Cadotte Trading Post Site

In 1787 Michel Cadotte, famous Madeline Island fur trader, had a trading post nearby on the Yellow River. Here Micheal Jr. was born, and another son, Jean Baptiste, is said to be buried on the rivers bank. Robert Marriner built a dam at "Cadotte Falls" in 1865 and later named the village Cadott to honor the French-Indian fur traders.

Erected 1975

THE CADOTTE FUR TRADERS

AMONG THE FUR TRADERS WHO ATTAINED PROMINENCE IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION WERE JEAN BAPTISTE CADOTTE (CADEAU) AND HIS SONS, JEAN BAPTISTE JR. AND MICHEL. EACH MARRIED DAUGTERS OF PROMINENT OJIBWAY INDIANS; BECAME INFLUENTIAL AS MERCHANTS, INTERPRETERS AND MEDIATORS; AND WERE CONSIDERED BY THE OJIBWAYS AS "CHEIFS." MICHEL CADOTTE ESTABLISHED THE PERMANENT TRADING POST AT LA POINTE ON MADELAIN ISLAND AND HIS FAMILY TRADED ON THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AND TRIBUTATIRES, AS EARLY AS 1787, AT VARIOUS PLACES INCLUDING CHIPPEWA CITY, JIM FALLS AND CADOTTE FALLS ON THE YELLOW RIVER.

THIS PLAQUE IS A GIFT OF THE CADOTT LIONS CLUB

DEDICATED JULY 14, 1974

THE GREAT NORTHER PINE OF WISCONSIN

THIS STATUE IS A CONCEPTION OF THE "CADOTTE" FUR TRADER. SCULPTOR JERRY HOLTER OF CLAM LAKE, WISCONSIN WAS COMMISSIONED TO CARVE THE FIGURE FROM A SOLID SECTION OF NATIVE NORTHERN WHITE PINE, SYMBOLIC OF THE GREAT LUMBERING INDUSTRY OF WHICH THE FOUNDER OD CADOTT VILLAGE, ROBERT MARRINER, WAS A PART. IN ITS HISTORY THE VILLAGE HAD A SUCCESSION OF WOOD INDUSTRIES INCLUDING SAWMILLS, OAK TANNERY, A BARREL HEADING MILL, SHINGLE MILL, A CHEESE BOX FACTORY AND A HUB AND SPOKE FACTORY WHICH EMPLOYED MANY MEN. THE CUTTING OF THE GREAT PINES WAS FOLLOWED BY THE PRESENT AGRICULTURAL ERA

THIS PLAQE IS A GIFT OF

THE CADDOT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DEDICATED JULY 14 1974

1865 CADOTT CENTENIAL 1965

IN 1865, ROBERT MARRINER SETTLED IN THIS VICINITY, BUILT A DAM AND SAWMILL BELOW THE PRESNET MAIN STREET BRIDGE AND SUBSEQUENTLY PLATTED THE VILLAGE OF CADOTT. THE FALLS OF THE RIVER HERE HAD BEEN CALLED "CADOTTE FALLS" FOR A MEMBER OF THE FAMED FRENCH-INDIAN FUR TRADING FAMILY ACCORDING TO TRADTION. "BAPTISTE" CADOTTE HAD A TRADING POST ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE DOWNSTREAM AND UPON HIS DEATH WAS BURRIED NEAR THE FALLS THIS STATUE, MEMORIALIZING CADOTTE IS A PROJECT OF THE CADOTTE COMMUNITY CENTENIAL HELD ON JULY 10 AND 11 1965

DEDICATED JULY 14 1974