EXPLORING WISCONSIN'S WATERWAYS: THE Fox


Constructing locks in the Fox River at Kaukauna in 1874. (SHSW WHi(X3)32050)

who shaped Kaukauna included Native Americans from the East and West,
French missionaries and traders, Yankee investors, Dutch farmers, and Irish
and German craftsman. All of them used the Fox River  early as a high-
way, later as a workhorse."
  The City of Kaukauna has published an excellent guide for persons inter-
ested in its historic buildings, A Walking Tour Through Old Kaukauna, con-
taining notations and photos for more than 70 significant structures, 15
of
which are on the National Register of Historic Places. It is available at
the
Planning Department in City Hall, 201 West Second Street, during business
hours.
  Of the many locations it cites, 2 are noted here for special attention:
Charles A. Grignon House*J, 1313 Augustin Street
  For almost 100 years members of the Grignon family, so influential in the
early history of Green Bay and the lower Fox River Valley, lived in this
house
built in 1837 in Greek Revival style, truly a mansion in the woods at the
time.
As noted above, Augustin Grignon settled at Grand Kakalin early in the 19th
century. He engaged in the fur trade, farming, milling, and made money by
portaging goods around the rapids. He lived here until the 1830s when he
moved to Butte des Morts leaving his son, Charles Augustin Grignon, in
charge of affairs at the rapids. Augustin built an inn at Butte des Morts
village on the north shore of Lake Butte des Morts in 1843 which still stands,
well-preserved, and on the National Register of Historic Places. Lyman


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