Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Prairie du Chien came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Prairie du Chien in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Prairie du Chien. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Prairie du Chien data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Prairie du Chien:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Prairie du Chien was listed as Prairie du Chien Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Prairie du Chien is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Prairie du Chien in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Prairie du Chien for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Prairie du Chien. See our Misc Page for Prairie du Chien for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Prairie du Chien:

Prairie du Chien was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

The following route mentioned Prairie du Chien as a scheduled stop:

The Western Star: From Great Northern Railroad timetable for the defunct Western Star (train schedule from 1970). The Western Star travelled between Chicago (IL) and Seattle (WA)