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Historical
Markers - Rock Co., WI
The
U.S. Military at Turtle Village
Wisconsin Official
Marker
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Located on the
Rock River Heritage Walkway just north of the
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intersection
of Public and State streets, Beloit
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Courtesy of
Kurt Wheeler, Rock County Planning & Development Agency
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- The U.S. Military at Turtle Village
- In this vicinity, during the Black
Hawk War of 1832, Sac Indian leader
- Black Hawk and his followers left
Illinois and entered the Michigan Territory (now Wisconsin),
seeking refuge with the Ho-Chunk Indians at Turtle Village. On
July 1, 1832, more than five weeks after Black Hawk left Turtle
Village and continued his northern retreat up the Rock River,
General Henry Atkinson and his troops arrived here, only to find
an abandoned Indian settlement with extensive gardens and fields
of grain.
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- Erected in 1998; Sponsored by the
B.H.S. - F.O.R.
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©2006
ALHN-Rock Co., Wisconsin
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