Old Lead Region Historical Society's Articles on the Black Hawk War and Jacksonian America

In Those Ordinary Times...

Life in the Diggins
    By Henry E. Legler.
New Diggings on the Fever River 1824-1864.
    By Margaret S. Carter.
New Diggings is an Old Diggings.
    By Margaret S. Carter.

Captain Fortunatus Berry.
    By Bill Breihan.
Was Caroline Ostertag
the First Child of European Ancestry
Born in Lafayette County?
    By Bill Breihan.
Hamilton's Diggings (Wiota.)
    Overview and pictures by Robert Braun.
Three Roads to the Mines.
    ORIGINAL RESEARCH into Illinois' trails
    By Greg Carter.
Slaves and People of Color at the United States Lead Mines.
    By Robert Braun.
Sinipee: Atlantis on the Mississippi.
    By Clifford Krainik.
Boy's Clothing of the 1830's
    By Betsy Urven.
Mens' Clothing Worn in the Mineral District.
    A Primer by Robert Braun.

Black Hawk's War (1832)...

What was the Black Hawk War all about?
    An introduction to the 1832 conflict.
The Black Hawk War Begins!
    Submitted by Cliff & Michele Krainik.
The Black Hawk War (1832)
    By Reuben Gold Thwaites.
Black Hawk War Chronology of Events.
    By Robert Braun.
Stephen Mack's Role in the Black Hawk War.
    By Greg Carter.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
    and the Murder of William Durley.
The Plum River Fight.
    The FIRST fort attacked during the Black Hawk War!
    By Greg Carter.
"Uncovering the Story of Fort Blue Mounds"
    An historical and archaeological assessment
    By Robert A. Birmingham, retired Wisconsin State Archaeologist.
The Indian Creek Massacre.
    By Mac McIntyre.
Sauk War Forts of Illinois.
    Ongoing Research by Greg Carter,
    Matt Kestel, and Pete Payette.
"Forting Up" in Knox County.
    By Greg Carter.
State Equipage
Drawn by Captain Stephenson’s “Ranger” Company
    By Robert Braun.
Captain Stephenson’s Fight.
    By Greg Carter.
"Second Battle of Bad Ax."
    By C. V. Porter, M. D. (1887)
The Battle of Bad Ax
    By Peter Shrake.
Abraham Lincoln’s Military Service
During the Black Hawk War.
    By Bob Braun.
"An Account... of the
Attack on Apple River Fort.
    By John Flack, an eyewitness.
William "Bushy Bill" Johnson
    A short bio on an Apple River Fort veteran.
The Guns of Apple River Fort
    By Robert Braun.
General Dodge
    "The Truth of History" By Peter Parkinson, Jr.
The Appearance of U. S. Soldiers on Campaign
In the Mineral District, 1832
    By Greg Carter.
Gun Powder Flasks.
    By Robert Braun.

Virtual Tours!

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Life in Andy Jackson's America...

The Idioms of David Crockett.
    Compiled by Robert Braun.
An Overview of Sausage-Making,
with Historic Receipts.
    By Susan Gordy.
    (Used with permisssion of the author.)
Clothing of the 1830s
    By Jane Wheeler.
The Evolution of Female Fashion
    By Sarah LeCount.
Women's Fashion 1825-1840
     By Heather Palmer.
"Recollections of a Busy Life--Personal, Historical, Political and Otherwise."
     By Hon. Ed. S. Wilson
     Attorney at Law, State Treasurer 1891-1893, a Native of Crawford County,
     Over a half Century Resident of Olney, Ill.

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