Victory, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States
43°29′08″N 91°12′45″W / 43.48556°N 91.21250°W / 43.48556; -91.21250
United States
WisconsinVictory is an unincorporated community in the Town of Wheatland in Vernon County, Wisconsin.[1][2] It is located 4.5 miles north of De Soto and 6.2 miles south of Genoa on the Mississippi River along the Great River Road (WIS 35). It also is served by the BNSF Railway.
History
The Battle of Bad Axe, the final battle of the Black Hawk War of 1832, took place near this community.[3] The community's name commemorates the United States victory.[4]
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Notes
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Victory
- ^ "Victory Populated Place Profile / Vernon County, Wisconsin Data". wisconsin.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 136.
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| Ho-Chunk | |
| Menominee | |
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- Illinois
- Apple River Fort
- Buffalo Grove
- Dixon's Ferry
- Fort Armstrong
- Fort Beggs
- Galena
- Indian Creek
- Kellogg's Grove
- Plum River
- Saukenuk
- Stillman Creek
- Stillman's Run Battle Site
- Waddams Grove
- Yellow Creek
- Michigan Territory (Wisconsin)
- Bad Axe River
- Blue Mounds Fort
- Fort Crawford
- Fort Defiance
- Fort Hamilton
- Fort Jackson
- Fort Koshkonong
- Fort Union
- Gratiot's Grove
- Helena
- Hamilton's Diggings
- Pecatonica River
- Roxbury
- Sinsinawa Mound
- Soldiers Grove
- Victory
- Wisconsin Heights Battlefield
- Wisconsin River
- Minor engagements
- Battle of Stillman's Run
- Buffalo Grove ambush
- Plum River raid
- Indian Creek massacre
- St. Vrain massacre
- Attacks at Fort Blue Mounds
- Spafford Farm massacre
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- Battle of Waddams Grove
- Battle of Kellogg's Grove
- Attack at Ament's Cabin
- Battle of Apple River Fort
- Sinsinawa Mound raid
- Battle of Wisconsin Heights
- Battle of Bad Axe
- Black Hawk Purchase
- Black Hawk Tree
- Keokuk's Reserve
- Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
- First Treaty of Prairie du Chien
- Fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien
- Warrior
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43°29′08″N 91°12′45″W / 43.485497°N 91.212552°W / 43.485497; -91.212552
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