BLACK HAWK WAR EXHIBIT - FINAL DAYS

[Cliff Krainik]

The Mineral Point, Wisconsin Historical Society at Orchard Lawn asked me to remind your readers that the LEGACY OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR EXHIBITION will close on Sunday, October 27.

The exhibit features rare books, prints, paintings, documents and artifacts pertaining to the Black Hawk War. Over one hundred items are on display including - the pistol carried by Lieut. Charles Bracken during the BHW, the 1833 first edition of the LIFE OF BLACK HAWK, a unique 1858 photograph (ambrotype) of Henry Dodge, and the handwritten report of the Battle of Burr Oak Grove penned by Captain Adam Snyder dated June 17, 1832 .

Information about the Mineral Point Historical Society can be found by going to -

www.mineralpoint.com/hist.html

Orchard Lawn is located at 234 Madison Street, two blocks east of the Tourist Information Center and Water Tower Park. Guided tours of Orchard Lawn are available Thursday through Sunday from 1 to 5PM, May through October 27.

For more information on the Black Hawk War Legacy Exhibition contact Janet Wheaton at Orchard Lawn 608 987-2884 or Cliff Krainik at [e-mail]

For those unable to attend the BHW Exhibition a detailed exhibition catalogue is available for free by contacting the
Mineral Point Historical Society - Box 188, Mineral Point, Wisconsin 53565

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[Robert Braun]

If you have not seen this exhibit, it is DEFINATELY worth your time to see!!

I had the priviledge of viewing Cliff's and Michelle's outstanding collection in May. My advice is: go to Mineral Point... see the new historical plaque on Commerce Street commemorating the site of Fort Jackson, visit Orchard Lawn, and DO SEE Legacy of the Black Hawk War!

When you're done... stop by Dean Connor's "Foundry Books" and buy something!

[Cliff Krainik]

Thank you for your kind remarks about our exhibit, Bob. Michele and I will be in Mineral Point on Saturday, October 26 and would love to visit with any members of the OLRHS.

Dean Connors has retired from the rare book business and has moved to Madison. That's the sad news - the good news is that the tradition of FOUNDRY BOOKS continues. New owners, Ken and Janet Wheaton, are affable and knowledgeable book people, and will continue offering rare and choice Wisconsin history books as well as an interesting general line. Please do stop in and see them when you come to Mineral Point - same location, just down the street from the Fort Jackson marker on Commerce Street.

Cliff Krainik

[Robert Braun]

Sorry we missed you and Michelle on Saturday at Mineral Point. Son Ben and I were at the MPHS right at 1 p.m. to again take in your excellent exhibit. I regret that a busy afternoon schedule precluded us from staying longer!

Congratulations on an outstanding display, and our thanks for consenting to share your passion with fellow enthusiasts!

[Pamela Olson]

I am trying to locate information on Colonel Daniel Moore of Iowa County Wisconsin who fought in the Black Hawk War. Where should I look?
Also, if there is any information on him, will it be anything more than name and rank? I am wondering where he was born in NY state and on which date - information on his parents/siblings would be a plus. Does searching for him through Black Hawk War information make sense?
Thanks for your help!

[Robert Braun]

It would appear that Daniel Moore was an early emigrant to the U. S. Mineral District, and to that part of the Michigan Territory to be designated Iowa County. He arrived with other early and hopeful lead diggers in 1827. He operated in close association with Col. Henry Dodge and associates, in founding a smelter near "patch" diggings.

Moore claimed the first nuptuals in the county, having wed a woman named America Parish (daughter of John G. Parish--another early arrival to the Blue River region) in Mifflin Township, now Eden Township, in 1829. I believe that Levi Moore, the first child born in Mifflin Township (1831) was that of Daniel and America--although I am not sure. Later, Levi apparently went west with other emigrants on the Oregon Trail.

Moore was a freemason, and a charter member of the Mineral Point Lodge No. 49, chartered on October 11, 1842.

He was apparently very well known in Iowa County, and was a leader in the area and the county generally. Unfortunately, there is little more in the way of a formal biography in the book listed below, in the heading specific to Mineral point, Mifflin, or Eden. I was unable to locate a Black HAwk War connection with Moore--which indicates that perhaps his title of "Colonel" was honorary. Accounts indicate that such titles were common in the Lead Region.

This information was gleaned from the pages of Butterfield's History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881.

I hope this information is of some use to you.

Cordially, Bob.

[Pamela]

I don't know how to determine if an account is true or not, mine (below) states that he was a veteren of the Black Hawk War. I've noticed mistakes at times in these county histories that I've read. Probably because they rely on memory all too often. For example, John G and America Parish were siblings - being only 4 years apart in age. She traveled with him, his wife and their children to WI from KY. Their older brother Dawson had already moved to Grant Co.
I realize the genealogical side of this is not necessarily where interest lies on this board, but it sure feels good to vent when you hit a roadblock like this! Thanks!!

This was passed on to me by another researcher:

>From the “Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green,
Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Wisconsin,” J. H. Beers & Co., 1901, Chicago,
IL., Pg. 306-7:

HORACE H. STREETER is one of the heroes of the war of the Rebellion, and is
deserving of special mention in the annals of his county, State and Nation,
for the active part he has played as a patriotic citizen.....In 1857 he was
united in marriage to Martha E. Moore, who was born in Iowa county in 1841,
her father, Daniel Moore, being a well-known pioneer of that county, and a
veteran of the famous Black Hawk war of 1832. He was a native of New York
State, while his wife, America Parish, was a native of Kentucky.

[Robert Braun]

It would not surpise me that there were errors in Butterfield's. I am given to understand he relied on a number of sources, and may not have had time to check them all. We have already found some discrepancies.

It is possible that he served in the BHW, I simply cannot confirm that fact right now. Butterfield's does not seem to indicate that he did. His title may have eminated from post-BHW militia service.

The search continues.... !

Cordially, Bob.