Fur Museum
Fur Museum
Astor Fur Warehouse, built in 1828, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, is a site significant for its use by the American Fur Company. It is the only known surviving fur trade warehouse in the upper Mississippi valley.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
It is located at Bolvin and Water Streets, on St. Feriole Island. It was flooded
in 2001
Text from Wikipedia
Under Three Flags
Uses of Furs
bales of furs storage on second level
hunter clothing
Voyageurs
Fur Post in Winter
trading post
War of 1812
foundations of Fort Crawford
reconstructed blockhouse
former museum
Sculpture Garden
Voyageur
Chief Black Hawk
Victorian Lady
Dr. William Beaumont and his son Israel
