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Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

This book recounts the experiences of a young, genteel wife adjusting to the military life and frontier conditions of life at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, in the early 1830s. She describes her perilous journeys b... More

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918) followed his interests as a lumberman, sailor, and entrepreneur to Bangor, Maine and, later, to the northern woods of Wisconsin. In 1858, he purc... More

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

This book recounts the experiences of a young, genteel wife adjusting to the military life and frontier conditions of life at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, in the early 1830s. She describes her perilous journeys b... More

Laws governing state officers, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, agents' and agencies
Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Also available in digital form.

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

Laws governing state officers, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, agents' and agencies
Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Also available in digital form.

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Also available in digital form.

Northern Wisconsin, a hand-book for the homeseeker,

Northern Wisconsin, a hand-book for the homeseeker,

This guide, compiled under the direction of the Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin, champions the economic promise of Wisconsin's northern counties for potential settlers in the 1... More

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918) followed his interests as a lumberman, sailor, and entrepreneur to Bangor, Maine and, later, to the northern woods of Wisconsin. In 1858, he purc... More

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

American history and government; a text-book on the history and civil government of the United States,
The Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1812-1825

The Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1812-1825

Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites. The first portion of this article (Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1815-1817) is found in vol. 19 of this series. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

Essentials of civics

Essentials of civics

Also available in digital form.

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

The Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1812-1825

The Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1812-1825

Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites. The first portion of this article (Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1815-1817) is found in vol. 19 of this series. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

This book recounts the experiences of a young, genteel wife adjusting to the military life and frontier conditions of life at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, in the early 1830s. She describes her perilous journeys b... More

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

Laws governing state officers, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, agents' and agencies
Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers, in 1832, under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft

Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lak...

This is an account by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) of his discovery of the Mississippi River's source, Lake Itasca, in 1832. Schoolcraft was an Indian agent for the region, and he assembled an expeditiona... More

Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers, in 1832, under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft

Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lak...

This is an account by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) of his discovery of the Mississippi River's source, Lake Itasca, in 1832. Schoolcraft was an Indian agent for the region, and he assembled an expeditiona... More

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1886

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix containing reminiscences, incidents and notes

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix contai...

William Henry Carman Folsom (1817-1900), Minnesota legislator, businessman, and historian, emigrated from Maine to the Upper Midwest when he was nineteen years old. There he lived the rest of his life, achievin... More

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Also available in digital form.

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomley, 1842-1850.

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomle...

This volume is a collection of important historical documents published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It is entirely devoted to letters from an English immigrant, Edwin Bottomley (1809-1850), wr... More

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

The story of my boyhood and youth,

The story of my boyhood and youth,

John Muir (1838-1914), whose writings about the natural world have shaped the conservation and environmental movements for more than a century, wrote this autobiographical account near the end of his life about... More

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomley, 1842-1850.

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomle...

This volume is a collection of important historical documents published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It is entirely devoted to letters from an English immigrant, Edwin Bottomley (1809-1850), wr... More

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

The Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1812-1825

The Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1812-1825

Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites. The first portion of this article (Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1815-1817) is found in vol. 19 of this series. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix containing reminiscences, incidents and notes

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix contai...

William Henry Carman Folsom (1817-1900), Minnesota legislator, businessman, and historian, emigrated from Maine to the Upper Midwest when he was nineteen years old. There he lived the rest of his life, achievin... More

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1886

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1886

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918) followed his interests as a lumberman, sailor, and entrepreneur to Bangor, Maine and, later, to the northern woods of Wisconsin. In 1858, he purc... More

Laws governing state officers, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, agents' and agencies
Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the northern wilderness,

Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the nor...

Trouting on the Brule River is a literary account of genteel sportsmen's fishing expeditions during the summers of 1875 and 1877. Originally published in the Chicago Sunday Times and the Chicago Sunday Tribune,... More

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

Laws governing state officers, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, agents' and agencies
Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix containing reminiscences, incidents and notes

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix contai...

William Henry Carman Folsom (1817-1900), Minnesota legislator, businessman, and historian, emigrated from Maine to the Upper Midwest when he was nineteen years old. There he lived the rest of his life, achievin... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1886

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Also available in digital form.

The story of my boyhood and youth,

The story of my boyhood and youth,

John Muir (1838-1914), whose writings about the natural world have shaped the conservation and environmental movements for more than a century, wrote this autobiographical account near the end of his life about... More

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, by Hamlin Garland

Also available in digital form.

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

This book recounts the experiences of a young, genteel wife adjusting to the military life and frontier conditions of life at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, in the early 1830s. She describes her perilous journeys b... More

Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the northern wilderness,

Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the nor...

Trouting on the Brule River is a literary account of genteel sportsmen's fishing expeditions during the summers of 1875 and 1877. Originally published in the Chicago Sunday Times and the Chicago Sunday Tribune,... More

American history and government; a text-book on the history and civil government of the United States,
Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix containing reminiscences, incidents and notes

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix contai...

William Henry Carman Folsom (1817-1900), Minnesota legislator, businessman, and historian, emigrated from Maine to the Upper Midwest when he was nineteen years old. There he lived the rest of his life, achievin... More

Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the northern wilderness,

Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the nor...

Trouting on the Brule River is a literary account of genteel sportsmen's fishing expeditions during the summers of 1875 and 1877. Originally published in the Chicago Sunday Times and the Chicago Sunday Tribune,... More

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experiences,

La Follette's autobiography; a personal narrative of political experie...

The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 ... More

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1886

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Laws governing state officers, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, agents' and agencies
An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomley, 1842-1850.

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomle...

This volume is a collection of important historical documents published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It is entirely devoted to letters from an English immigrant, Edwin Bottomley (1809-1850), wr... More

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

Thirty years in the itinerancy,

These memoirs, by Wesson George Miller, deal mainly with the early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Miller was born in upstate New York in 1822 and later emigrated with his family to Waup... More

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1886

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Essentials of civics

Essentials of civics

Also available in digital form.

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

This book recounts the experiences of a young, genteel wife adjusting to the military life and frontier conditions of life at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, in the early 1830s. She describes her perilous journeys b... More

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1886

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918) followed his interests as a lumberman, sailor, and entrepreneur to Bangor, Maine and, later, to the northern woods of Wisconsin. In 1858, he purc... More

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomley, 1842-1850.

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomle...

This volume is a collection of important historical documents published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It is entirely devoted to letters from an English immigrant, Edwin Bottomley (1809-1850), wr... More

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918) followed his interests as a lumberman, sailor, and entrepreneur to Bangor, Maine and, later, to the northern woods of Wisconsin. In 1858, he purc... More

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

This book recounts the experiences of a young, genteel wife adjusting to the military life and frontier conditions of life at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, in the early 1830s. She describes her perilous journeys b... More

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

This book recounts the experiences of a young, genteel wife adjusting to the military life and frontier conditions of life at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, in the early 1830s. She describes her perilous journeys b... More

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomley, 1842-1850.

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomle...

This volume is a collection of important historical documents published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It is entirely devoted to letters from an English immigrant, Edwin Bottomley (1809-1850), wr... More

Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers, in 1832, under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft

Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lak...

This is an account by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) of his discovery of the Mississippi River's source, Lake Itasca, in 1832. Schoolcraft was an Indian agent for the region, and he assembled an expeditiona... More

American history and government; a text-book on the history and civil government of the United States,
The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Notable men of Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This book is a photographic roster of several hundred of Wisconsin's most prominent male citizens at the time of publication in 1902. The oval head-portraits are displayed four to a page, accompanied by the sub... More

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918) followed his interests as a lumberman, sailor, and entrepreneur to Bangor, Maine and, later, to the northern woods of Wisconsin. In 1858, he purc... More

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix containing reminiscences, incidents and notes

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix contai...

William Henry Carman Folsom (1817-1900), Minnesota legislator, businessman, and historian, emigrated from Maine to the Upper Midwest when he was nineteen years old. There he lived the rest of his life, achievin... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

Wau-bun, the early day in the Northwest

This book recounts the experiences of a young, genteel wife adjusting to the military life and frontier conditions of life at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, in the early 1830s. She describes her perilous journeys b... More

American history and government; a text-book on the history and civil government of the United States,
Essentials of civics

Essentials of civics

Also available in digital form.

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix containing reminiscences, incidents and notes

Fifty years in the Northwest. With an introduction and appendix contai...

William Henry Carman Folsom (1817-1900), Minnesota legislator, businessman, and historian, emigrated from Maine to the Upper Midwest when he was nineteen years old. There he lived the rest of his life, achievin... More

The Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1812-1825

The Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1812-1825

Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites. The first portion of this article (Fur trade in Wisconsin, 1815-1817) is found in vol. 19 of this series. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomley, 1842-1850.

An English settler in pioneer Wisconsin; the letters of Edwin Bottomle...

This volume is a collection of important historical documents published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It is entirely devoted to letters from an English immigrant, Edwin Bottomley (1809-1850), wr... More

Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river; embracing an exploratory trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers, in 1832, under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft

Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lak...

This is an account by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) of his discovery of the Mississippi River's source, Lake Itasca, in 1832. Schoolcraft was an Indian agent for the region, and he assembled an expeditiona... More

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915,

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918) followed his interests as a lumberman, sailor, and entrepreneur to Bangor, Maine and, later, to the northern woods of Wisconsin. In 1858, he purc... More

Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the northern wilderness,

Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the nor...

Trouting on the Brule River is a literary account of genteel sportsmen's fishing expeditions during the summers of 1875 and 1877. Originally published in the Chicago Sunday Times and the Chicago Sunday Tribune,... More

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