French Trading Post Site FT FonDuLac - Wisconsin

[Gypsy Heart]

French Trading Post Site Ft. FonDuLac -Wisconsin

 

[Whitetail]

Re: French Trading Post Site FonDuLac Wisconsin

Hi Gypsyheart,

I'm new to this forum, found it about a week ago and I'm hooked. I grew up in Fond du Lac,WI and was wondering if you have any more info on this site. Have you been there? Any luck?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Re: French Trading Post Site FT Fond du Lac - Wisconsin

Welcome to the forum....always need more Wisonsin people here.....I think there is a misunderstanding tho
Fort Fond du Lac is Fort St. Louis
(1793 - 1816), Superior
A North West Co. stockaded trading post on the St. Louis River (Superior Bay). Also known as Fond du Lac Post. Site located at Connor's Point near present-day Second (Bay) and Winter Streets. It had two one-gun blockhouses, two 40-foot long houses and a 60-foot long warehouse. It was the major trading depot for the area up until 1805, when the NW Co. post at Leech Lake, MN was established. After 1813 it became a post of the short-lived South West Co., a joint venture between the British North West Co. and the American Fur Co

 

[Whitetail]

My bad! Thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I have a sister over in Oostburg....You really have some nice hunting spots in your area....

 

[Tourezrick]

Oostburg - just down the road from Sheboygan! Oh, no! Let's go down by Prange's, ja, hey once! Local dialect you had to grow up hearing to believe.

Tourezrick