Fort Crawford

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Fort Crawford was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, that played a key role in military, diplomatic, and medical history along the Upper Mississippi River.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army fort
frontier military post
country United States
garrisonedBy U.S. Army troops
hasFunction center for negotiations with Native American nations
control of river transportation routes
protection of frontier settlements
site of early military medical practice
hasRole diplomatic center
frontier defense post
medical center
military outpost
heritageDesignation historic site
locatedIn Crawford County, Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
locatedInTimePeriod 19th century
locatedNear confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers
locatedOn Upper Mississippi River
militaryBranch United States Army
namedAfter William H. Crawford
namedAfterOccupation U.S. Secretary of War
partOf U.S. system of frontier forts
regionServed Upper Mississippi Valley
significantFor U.S. frontier history
diplomatic history of the Upper Mississippi River
history of Prairie du Chien
medical history of the Upper Mississippi River
military history of the Upper Mississippi River
usedBy United States Army

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Upper Mississippi Valley
contains
Red Bird
diedIn
Red Bird
placeOfDetention

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