The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗According to William Whipple Warren's History of the Ojibway People (18xx), Moningwunakuaning "is the spot on which the Ojibway tribe first grew, and like a tree it has spread its branches in every direction, in the bands that now [1885] occupy the vast extent of the Ojibway earth; and also that 'it is the root from which all the far scattered villages of the tribe have sprung.'"
La Pointe was originally the site of a fortified French trading post from 1693 to 1698 and from 1718 to 1759. The current city began to develop in the late 18th century as an American Fur Company outpost under the leadership of Michel Cadotte.
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Start La Pointe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how La Pointe’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10La Pointe, decade by decade
2000
CommonsWisconsins oldest home2010
CommonsWilderness park trail2010
CommonsTown entry off of ferry2010
CommonsRocky shores2010
CommonsRocky shores - panoramio (3)2010
CommonsRocky shores - panoramio (1)2010
CommonsPanoramic view of beach2010
CommonsLeaving Madeline Island2010
CommonsLagoon view2010
CommonsLapointegreenwood2006
CommonsWIMap-doton-La Pointe20046 historic places in La Pointe
La Pointe has 6 listings on the National Register, and they protect 27 historic buildings, because Rocky Island Historic District alone counts 15.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 2005Coole Park ManorListed 1977La Pointe Indian CemeteryListed 1977Hadland Fishing CampListed 1978Bass Island Brownstone Company QuarryListed 1983Manitou CampListed 2008Rocky Island Historic DistrictThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.