Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds: A Settlers' Fortification of the Black Hawk War

by Robert A. Birmingham

Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds is an archaeological detective story illuminating the lives of white settlers in the lead-mining region during the tragic events of the historically important conflict known as the Black Hawk War.

Focusing on the strategically located Fort Blue Mounds in southwestern Wisconsin, Robert A. Birmingham summarizes the 1832 conflict and details the history of the fort, which played a major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870204920
• ISBN13: 9780870204920
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"