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The Black Hawk War of 1932 was brief.  In may of 1832 Chief Black Hawk led his tribe of Sac and Fox from Iowa back to Illinois and Wisconsin to the land that was ceded in an 1802 treated.  The U.S. sent troops after the tribe and pursued them across Wisconsin.  A battle at the Wisconsin River in July and a slaughter at the Mississippi River in August of 1832 ended the war.  The band's retreat included passage through present-day Lake Mills.

There are several books about Black Hawk and the war including 2007's Black Hawk: the battle for the heart of America by Kerry Trask.

This marker is in the Northwest corner of Commons Park across the street from the library.  You can see the library in the upper left corner.