About the Author

Mary Elise Antoine, MA, is president of the Prairie du Chien Historical Society and former curator at Villa Louis. Her research focuses on the material culture and the mix and confrontation of cultures on the upper Mississippi prior to Wisconsin statehood. She is author of The War of 1812 in Wisconsin, also for the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, and two books on the history of Prairie du Chien. Lucy Eldersveld Murphy, Ph.D., is a professor of history at the Ohio State University whose research focuses on intercultural, interracial, and gender relations on Midwestern American frontiers. She has written and edited four books and numerous articles and papers on Midwestern history.