History of Woodland Township and the Quaker Settlement
This piece recalls the Quaker community in Little Baraboo Valley from early meetings in a log house to the 19th century church with a two story schoolhouse. It highlights education, notable teachers like Jabez Brown, the shift from silent to vocal worship, spiritual revivals led by James Hayworth, and the role of women in church life plus the impact of a small circulating library on local religious life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Township
Little Baraboo Valley
Friends
John Williams
Solomon Cook
Frazier Brothers
William Bundy
Antoinette Cook Coryell
Sarah Masia Bates
Alonzo Brown
Phoebe Ellen Bates
Mary Bundy
Rebecca Presnall
Celia Pickering
Mary Presnall
Clara Mason
Eunice
Presnall
Lizzie Stowe
Miriam Bundy
Lizae Horine
Maria, Frazier
May Gardner
Drusilla Cook
Minnie Pickering
Jabez Brown
Jabez Bown
Reedsburg
Baraboo
Madison
Jefferson
Ripon
Mt. Carrol
Wasiota
Minn
George Brown
Europe
House of People
Church of
The
Wesleyan Methodists
Mary Cook
Antoinette Coryell
Bila C. Veeder
James Hayworth
Indiana
Ella Cook Veeder
Iowa
Monce Hammer
Wisconsin History to 1922 by Quaife and backers
Dr Milo M Quaife former state historical society head leads a three century history of Wisconsin from 1643 to 1922 with support from prominent state figures. The volume Wisconsin the Progressive State Its History and Government aims to cover the state's development and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Milo M. Quaife
The
State Historical Society
Mississippi Historical Association
Auto Tax Fee Due January 1 Across State
Automobile owners must pay the $10 license fee and the general property tax for 1923 despite potential legislative changes. The secretary of state in Madison announced these dues remain in effect. Bills next session would only take effect in 1924, so owners should plan to pay the same taxes as last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
G. J. Hansen & Co
Kilbourn
Hansens
W. A. Ramsey
Baraboo Manufacturing Company
W. S. Grubb
Trinity Parish
Congregational Society
W. Delos Love
H. H. Hinman
Z. Lee
L. L. Lee
F. B. Baldwin
A. L. Burnham
Methodists
Deacon Cowles
Baraboo
Unitarians
Thomas Thompson
Baraboo 1867 Eyed Through the Sauk County Gazette
Baraboo in 1867 features editor W. H. Canfield praising independence while reporting a busy town: Bible society deposits, land sales, a quarter mile race course east of Baraboo, local store ads, tax and farm prices, school exam lists, and church dedications. Notable names include H. Savage, T. Savage, J. B. Worthington, and S. Kellmer with a mix of real estate transfers and civic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Savage
Sauk County Union Bible Society
A. B. Wood
B. L. Brier Place
Martin S. Gibson
J. B. Worthington
Baraboo
Levi Crouch
Savage & Halsted
Lucy V. Wood
Mary E. Warner
Ella
Marie
Josie White
Maggie McGuire
Myra C. Hoag
Lacy Flanders
Belle B. Hulburt
Ida Dresser
Minnie Teel
Clara 8. Newson
Emma Huntington
John M. True
Willis Canfield
Mary B. Dart
E. D. Jackson
C. F. Viebahn
Ida Myers
Ann M. Scott
M. Nancy Walker
Delton
Jabez Brown
Ironton
Mina A. Perkins
Prairie du Lac
Stephen Jones
Mattie E. Veder
Mary E. Evans
Spring Green
Mazomanie
Sauk
S. Kellmer
University of Minnesota
Stillwater
Kollimer
Fourth Avenue
Oak Street
Warren House
Ben Dean
Shultz
Kolliner
Krindly
A. L. Slye
S. Hall & Burnham
Hall & Savage
Spencer Carr
Taylor‘s Hall
William Ratskie
Loganville
Canfield
Eleizer Walbridge
Sullivan S. Newell
Walbridge
Theron Case
Samuel Hartley
Edwin Houghton
J. B. Kelley
Martha Munson
Jacobs Appoints Successor to Sauk County Poor Commissioner
W H Oole resigns as poor commissioner and asylum jail trustee after election as Sauk County sheriff. G W Andrews accepts the resignation and appoints L M Jacobs to fill the unexpired two year term, praising Ode for efficient service.
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W. H. Oole
Asylum and Jail
Sauk County
G. W. Andrews
Ode
Portage Couple Applies for Marriage License
An application for a marriage license has been filed by Hadley Commons and Dorothy Krueger, both residents of Portage, indicating plans to wed soon.
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Portage
Hadley Clemmons
Dorothy Krueger
Hood's Sarsaparilla as a Blood and Organ Tonic
Hood's Sarsaparilla combines roots herbs including sarsaparilla mandrake dandelion uva ursi and gentian with berries and stimulants to act as physicians prescribe for ailments of the blood stomach liver and kidneys. This preparation is promoted as one of the most successful medicines.
Real Estate Transfers List Across Wisconsin Counties
A compiled list shows numerous land transfers between private buyers and sellers in Baraboo Dellona Merrimack Spring Green Reedsburg Greenfield Woodand Bear Creek Excelsior and other towns. Transfers involve recipients such as Cathryn Schauf Mma Anna Heffer man and companies like Wis Auto Service Co with prices ranging from $1 to $13,000. The document records several parcels movings with buyers including Edward J. Bleier Roy A Leiser and the Reedsburg Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Connors
Cathryn Schauf
Spring Green
Edward J. Bleier
Anna Hefferman
Deliona
J. van Orden
James’ Ryan
Baraboo
E. P. Hall
August B. Reinking
Monroe O. Mitschien
Oliver W. Meyer
Merrimack
Otto F. Bates
Bayt J. Battles
Dellona
Royal Butterfield
Mr. Anna
LaVal
J. Hayes
Wis
Bernice Johnson
Roy W. Leiser
George Mento
Henry Mento
Excelsior
Alex Archie
K. E. Gowen
Gustave Spohnholz
Alois -Granvoagl
Bear Creek
Julius Retzlo
Former Reedsburg Man Dies in Chicago
James Terest of Chicago dies. He lived with Reedsburg family for a time and recently left. A former employee of the Wisconsin Creamery, he was known as a wrestler. He served in World War I and left behind a Scotch wife who survives him.
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Insin Sauk County
Kenry Potterville
Jeanie Potterville
W. FP Planders
Landers
Amy
Allen
Edwin B. Allen
Horace le
Nea le Bar
Ritter
Adam Ritter
William PD. Osmer
Osmer
Edward Sumner
Sumner
D. S. Vittum
Vittum
Samuel PF. Huntington
Elizabeth Huntington
D. B. Rudd
Lie
Rudd
Ben
Meee
Perry
Abijah Perry
Eunice Sweetland
Philena Sweetland
Erastus Moore
Moore
Samuel R. Hamil
Hamil
John S. van Eps
van Eps
Sumner Johnston Lamberton
Lamberton
Theodore Vittum
James H. Hill
P. O. Address
Baraboo
Sauk County
Reedsburg
James Terest
Chicago
Fentr? Wisconsin Creamery Company
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Part
Osborne
Adams
City of
Moore & Crowns
Spiceland Academy
Ind
Melissa Brown
O. Wisconsin
W. H. Canfield
Grubb
Andrew Andrews
Daniels, Munson & Co
Charles Cowles
Henry Waddell
B. L. Brier
Celia Emery
Robert Burrington
Otis Ryder
Terrill Thomas
Mercury
Acre
John Wrightmire
L. M. Jacobs
Westinghouse
Robert Koenig
Kirkwood Roa
R. W. Ohnstec
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