Book chapter
Fort Atkinson, Iowa, 1840–1849
Frontier Forts of Iowa, pp.146-160
University of Iowa Press
09/01/2009
Abstract
Situated on a steep bluff overlooking the small town of Fort Atkinson in northeast Iowa, the site of historic Fort Atkinson first impresses visitors with its scale. The stone buildings, the wooden stockade, and the parade ground outlined by stone foundations combine to provide a sense of what it was like to walk through the lonely frontier fort 165 years ago (plate 12). Fort Atkinson is the best preserved fort in Iowa, and the charming scene conceals a poignant story of a fort designed to control and manipulate the Ho-Chunk until they could be removed from Iowa completely.
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Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Fort Atkinson, Iowa, 1840–1849
- Creators
- JEFFREY T. CarrWILLIAM E. Whittaker
- Contributors
- William E. Whittaker (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Frontier Forts of Iowa, pp.146-160
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Office of the State Archaeologist
- Record Identifier
- 9984622759502771
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