Little Journeys In and About Baraboo Fort Winnebago Portage History
A descriptive travelogue through Portage and Fort Winnebago era sites. It traces Peck's Prairie Roche Moutonnee Indian mounds and fossils, Ford remains, early settlers, and the Fox River portage route with notes on mounds, lava beds, and the 1830 fort site. It recalls notable figures and events from 17th to 19th centuries including Pauquette, Marquette and Joliet, Red Bird, and Zachary Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Baraboo
Eben Peck
Fair Ground
Baraboo River
Philadelphia
Devil’s Lake
Alloa
Devil’s Nose
Baxter’s Hollow
Denzer
Lower Narrows
Samuel Weidman
North Range
Fox’s Glen
Wisconsin River
Cook Street
Iona Gale
Westanal Street
Wisconsin
West Cook
Mac
Pierre Pauquette
Pauquette
Canal
Wisonsin
Jacques Marquette
Louis
St. Louis
Fort Howard
Green Bay
Fort Crawford
Prairie du Chien
Red Bird
Laurent Barth
Augustin Grignon
Pacific Coast
Robert Dixon
Thither
Ghent
Abe Wood
Fort Hospital
Bronson Avenue
Franklin
Riverbend
A. J. Stace
Fox River
Henry Merrill
Fort Winnebago
David E. Twiggs
Zachary Taylor
United States
Hugh Brady
Jefferson Davis
D. Doty
Territorial
Lewis Cass
Frederick Marryat
Marcy
George B. McClellan
Cooper Pixley
William Sylvester
Henry Carpenter
Archie White Eagle
Wauban House
E. S. Baker
John H. Kinzie
Panquette
Baptist Church
Depere
Residents and visitors in area travel and illness notes
Mrs John Cowing returns from Milwaukee after major surgery with husband and son. Mrs John Ward visits daughter in Cazenovia. Martha and daughter Megan return home. Several locals host relatives from Baraboo Madison Reedsburg Lyndon Station and Prairie du Lac. Illnesses include Mrs Mary Northrup and Mrs William Thom with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cowing
Milwaukee
John Ward
Cazenovia
Martha
Addie Reighard
Baraboo
John Bauer
J. Dickie
Susie Pettys
Bailey
Prairie du Lac
Charles Manning
Janesville
W. H. du Bois
Frank Draper
Augusta King
Harry Mather
Dorothy
E. Reese
George Douglas
F Farwell
Ernest Hewitt
Mabel Scott
Lyndon Station
J. Fabry
Madison
J. M. Blachly
al. Brooks
Reedsburg
Angle Home
Deniie Richter
St Paul
M. C. Bond
Mary Northrup
William Thom
Hugo Bluemchen
East
Kilbourn Soldier Keith Morris Brought From France
The remains of Keith Morris, who died in France, were brought to Kilbourn for burial on Friday. He was a son of Mrs. C. W. Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Morris
France
Kilbourn
C. W. Morris
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
A promotional blurb touts Freezone as a cheap, painless remedy for hard and soft corns and foot calluses. Apply a few drops to the corn or callus, and it supposedly stops pain instantly, allowing the corn to lift away with root and all without soreness.
May term of county court before Judge Hill features numerous estates
The May term lists hearings on estates of Stein Guhl Hawkins Cramer Harvey Rowe Goodrich Graham Welch Retz Parshall Avery Hartje Flohr Fabey Ode Pierce Lawrence Roehrich final settlements on Roehrich Henn Rodwell Clement Roehrich Stackhouse Schilz Keith Smith Westenhaver Hinz Niebuhr Rau Ferstl Schoephoerster Harris Graham Moulton Norris Sprecher Range Maloney Niles Leu Kimball Buckley Ferber McGilvra Herwig Harris LeRoy Smith and related guardianship and condemnation actions before Wis. Power Co and River Power Co. cross reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Hill
John G. Stein
Henry Guhl Sr
Albert Hawkins
Mary H. Cramer
Josephine Harvey
James Harvey
Enos Rowe
George Feber
Wm. A. Johnson
John F. Roselip
Lorenzo Goodrich
Lucy Graham
Samuel Welch
Adolph Retz
Eugene J. Parshall
Jane P. Avery
Wm. Hartje
Henry Flohr
Cornelius Fabey
Albert G. Ode
George Pierce
Sarah A Lawrence
Ferdinand Schilz
Joseph Keith
Sarah B. O. Smith
Henry Tiele
Edward Westenhaver
Matilda Hinz
George Donley
Wm. H. Schroeder
Fred Schoenbeck
John E. Pelton
William Quinn
Albert Boettcher
Phelomena Haas
William Post
Wm. Payne
George F. Niebuhr
Gustav Rau
Henry Ferstl
Anna B. Schoephoerster
Martha Niles
Chares Leu
Eva Kimball
Linda D. Buckley
George Ferber
Mary E. McGilvra
Carl Herwig
Socialist support widens La Follette edge in Wisconsin
Victor Berger of the Socialist Party says socialists aided La Follette in securing delegates and that La Follette cannot influence the Republican convention. The interview also notes Davies may oppose Lenroot, with La Follette unlikely to figure in next fall’s senatorial race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Berger
LA Follette
Victor L. Berger
New York Sun ,and Herald
Milwaukee
Philipp
LIES AND BAD CHECKS TEAR AT MADISON MARRIAGE SCHEME
Mrs. Charles L. Burcke, about 60, and her husband Burcke were arrested near Lake Mills for passing worthless checks in Madison. Burcke claimed he believed funds existed. Mrs. Burcke allegedly lured him with tales of wealth and a farm. Burcke was released after repaying funds. Mrs. Burcke received two years probation and will work at Verona county farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Burcke
Burcke
Lake Mills
Madison
Hoppmann
First National Bank
Thomas Lane
Dodgeville
Milwaukee
Chicago
Husband’s Divorce Effort Uncovers Madison Man Abroad
A husband suing for divorce from a wife who had already divorced him for desertion and non support leads to the discovery of Andrew Serstad of Madison. He has been missing since May 1912 and is jailed in Montana awaiting trial for non support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aready
Andrew Serstad
Madison
Montana
Serstad
Kilbourn Plans Large Community Building Project
Kilbourn's commercial club advances a 120 by 150 foot two to three story building to house the fire department village offices secret societies gymnas ium and a large public auditorium with offices for rent. A committee has recommended buying the corner east of the Finch hotel as the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilbourn’s
Commercial Club
Finch Hotel
Chicago Folk Fight to Save Wild Flowers
Chicago residents launch a campaign to curb sale of wild flowers seen on markets and gathered from sand dunes. Wagons deliver large hauls. organizers propose no coin measures for gold buttercups or blue gentians, aiming to deter harvesting.
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Chicago
California Syrup of Figs Ad Emphasizes Mild Laxative Use
An old advertising blurb touts California Syrup of Figs as the best gentle laxative for children. It claims the product is safe for stomach liver and bowels, notes a fruity taste children enjoy, and promises full directions on each bottle. It also instructs to say Galifornie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard
Crawford
Winnebago
North Freedom
Frank Roehrich
Joseph Henn
Thomas Rodwell
Lucius Clement
Harmon S. Dean
Alfred Gattiker
George Wintermantle
William Tietje
Andrew Williams
Wm. Stackhouse
Henry Harris
Emmett Harris
Robert le Roy Smoith
Daughte Genevieve
Krug
Andrew
Bertha Serstad
Dane County
Hemlock Manufacturers
Michigan
F. R. A. Bldg
Oshkosh
Hemlock Faithful
Burckes
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