Perrot's Post

Perrot's Post (HMFD6)

Location: Trempealeau, WI 54661 Trempealeau County
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N 44° 0.866', W 91° 28.39'

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One of the leading early French traders and diplomats among the Indians of the upper Mississippi region was dark and handsome Nicholas Perrot. After building Fort St. Nicholas at Prairie du Chien in the summer of 1685, Perrot moved north and spent the winter here "at the foot of the mountain behind which was a great prairie abounding in wild beasts." These "wild beasts" were buffalo, elk, deer, bear, cougar and lynx. Today, only deer are still common to this area.

From here Perrot continued up the Mississippi to establish another fortified post on Lake Pepin and named it Fort St. Antoine. There on May 6, 1689, he formally took possession of the entire region west of the Great Lakes "no matter how remote" in the name of his king, Louis XIV.

In 1731 Godefroy de Linctot built a small fort among the Sioux at "the mountain whose foot is bathed by water", sometimes written "La Montagne Qui Trempe a Leau" and now referred to as Mount Trempealeau. De Linctot's fort existed until 1736 and when its ruins were uncovered on this site in 1887, below them was found a hearthstone probably used by Perrot during the winter of 1685-1686.
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HM NumberHMFD6
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number133
Year Placed1964
Placed ByThe Wisconsin Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 24th, 2014 at 5:16pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 622383 N 4874609
Decimal Degrees44.01443333, -91.47316667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 0.866', W 91° 28.39'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 0' 51.96" N, 91° 28' 23.40" W
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Area Code(s)608
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8 S Park Rd, Trempealeau WI 54661, US
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