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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... latter was solicited and readily agreed to accompany Joliet upon his expedition . * The outfit of the party was very simple : two birch - bark canoes and a supply of smoked meat and Indian corn . They had with them five white men . They ...
... latter was solicited and readily agreed to accompany Joliet upon his expedition . * The outfit of the party was very simple : two birch - bark canoes and a supply of smoked meat and Indian corn . They had with them five white men . They ...
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... latter yielded possession , and in fact , for some time subsequent thereto . As American emigration was now rapidly dotting the wilderness to HISTORY OF WISCONSIN . 25 25 Wisconsin as a part of the Northwest Territory.
... latter yielded possession , and in fact , for some time subsequent thereto . As American emigration was now rapidly dotting the wilderness to HISTORY OF WISCONSIN . 25 25 Wisconsin as a part of the Northwest Territory.
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... latter by the cap- ture , from the Americans , of the post at Macki- naw . Naturally enough most of the people of Wisconsin , limited in number as they were , ad- hered to the English during the continuance of hostilities . As to the ...
... latter by the cap- ture , from the Americans , of the post at Macki- naw . Naturally enough most of the people of Wisconsin , limited in number as they were , ad- hered to the English during the continuance of hostilities . As to the ...
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... latter upon the Fox and Wisconsin rivers , were now brought into nearer relations with the United States . WISCONSIN AS A PART OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY . Upon the admission of Illinois into the The settlement at Green Bay was made up at ...
... latter upon the Fox and Wisconsin rivers , were now brought into nearer relations with the United States . WISCONSIN AS A PART OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY . Upon the admission of Illinois into the The settlement at Green Bay was made up at ...
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... latter to include the whole region west of that line . Prairie du Chien was designated as the county seat of Crawford ; Green Bay , of Brown county . On the 22d of December , 1826 , a county named Chippewa was formed from the northern ...
... latter to include the whole region west of that line . Prairie du Chien was designated as the county seat of Crawford ; Green Bay , of Brown county . On the 22d of December , 1826 , a county named Chippewa was formed from the northern ...
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