Fort Crawford
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Fort Crawford was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, that played a key role in military, diplomatic, and medical history along the Upper Mississippi River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Crawford canonical | 5 |
| Fort Crawford (Wisconsin) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T590187 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Crawford Context triple: [Upper Mississippi Valley, contains, Fort Crawford]
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A.
Fort Madison
Fort Madison is a historic riverfront city in southeastern Iowa known for its Mississippi River port, 19th-century military fort heritage, and role as a regional transportation hub.
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B.
Crown Point
Crown Point is a prominent scenic overlook in Oregon offering sweeping views of the Columbia River Gorge and home to the historic Vista House.
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C.
Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota, significant for its roles in regional military history, westward expansion, and Native American relations.
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D.
Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
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E.
Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac is an 18th-century French and later British colonial fort and fur-trading post, now a reconstructed historic site and museum in present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Crawford Target entity description: Fort Crawford was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, that played a key role in military, diplomatic, and medical history along the Upper Mississippi River.
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A.
Fort Madison
Fort Madison is a historic riverfront city in southeastern Iowa known for its Mississippi River port, 19th-century military fort heritage, and role as a regional transportation hub.
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B.
Crown Point
Crown Point is a prominent scenic overlook in Oregon offering sweeping views of the Columbia River Gorge and home to the historic Vista House.
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C.
Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in present-day Minnesota, significant for its roles in regional military history, westward expansion, and Native American relations.
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D.
Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
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E.
Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac is an 18th-century French and later British colonial fort and fur-trading post, now a reconstructed historic site and museum in present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army fort
ⓘ
frontier military post ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| garrisonedBy |
U.S. Army troops
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
| hasFunction |
center for negotiations with Native American nations
ⓘ
control of river transportation routes ⓘ protection of frontier settlements ⓘ site of early military medical practice ⓘ |
| hasRole |
diplomatic center
ⓘ
frontier defense post ⓘ medical center ⓘ military outpost ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Crawford County, Wisconsin
ⓘ
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to:
Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory
Wisconsin ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedNear | confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Upper Mississippi River
ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi River
|
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William H. Crawford ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation |
U.S. Secretary of War
ⓘ
linked to:
Secretary of War
|
| partOf | U.S. system of frontier forts ⓘ |
| regionServed | Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ |
| significantFor |
U.S. frontier history
ⓘ
diplomatic history of the Upper Mississippi River ⓘ history of Prairie du Chien ⓘ medical history of the Upper Mississippi River ⓘ military history of the Upper Mississippi River ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Crawford Description of subject: Fort Crawford was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, that played a key role in military, diplomatic, and medical history along the Upper Mississippi River.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Crawford