Boating on Lake Winnebago; Pit

            Sawyer/Waterpower

        Audio Clips (Music):  Canada Goose; Lobo; Jesuit Missions; Military Road;

            Run, Wolf, Run

Index

Teachers Guide in PDF format only

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