History of Vernon County, Wisconsin: Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; History of Wisconsin ...Union, 1884 - 826 pages |
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... Union Publishing Company. Green bay , again took possession of the country , extending the dominion of New France , not only over the territory of the upper Mississippi , but " to other places more remote ; " so that then , all that is ...
... Union Publishing Company. Green bay , again took possession of the country , extending the dominion of New France , not only over the territory of the upper Mississippi , but " to other places more remote ; " so that then , all that is ...
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... Union Publishing Company. of the country south and east of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers was open only to pre - emption by actual settlers . The Indian tribes still claimed a large portion of the lands . On the north were located the ...
... Union Publishing Company. of the country south and east of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers was open only to pre - emption by actual settlers . The Indian tribes still claimed a large portion of the lands . On the north were located the ...
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... Union Publishing Company. Collins , whig ..... Dewey's majority . or form or convenience of description . The highest peak , in the southwestern part of the Dewey , democrat .. State , is the West Blue Mound , 1,151 feet above Lake ...
... Union Publishing Company. Collins , whig ..... Dewey's majority . or form or convenience of description . The highest peak , in the southwestern part of the Dewey , democrat .. State , is the West Blue Mound , 1,151 feet above Lake ...
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... Union Publishing Company. Fairchild , republican .. Robinson , democrat . 1869 . Fairchilds ' majority .. 1871 . Washburn , republican Doolittle , democrat Washburn's majority .... 1873 . Taylor , democrat ... Washburn , republican ...
... Union Publishing Company. Fairchild , republican .. Robinson , democrat . 1869 . Fairchilds ' majority .. 1871 . Washburn , republican Doolittle , democrat Washburn's majority .... 1873 . Taylor , democrat ... Washburn , republican ...
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