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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 (or later - 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
