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Green Bay - Page 292
The lands on the west side of Fox river, in the vicinity of Green Bay, have a very rich and productive soil, resting on a foundation of red clay ...

Madison - Page 106
Carpenter in the autumn of 1852, within the first week of his residence in Madison ; and the acquaintance then formed was continued through the ...

Milwaukee - Page 303
I remember well when Milwaukee was a wilderness, the Indians coming from there to the Green Bay Agency on foot, clothed in the skins of wild animals. ...

Quebec - Page 243
He returned to Quebec on the 12th of October, and the next day gave to the Council the following account of his expedition : ...

Detroit - Page 303
The Ruckers were connected to the Macomb family, of Detroit. I remember well when the First United States Infantry were ordered away, late in the fall ...

St. Louis - Page 265
This Indian village was all embraced within the limits of the territory ceded by the treaty with the Sauks and Foxes, made at St. Louis on the 3d ...

Kenosha - Page 465
he was graduated at Western Reserve College, and soon after came to Wisconsin. lie first commenced the practice of law at Kenosha, and, in 1854, ...

Montreal - Page 225
When passing the Longue Saut, in the river St Lawrence, the Indians who had him in charge, were told of the advances of the English upon Montreal, ...

Juneau - Page 397
897 continued along down the river ten or twelve miles to near the north line of Juneau county, then started east to the Wisconsin river on their ...

Janesville - Page 370
Janes living in a log house on 'the east bank of Rock river, near the present site of the city of Janesville. From Rock river to the Four Lakes, ...

Waukesha - Page 462
462 WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. settled in Milwaukee in 1835; then removing to Waukesha, representing the latter County in the Second ...

Watertown - Page 471
He settled at Watertown in 1858. He entered the service in 1861 as a Lieutenant, and aided, in July of that year, in capturing the Maryland ...

Ottawa - Page 159
159 ing the same name and its tributaries, extending northwesterly beyond the sources of the river Ottawa, and including the whole region about Lake ...

New York - Page 91
His Centennial address delivered in Madison was an able production, and found a place in a volume of Centennial addresses published in New York in ...

Poygan, Wisconsin - Page 227
William Medill, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, called a council at Poygan, Wisconsin, to negotiate a treaty with the Menomonee tribe of Indians. ...

Chicago - Page 264
that they were to fall upon and destroy the settlement at Chicago, and it is probable that but for the movements resulting from the efforts of Gen. ...

Philadelphia - Page 333
At Philadelphia the conferences were with the executive committe of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal church, ...

Buffalo - Page 362
Haskins states that nearly two years before the Prince de Joinville's journey in this country, Williams confided to him at Buffalo, that he was the ...

Monroe, Wisconsin - Page 415
Before that time expired, he sent for his family, and now resides at Monroe, Wisconsin. On the 8th of March, 1845, the pioneers started on their ...

Baltimore - Page 31
in Baltimore; and two hundred and twenty thousand dollars to establish an institute, lyceum and library in his native town of Danvers, Massachusetts. ...

Smyrna, NY - Page 448
He was a native of Smyrna, NY, and iS 1852 became a student of the Wisconsin University, graduating in 1856; studied and engaged in the practice of ...

Dubuque - Page 390
He subsequently removed to the village of New Lisbon ; but some years since left the State, and now lives in Iowa, a few miles west of Dubuque. ...

Niles, Mich - Page 207
The following tradition is copied from the Niles, Mich., Register and Advertiser of Dec. 12, 1835, and has tho appearance of having been selected ...

Elbridge, NY - Page 87
He prepared for college at Munro Academy, Elbridge, NY, then under the charge of Professor John Wilson. In 1848, he entered the Freshman class of ...

Oshkosh - Page 468
NY, admitted to the practice of law in 1841, and served as District Attorney of Wayne County fiom 1847 to 1850, when resigned and remove! to Oshkosh. ...

Medina, Ohio - Page 117
Smith was married to Miss Eugenia Weed, of Medina, Ohio, an estimable lady, worthy of him, and one to whom he was devotedly attached in all the ...

Hillsdale, NY - Page 467
He was born at Hillsdale, NY, September 27th, ISO I, and early settled in Buffalo. He served many years as a member of the Common Council of that City ...

Danvers, Massachusetts - Page 31
in Baltimore; and two hundred and twenty thousand dollars to establish an institute, lyceum and library in his native town of Danvers, Massachusetts. ...

Cincinnati - Page 459
He settled in Madison in June, 1846, but spent much of his time filling medical professorships at Rock Island and at Cincinnati ; und in 1854 and 1875 ...

Fort Morgan, Alabama - Page 471
aided in the siege and capture of Fort Morgan, Alabama, and had several engagements with the Confederates near Pascagoula. He ...

Albany - Page 360
Hanson quoted an Albany authority that a Mr. Bleeker, of that city, was the agent who supplied Thomas Williams with money.

Whitehall, NY - Page 356
and that he was baptized by the Catholic priest at Whitehall, NY; that the idea that he was the Dauphin was put into his head by some French officers, ...

Williams, In - Page 367
Williams, In 182), became silently smitten with the charms of Misa Mary Jourdain, then only In her fourteenth year, and the belle of the Fox Ulver ...

Woodbridge, NJ - Page 58
The free library of "Woodbridge, NJ, had $50000 bequeathed io it by the late Thos. Barron.

Ottawa, Illinois - Page 195
Suoli an antique lately came into my hands at Ottawa, Illinois, where a countryman or peddler had sold it as old silver to a dealer in bric-a-brac. ...

Allentown, Pa - Page 415
In due time they arrived in this country, and and sought WH Blumer, in Allentown, Pa., a fellow Swiss, who assisted them with his advice; ...

Boston - Page 356
Williams in his Boston lecture. In a recent letter, Dr. Lothrop writes, that wishing further information concerning Williams' birth and parentage, ...

Spanish Fort, Alabama - Page 471
commanded a brigade at the capture of Spanish Fort, Alabama, April 3d, L865, and entered Mobile three days afterward. For ...

Tully, NY - Page 465
He was born in Tully, NY, September 5th, 1828. Moving to Ohio when a youth, he was graduated at Western Reserve College, and soon after came to ...

MERTON, Wis - Page 187
and will be able to draw an intelli- gant conclusion in regard to the antiquity of the representations, there found. MERTON, Wis., July 4, 1879.

Grand Rapids - Page 463
and a year or two later at Grand Rapids, where he early erected mills, and became an extensive lumber manufacturer, and an exterprising pioneer. ...

Neosho, Wis - Page 47
CE Wing, Neosho, Wis. ; a copper knife, six inches long, with crooked hasp, copper spear, five inches long, grooved, and a copper arrow, three inches ...

Vicksburg - Page 471
He shared in the siege of Vicksburg, in 1863 ; aided in the siege and capture of Fort Morgan, Alabama, and had ...

Pascagoula - Page 471
several engagements with the Confederates near Pascagoula. He commanded a brigade at the capture of Spanish Fort, Alabama, ...

Boston, New York - Page 199
After inquiry among numismatists in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, I find no duplicate of it in America. ...

Pittston, Pennsylvania - Page 144
from Lake Superior to Central America, and from eastern Pennsylvania on the east, to Arizona on the west In 1870, I saw at Pittston, Pennsylvania, ...

St. Paul, Minn - Page 427
Streissguth, now of St. Paul, Minn., who was sent to the colony in 1850, and was supported for two years at the expense of parties in Switzerland. ...

New Haven, Vt - Page 463
He was born in New Haven, Vt, March 31st, 1807. He arrived at Green Bay, in September, 1834 ; .and, in February, 1836, visited the locality where Fond ...

Hazel Green, Wis - Page 28
Reed; a portion of a hub and springs of a buggy carried five eighths of a mile by the tornado at Hazel Green, Wis., in the spring of 1876; ...

Warren, Ohio - Page 469
He was born in Warren, Ohio, June 8th, 1831, and graduated at Williams College in 1852, when he migrated to Green Bay, where he successively filled ...

Southwick, Mass - Page 452
She was born at Southwick, Mass., November 1st, 1775, removing with her husband, Hezekiah Wheeler, first to Western New Yotk, thence to Green County, ...

Burlington, Iowa - Page 427
Zimmerman, now of Burlington, Iowa, who was pastor from 1855 to 1859. He was engaged when Mr. Streissguth left, and on his recommendation. ...

Fayette, Iowa - Page 466
Feuling died at Fayette, Iowa, where he had gone for his health, March 10th, in the fortieth year of his age. He was born at or near Worms, ...

Durand, Wis - Page 47
TM Sine, of Durand, Wis. ; forty copper beads, one half inch in length, apparently made from thin, rolled copper, one piercer, nine inches long, ...

Palmyra, NY - Page 469
He was born in Palmyra, NY, in 1815, and was educated, studied law, and admitted to the bar in that State. He settled at Southport, now Kenosha, ...

New Orleans - Page 451
He removed to New Orleans in 1856. In 1861, he was a claimant for a seat in Con-gress, which was not accorded him ; and in 1872, he was chosen ...

Cherry Valley, NY - Page 463
He was born in Cherry Valley, NY, in 1802, and came to Green Bay with Judge Doty in 1822, where he continued to reside for fifty-five years. ...

Prairie Grove, Arkansas - Page 471
of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 7th, 1862, and was slightly wounded ; and assisted, December 28th, in the capture of Van Buren, Arkansas. ...

Weathersfield, Vt - Page 459
Born in Weathersfield, Vt., May 31st, 1809, be graduated at Union College in 1830, filled a Professorship of Mathematics at Newark, Del., ...

Charlestown, Mass - Page 59
59 The late Charlotte Harris, of Boston, left a bequest of $10000, besides her private collection of books, to the Charlestown, Mass., library; ...

Wausau, Wis - Page 48
found at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, from James Shortall ; spear head with a tang, seven an \ a half inches long, found in 1859 at Wausau, Wis., from Col. ...

Jefferson, Wis - Page 465
Manville died in Jefferson, Wis., December llth in the seventy-fourth year of his age. He was a native of Jefferson County, NY He was elected Sheriff ...

Denver, Colorado - Page 451
Hamilton, of Sun Prairie, died at Denver, Colorado, August 31st, whither he had gone for his health.' He entered the service during the civil war as a ...

Eau Claire - Page 21
SD Hastings; mounted map of Eau Claire, from the city of Eau Claire, per R F. Wilson; Keeler's National Map of United States Territories, from Hon. ...

Westhampton, Massachusetts - Page 354
D., long editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser, with whose father, at Westhampton, Massachusetts, Eleazer lived for some time, says, when he " first ...

Evanston - Page 467
He removed to Evanston in the fall of 1868. Hon. Alonzo Wilcox died in Spring Green, March 26th, at the age of sixty-eight years. ...

Plymouth, Mass - Page 472
He was born at Plymouth, Mass., March 9th, 1800, descending from old John Cotton and the Winslows of Puritan fame. ...

BURLINGTON, Wis - Page 168
BURLINGTON, Wis., June 2, 1879. BY COL. CHARLES WHITTLESEY. In reply to your inquiry of the 31st ult, I can only say, in in brief, that I have never ...

Geneva, NY - Page 474
D., died when called to visit a sick brother at Geneva, NY, December 7th, in his forty-eighth year. He is appropriately noticed elsewhere in this ...

Hastings, Minnesota - Page 381
Van Slyke, at Hastings, Minnesota; WP Carr, in Dakota; WB Surdam, in Monroe County ; RB Rice is connected with a paper at Lancaster, in this State. ...

Newark, Del - Page 459
Born in Weathersfield, Vt., May 31st, 1809, be graduated at Union College in 1830, filled a Professorship of Mathematics at Newark, Del., ...

Shelburne, Mass - Page 453
He was born in Shelburne, Mass., February llth, 1816. He settled in Wisconsin in 1856; and filled various town offices in Arlington and Poy-nette, ...

WEST SALEM, Wis - Page 183
WEST SALEM, Wis., July 2, 1879. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE PICTUBED CAVE. BY HON. JOHN A. RICE. I visited the Pictured Cave you so kindly requested me to ...

Colchester, Conn - Page 454
Born in Colchester, Conn., June 21st, 1842, he graduated at Amherst College in 1865, when he spent.

Barnet, Vt - Page 458
He was born at Barnet, Vt., Nov. 9th, 1809. He served in the Vermont Legisla-ture in 1849 and 1850. Removing to Wisconsin in 1857, he was chosen a ...

Windsor, Conn - Page 454
He was born at Windsor, Conn., August 31, 1792, removed when young to Vermont, where he served as Probate Judge sixteen years, and frequently served ...

Canton, Ohio - Page 464
Shortly after he removed to Canton, Ohio, and, in 1842, to Wisconsin, stopping a short time in Racine, and then locating at Elkhorn. ...

Jacksonville, Florida - Page 448
Sidney Foote, of Madison, died at Jacksonville, Florida, whither he had gone for his health, March 8th, in his forty-sixth year. ...

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin - Page 48
found at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, from James Shortall ; spear head with a tang, seven an \ a half inches long, found in 1859 at Wausau, Wis., from Col. ...

Pawlet, Vermont - Page 462
He was born at Pawlet, Vermont, April 27, 1819, reared on a farm ; eventually studied law, filled the position of post-master at Granville, NY, ...

Ontonagon, Mich - Page 47
found in Grant county, from Daniel Doughty, Durand, Pépin Co., Wis. ; copper tip for shoeing a spear, found on Lake Superior, near Ontonagon, Mich., ...

San Diego, California - Page 460
Judge HC Skinner died at San Diego, California, August 3d, at the age of seventy-two years. He settled in Milwaukee in 1836, and was a member of the ...

Richland Center, Wis - Page 48
Richland county, Wis., six inches below the surface, from JH Waggoner, of Richland Center, Wis. ; socket spear, found by WA Striker on section 27, ...

Swanton, Vermont - Page 446
He was born at Swanton, Vermont, February 27th, 1813, and removed to Ripon in 1853. He was for some seven years post-master at that place ; and in ...

Granville, NY - Page 462
He was born at Pawlet, Vermont, April 27, 1819, reared on a farm ; eventually studied law, filled the position of post-master at Granville, NY, ...

Palmyra, Wis - Page 28
Horace Beach ; a specimen of lizard, from TG Good ; a sample of cotton grown at Palmyra, Wis., from Mrs. 0. P. Dow. Miscellaneous. ...

Hardwick, Massachusetts - Page 464
Born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, July 2d, 1795, he early took up his residence in Vermont, where, for about a dozeu years, he published a newspaper; ...

Glarus - Page 411
This village, as well as the township in which it lies, was so named after the Canton and town of Glarus in eastern Switzerland, of which place the ...

Plymouth - Page 384
In the month of March, 1851, Thomas Brown and Thomas Riddle made the first claim and settlement in the present town of Plymouth. ...

Venice - Page 196
The war to which it relates was waged between Venice and Turkey for fifteen years ; from 1684 to 1699. The Venetians, under Morosini who had become ...

Lisbon - Page 382
The territory comprising the town of Clearfield, was originally a part of the town of New Lisbon, since changed to Lisbon. ...

Augusta - Page 378
Ward afterwards removed to Kansas, and Searles removed to Weston's Rapids on Black River, and subsequently to Augusta, in the County of Eau Claire, ...

York - Page 237
the whole not amounting to four hundred pounds, York currency, and as she is threatened by Stephen West, I was obliged to enter a protest against the ...

Southport - Page 469
He settled at Southport, now Kenosha, in September, 1837, and at once successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. ...

London - Page 353
This work was translated into English and edited by William Hazlitt; it appeared in London in 1853, and was published the same year in New York by the ...

Paris - Page 353
An abbreviated edition of the same work also appeared in New York in that year ; and a second French edition at Paris in 1871. ...

Lasne - Page 353
The author intimately knew Lasne and Gomin, the two last keepers of the Tower, and in whose arms Louis the Seventeenth expired. ...

Rome - Page 206
Thanks to this inspiration, Raphael at once became as pre-eminent in Rome as he had before become in Florence.

Lancaster - Page 381
Van Slyke, at Hastings, Minnesota; WP Carr, in Dakota; WB Surdam, in Monroe County ; RB Rice is connected with a paper at Lancaster, in this State. ...

Florence - Page 206
Thanks to this inspiration, Raphael at once became as pre-eminent in Rome as he had before become in Florence.

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