Black Hawk War Encampment

"Burnt Village"

A large Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Village dating from the 1700s once stood in this vicinity. Just before the 1832 Black Hawk War, the village was burned during an intra-tribal battle. On July 6th and 8th, the United States Military camped at this site in their pursuit of Black Hawk and named this place Burnt Village.

Marker is on County Route N 2 miles south of Wisconsin Route 106, on the left when traveling south.