Prescott News and Railroad Debates in 1857 Wisconsin
The issue prints letters and documents about the St Croix and Lake Superior Railroad and the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad. It records a 1857 law authorizing survey and construction to the west end of Lake Superior and to Bayfield, with terms of conveyance, liability, and acceptance by the railroads. It notes Prescott as the terminus site and cites a formal resolution fixing the northern terminus at Prescott.
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Prescott
la Crosse & Superior
St. Croix and Superior
State of
Wisconsin
Senate
Mid Assembly
St. Croix and Lake Superior
Lake Superior
Barfield
la Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company
St. Croix
Bayfield
le Crosse and Milwauken Railroad Company
Congress
Sunc
Guide Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company
Acid la Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company
Sridge, Croix and Superior Rutroad Company
Bereof
Secretary of State
Ead
Smu
la Crosse and Milwaukee Railront Company
St Crow Lake
la Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad
Northy West
J. R. Freeman
Moses M. Strong
Raznet
la Crosse & Minwackee R. R.layn Gaarr
The
Washington Star
la Crosse Sna Milwaukee Railroad
Wisconan
Madison
St. Croix Lake
Secretary of the Interior
General Office
Éowa
Rairie du Chien
St. Paul
la Crosse
Winons
Minciska
Teepeeotah
Wabashaw Lake City
Red Wing
Tastings
Nininger
North West Country
Baile
RoairRoaps
Pacific
Gwin
California
United States
Tex
Missouri
San Francisco
Oregon
Washington Territories
Stevens’ Survey
Prescots
Alarm in Kansas War of Tax Rebellion and Federal Tension
A Kansas report warns of acute conflict as residents resist a constitution they claim to have had no hand in, opposing a bogus legislature backed by federal power. Clark and a posse seize oxen and enforce defunct taxes, signaling growing unrest and peril for the nation.
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Kansas
Clark
Barber
Depredations in Missouri Spark Fort Scott Defense
A volunteer association forms at Fort Scott to resist cattle theft and tax collection as depredations spread. Clark is killed in a skirmish as both sides summon reinforcements. The piece criticizes Washington for biased policy toward Free State efforts and hopes for a retreat from hardline stance amid rising tensions.
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Missouri
Fort Scott
Clark
Free State
Washington
Iit
Telegraph
Missouri Democrad
Lecompte
Sid
Kickapoo
Calhoun
Slavery Constitution Debate and Fires Across Cities
A fragmentary news column reports Kansas adopting a constitution with slavery, warnings from South Carolina, a Chicago fire destroying eight stores and displacing ten families with losses above $60,000, and political chatter on Lecompton policy, population sovereignty, railroad plans, and Congress investigations. It notes the La Crosse Milwaukee line progress, a Minnesota telegraph proposal, and cattle in political contests. The piece also covers a Northwestern Agricultural Society meeting at River Falls with officers elected, and Massachusetts political rumors surrounding Sumner Banks and Senate seats.
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Albany
Sumner
South Carolina
Chicago
Northwestern Union Agricultural Society
River Falls
Ballancs
Treasury
P. D. Aldrich
Tudgow
Joel
Society
Albert Smith
Clifton
Lyman Powell
Hiram Ansley
Tudgon
Mason Stone
J. A. Short
TC. Ixilbourne
Hudson
O. Strahl
B. Dimberlake
Kinnickianie
T. Glass
Board of Managers
J —C. B. Cox
Shepard
Kilbourne
Itoel Foster
Powell
W. A. Tozer
Geo May Powell
A Word to the Wize and Westward Town Promoters
The writer urges caution about glowing notices by land promoters steering emigrants to new Western towns. He warns that extravagant claims vanish once travelers depart, leaving towns stagnating. He encourages readers to visit prospective sites, assess resources, and promote their own community honestly through steady, practical effort rather than hype.
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Messrs Ephors
Romes
Londons
New Yorks
Frog Pond
Inj
Jess
Hane
Missourians Vote in Kansas Amid Soldier Guarded Polls
Reports from Kansas describe intense unrest as U S troops guard polls while Missourians vote amid claims of democracy’s mockery. Citizens seized muskets from Captain A B Millers store and paraded with fife and drum as tensions rise toward possible civil conflict.
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United States
Kansas
United States Army
A. B. Miller
Phillips
Dixon
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Henry Giles
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Timothy Wit Vom
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Massachusetts
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Boston
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Daniel W. Gooch
Melrose
Banks
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John Calhoun
Springfield
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Mineral Point
James Durane Doty
Menasha
A. Lapham
A. G. Ellis
Stevens Point
Morgan L. Martin
Green Bay
Cyrus Woodman
A. Brongon
Prairie du Chien
Lyman J. Draper
John V. Hunt
Daniel S. Darvie
Mills
B. G. Tibbits
S. H. Carpenter
Horace Rublee
Hiram CG. Bull
D. G Powers
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J. P. Atwood
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