Focus on Local History with Special Guest Dr. Patrick Jung

Name: Focus on Local History with Special Guest Dr. Patrick Jung
Start: 2025-04-15T18:30:00-05:00
Location: 207 Thilmany RD., Suite 200, Kaukauna, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54130

Schedule

Tue, 15 Apr, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

207 Thilmany RD., Suite 200, Kaukauna, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54130 | Kaukauna, WI

oin our local historian, Gavin as he leads a discussion on topics of local history. No registration required. Attendance varies from 5-10 people on average.
This month we are pleased to welcome Dr. Patrick Jung. The Green Bay area and the Fox River Valley were well outside the main theater of combat during the Black Hawk War of 1832. Nevertheless, as the war unfolded, local militia companies were organized in case the war spread to these areas. Moreover, the Menominee Indians of northeastern Wisconsin had long been enemies of the Sauks and Meskwakis who composed Black Hawk’s band, and the Menominees formed an entire battalion that traveled to the principal theater of the war and participated in the fighting. This talk will provide a general overview of the Black Hawk War, events in Green Bay and the Fox River Valley during the summer of 1832 when the war was fought, and details about the Menominees and their participation in the conflict.
Short Bio:
Dr. Patrick J. Jung received his doctoral degree in United States history from Marquette University in 1997 and has taught at the Milwaukee School of Engineering since 2003. He has written two books and several articles on the Black Hawk War of 1832 and other Native-White military conflicts in the western Great Lakes region.