Mineral Point in Iowa County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Site of Fort Jackson

Fort Jackson Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William J. Toman, June 20, 2010

1. Fort Jackson Marker

Inscription. In June, 1832, an alarm spread throughout the mining region that Black Hawk and his band were on the march north from Illinois. Hastily built stockades were erected throughout the lead region. Fort Jackson was built on this site using vertically placed logs arranged in a square that enclosed cabins housing the garrison and their families. Two-story blockhouses fitted with gun ports were installed on the southeast and northwest corners. Fort Jackson served mainly to distribute military supplies during the Black Hawk War and was dismantled shortly thereafter.

Erected 2002 by Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 472.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • Native Americans • Notable Buildings • Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Black Hawk War, and the Wisconsin Historical Society series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1832.

Location. 42° 51.538′ N, 90° 10.634′ W. Marker is in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in Iowa County. Marker is at the intersection of Commerce Street and Fountain Street, on the left when traveling north on Commerce Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9 Fountain Street, Mineral Point WI 53565, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Wisconsin Territory (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Shake Rag (approx. 0.2 miles away); Historic Mineral Point (approx. 0.6 miles away); Laurence F. Graber (approx. one mile away); Fort Defiance (approx. 5 miles away); Dodge's Grove and Fort Union (approx. 5 miles away); Dodge Mining Camp Cabin (approx. 7.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 7½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mineral Point.

More about this marker. This is marker no. 471 in the Wisconsin Historical Society's list of its markers. See www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/markers/markerslist.pdf.

Also see . . . The Black Hawk War. "By the 1830s the process of removing Indian tribes from lands in the eastern United States to accommodate white settlers had been embraced by President Andrew Jackson, many in Congress and the bulk of the population at large. Few were apologetic, believing that the tribes and their homes were obstacles to the spread of a superior civilization." (Submitted on June 29, 2010.)

Site of Fort Jackson Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William J. Toman, June 20, 2010

2. Site of Fort Jackson Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2010, by William J. Toman of Green Lake, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,523 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2010, by William J. Toman of Green Lake, Wisconsin. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.