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Bowlen was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin to American mother Arvella (née Woods) and Canadian father Paul Dennis Bowlen, who became a millionaire in the Canadian oil business, founding Regent Drilling as a wildcatter. [2] [3] The oil company is now owned by his brother John. [4] Bowlen was Catholic [5] and spent his childhood in Alberta. [6]
Prairie du Chien's twice weekly newspaper is the Courier Press, which also publishes a weekly shopping supplement distributed to area households and businesses. Other print media in the area include the Wisconsin-Iowa Shopping News , which is distributed to 19,297 homes and businesses weekly.
Born in St. Lawrence County, New York, Wright moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1846. Wright started the newspaper the Prairie du Chien Patriot in 1848 and he edited The Courier. [1] He also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. Wright was a county judge.
Courier Press: Prairie du Chien: Howe Printing Co. Princeton Times-Republic: Princeton: The Berlin Journal Company, Inc. Journal Times: Racine: Lee Enterprises [4] Neighbors: Randolph: Capital Newspapers/Lee Enterprises [4] Reedsburg Independent: Reedsburg: News Publishing Co. Reedsburg Times-Press: Reedsburg Capital Newspapers/Lee Enterprises ...
Campion High School was founded in 1880 as the College of the Sacred Heart. Established on property donated by Prairie du Chien philanthropist John Lawler, the school was originally operated as a college by Jesuits from the Buffalo, New York, mission of the German Province of the Society of Jesus. Its first president was Rev. William Becker, S.J.
Jean Joseph Rolette (September 24, 1781 – December 3, 1842), often known as Joseph Rolette, was a prominent fur trader and member of the Mackinac Company who operated a trading post in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
On June 17, 2021, Van Orden confronted a teenage library page at Prairie du Chien Memorial Library about a display of books with LGBT themes assembled for Pride Month. [11] Van Orden was particularly upset by A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo , a fictional book about the same-sex romance of Marlon Bundo , the real-life pet rabbit of former Vice ...
Bernard Brisbois was born in Prairie du Chien, Illinois Territory in 1808, to Michel Brisbois, a French-Canadian voyageur, and his second wife Domitelle (Madelaine) Gautier de Verville. Like his father, Brisbois also began his career in the fur trade, working as agent for the American Fur Company.