USA > Iowa > Fayette County > Oelwein > The Telegraph-herald's abridged history of the state of Iowa and directory of Fayette County, including the city of Oelwein, with a complete classified business directory; > Part 24
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48
EXPLORERS.
Christopher Columbus landed on one of the Bahama Island October 12, 1492. John Cabot, in the service of Henry VII. of England, made the mainland of America June 21, 1497. Sebastian Cabot explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Cape Hatteras, 1498. Columbus first landed on the mainland of America, August 1, 1498. Denis of Hanfleur, explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1506. Waldseemuller, a German professor of geography, proposed "America" for the name of the new world, in 1507. Vasco Nunez de Balboa planted the first Euro- pean settlement on the Isthmus of Darian in 1510. Juan Ponce de Leon found and named Florida, Easter Sunday, 1512. Franciso F. De Cordova reached Mexico in 1517. Baron de Lery attempted a settlement on Sable Island in 1518. Fernando Cortez, with eleven vessels and 600 men, landed at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1519. Magellan found and named Magellan Strait in 1520. Cortez entered the city of Mexico in 1521. John Verrazano, employed by Francis I., of France, explored the east coast from Carolina to Newfoundland in 1524. Cabeza de Vaca found a mouth of the Mississippi in 1528. Jacques Cartier went up the St. Lawrence to Hochelaga (Montreal), returned to Stadacona (Quebec), ir 1535, and, in the spring, returned to France. De Sota landed at Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1539. De Sota discovered the Mississippi in 1541. De Sota dying of a fever, his followers sank hsi body in the Mississippi in 1542. Jean Ribaut of Dieppe, built a fort, Charlesfort, near Hilton Head, and, putting thirty men in it, returned to France in 1562. Rene de Laudonniere brought a colony of Huguenots to Florida, and built Fort Caroline, at the mouth of the St. John's in 1564. Jean Ribaut brought succor to the half-starved occupants of Fort Caroline, August 29, 1565. Pedro Menendez founded St. Augustine, Florida, September 5, 1565. Menendez surprised Fort Caroline, Ribaut being absent, and butchered 142 people September 20, 1565. Dominique de Gourges took Fort Caroline and wreaked full vengeance upon the Spaniards in 1868. Sir Francis Drake sailed up the west coast to Oregon, in 1578. Sir Humphrey Gilbert took possession of Newfoundland ni 1583. Sir Richard Grenville, sent by Sir Walter Raleigh, landed settlers on Roanoke Island in 1585. Birth of Virginia Dare, on Roanoke Island, the first white child born in America August 18, 1587. The Marquis de La Roche landed forty convicts on Sable Island in 1598. Bartho- lomew Gosnold entered Massachusetts Bay in 1602. De Monts established a
283
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
French colony at Port Royal ( Annapolis, N. S.), in 1605. James I., of England, gave North Virginia the territory between 41 and 45 degrees, to the Plymouth Company; and South Virginia, the territory between 34 and 38 degrees to the London Company, April 10, 1606.
1607. The "Susan-Constant," Captain Christopher Newport, the "GodSpeed," Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, and the "Discovery," Captain Jno. Ratcliffe, landed 105 colonists on St. James River, Va., May 13, who founded Jamestown; they built a church, a log one, "covered with rafts, sedge, and dirt," Mr. Hunt being the clergyman. In July an epidemic killed half of them. Geo. Popham landed 100 settlers at the mouth of the Kenebec, August 21, St. George. Cap- tain Smith fell into the hands of Powhatan; Pocahontas saved his life.
100S. Smith returned to Jamestown, January 8. Pocahontas brought food to settlers at Jamestown. Settlers of St. George, Popham having died, returned to England. Jamestown destroyed by fire. Champlain founded Quebec. Capt. Smith explored the Cheaspeake. Master John Laydon and mistress Forrest married at Jamestown, first English marriage in America.
1609. London Company got a new charter, May 23, enlarging the Virginian colony. Thos. Gates and Sir Geo. Somers, with nine ships for Virginia encoun- tered a great storm August 3. Champlain discovered Lake Champlain July 30. Henry Hudson ascended the Hudson and reached the site of Albany Septem- ber 19, calling the district New Netherland. Capt. Smith returned to England.
1610. The "starving time" at Jamestown. Gates, Somers and Newport, who had been wrecked on the "Sea Vulture," arrived at Jamestown June 2. Lord Delaware opportunely arrived with succor for the settlers, who were on the point of leaving Jamestown. In Virginia Lord Delaware fixed the hours of labor from six to ten A. M., and from two to four P. M.
1611. Lord Delaware, seized with ague, left Jamestown for England. Sir Thos. Dale brought 300 immigrants to Jamestown; so far the land had been worked in common, now a few acres were assigned to every man. Sir Thos. Dale founded a new "city," City of Henricus."
1612. The London Company got a new charter, the third one which added Bermuda to Virginia. Capt. Samuel Argall took Pocahontas prisioner, intend- ing to hold her as an hostage for Powhatan's good behavior. Capt. John Smith drew a map of Virginia. John Rolfe tried the culture of tobacco in Virginia.
1613. Sir Thos. Dale instructed Pocahontas in Christianity; she was bap- tized "Rebecca," and in April she was married to John Rolfe, in the church at Jamestown, by Rev. Alex. Whitaker, "Apostle of Virginia." Capt. Argall took Port Royal, and conquered Acadia. Adrian Block's ship having been burnt, he and his crew built huts on Bowling Green, and began to build the "Restless," the first vessel built at New York.
1614. The Dutch established a trading post on Manhattan Island, New Amsterdam. Adrian Block explored the Connecticut River to Hartford. Capt. John Smith explored the shore northeast of the Hudson, and called the country New England.
1615. Sir Thos. Dale induced the London Company to grant 50 acres of land to every settler in Virginia. Champlain crossed Lake Ontario, with Hurons, and assisted in an assult on an Onondaga town.
1616. John Rolfe and his wife "Lady Rebecca," went to England. Gov. Yeardly, successor of Dale, began the regular cultivation of tobacco in Virginia.
284
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
1617. Pocahontas died in England, March 21. Argall succeeded Yeardley as governor of Virginia. The Dutch settled at Bergan, N. J. The Dutch erected a fortified trading house at Norman's Kill, two miles below Albany, N. Y.
1619. Sir Geo Yeardley again came to Virginia as governor-general, and July 30, he called together two representatives from each of the 11 plantations in Virginia, forming the first legislative body in the United States. Now a settler in Virginia could get 100 acres of choice land for $63.00. In August a Dutch ship sold 20 negroes in Jamestown, beginning negro slavery in the United States. Virginia sent 20,000 pounds of tobacco to England.
1602. Sir Ed. Sandys sent 1,261 settlers to Jamestown, including 90 young women, "pure and uncorrupt;" they were sold to planters for wifes, the price of a wife being from 120 lbs. to 150 lbs. of tobacco. "Council established at Plymouth, in Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New England, in America," Nov 3. The "Mayflower," carrying the Pilgrim Fathers, entered Cape Cod Bay, November 21. They landed on Plymouth Rock, December 21, John Carver, governor. Birth of Peregrine White, December 21, first Englishman born in New England.
1621. Samoset, a Wampanoag chief, greeted the Pilgrim Fathers with "Welcome, Englishmen," March 26. Massasoit made a treaty with Governor Carver April 1. Master Ed. Winslow married Mistress Susanna White, widow, at Plymouth, May 12, first English marriage in New England. Dutch West India Co. incorporated June 3. Governor Carver died, Wm. Bradford being his suc- cessor Sir Francis Wyatt came to Virginia as Governor, and brought a written charter, giving Virginia free government; it was the first America.
1622. The people of Plymouth built a little fort, which was also their first church. Opechancanough, successor of Powhatan, murdered 347 Virginia settlers March 22. Sir Fernando Gorges and Capt. John Mason obtained a grant of land from the Merrimac to the Kennebec August 20, which they called Laconia. Canonicus, chief of the Narragansetts, sent a bundle of arrows to the Plymouth colony; Gov. Bradford returned a parcel of powder and ball.
1623. The West India Company sent their first ship, the "Unity," laden with immigrants, to New Foundland. The "New Netherland," brought 30 families to Manhattan Island, Cornelius Jacobsen May benig the first director. The Dutch built Fort Orange ( Albany ). Rev. Wm. Blaxton settled at Trimoun- taine ( Boston. )
1624. The London Company forfeited its charter, and Virginia became a royal province. First neat cattle and swine brought to New England. The Burgesses of Virginia declared that the governor shall not tax the colony "other- way than by the authority of the general assembly." Ed. Sharpless, clerk of the Virginia council, was put in the pillory and had his ears cropped for disobey- ing the assembly. Plymouth colony freighted a 180 ton ship with cured fish.
1625. The English made a permanent settlement at Pemaquid, Maine. Charles I. was proclaimed king of England March 27. The first white child born in New England, was Sarah Rapelje, June7. Wm. Verhulst, director of New Netherland.
1626. Peter Minuit director-general of New Netherland; he purchased Man- hattan Island of the Indians for $24.00, and built Fort Amsterdam. The colonists of Virginia "established a bead factory as a mint for the coinage of a current medium of commerce with the Indians." The "Arms of Amsterdam"
285
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
left Manhattan September 23. for Holland, laden with 7,246 beaver skins, 675 otter skins, 48 minx, and 36 wild cat.
1628. Jonas Michaelius organized the first Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam, and erected the first building (church). John Endicott began a colony at Salem, Mass. Charles I. tried to contract for the whole tobacco crop in Virginia. Mr. Skelton was chosen pastor, and Mr. Higgonson teacher, for a church at Massachusetts Bay, July 20. Virginia exports 500,000 lbs. of tobac. co. The Plymouth colony gave 20 acres of land to every one in each family.
1629. Mr. Ralph Smith was installed first regular pastor at Plymouth. The Salem colony obtained a charter from the King, March 14, and incorporation as "The Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England." Champlain surrendered Canada to David Kirke. Mason got from Gorges full ownership of the district between the Merrimac and the Piscataqua, Nov. 17, calling it New Hampshire.
1630. Thos. Tindall, of Virginia, was sent to the pillory for two hours for giving my Lord Baltimore the lie and threatening to knock him down." Earl of Warwick obtained Connecticut. John Winthrop arrived at Salem, Mass., June 12. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer purchased a tract of land near Albany, N. Y., . August 13. John Winthrop settled Trimountain. Trimountain named Boston September 27. FirstGeneral Court met at Boston, October 19.
1631. The Earl of Warwick transferred Connecticut to Lord Sayand-Seal, Lord Brooke, and others, March 29. Roger Williams came to New England. Portsmouth, N. H., settled. Winthrop built the "Blessing of the Bay," on Mystic River. The "New Netherland," a ship of 800 tons, built at Manhattan. John Endicott of Salem, fined 40 shillings for "assault and battery."
1632. A ship laden with corn from Virginia sailed into Boston. Charles I. gave a charter of Maryland to Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore), June 20. First meeting house built in Boston. By the treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye, France recovered Canada. John Eliot, "the Apostle of the Indians of North America," settled at Roxbury, Mass.
1633. The Dutch built a fort at Hartford, Conn. Wouter Van Twiller, governor of New Netherland. John Cotton came to Boston. Rev. Everardus Bogardus and Adam Roelandsen, the first clergyman and the first schoolmaster in New York, came to New Amsterdam. The "William, "a London ship, began to trade on the Hudson, but the Dutch drove her to sea. Captain Holmes, in defiance of the Dutch, built a trading house at Windsor.
1634. Leonard Calvert brought settlers to Maryland, and founded St. Mary. Father White turned an Indian's wigwam into the first English Catholic church in America. Calvert drove Wm. Clayborne from Kent Island. Benj. Sym founded a free school in Virginia. In Boston, Sam Cole opened the first public house, and John Cogan opened the first shop; Thursday was market day in Boston.
1635. First legislative assembly of Maryland met at St. Mary, March 8. Boston Latin school founded, with Philemon Purmount as master. Richard Mather came to New England. The Virginians deposed their governor, Sir John Harvey, April 28. A Dutch vessel from the West Indies arrived at Marble- head, Mass. Sixty men, women and children, from the Puritan settlements settled at Windsor. Hartford, and Weathersfield, Conn.
1636. Roger Williams, banished from Massachusetts, went to Narragansett Bay and began the settlement of Providence. First court in Connecticut held
-
286
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
at Hartford, April 26. First American ship went to West Indies. Rev. Thos. Hooker, with 100 men, women and children, after a toilsome journey to "the West," reached the Connecticut River. General court of Massachusetts, October 28, agreed to give $2,000 toward a college. The Pequods began a war with the Connecticut settlers.
1637. Wm. Kieft made director of New Netherland. Captain J. Mason, of Connecticut, nearly destroyed the Pequods. The first Synod in America met at Newtowne, Mass., August 30.
1638. Peter Minuit established a colony of Swedes and Finns on Delaware Bay. Orloff S. Van Cortland arrived at New Amsterdam, March 28. Jno. Davenport, Mr. Prudden, and Theoph. and Sam Eaton; with 300 settlers, began New Haven. Newtowne, Mass. became Cambridge. Rev. Jno. Harvard left half his property and all his books to the College at Cambridge, which became "Harvard." Negroes brought to New England for slaves.
1639. The settlers of Windsor, Hartford, and Weathersfield, framed the Hartford Constitution, January 14, written by Rev. John Hooker, the first written constitution in America, made "by the people for the people." Roger Williams founded the first Baptist church in America at Providence. Printing press set up at Cambridge, Mass., an almanac being the first book printed in America. Thomas Belcher took up a tract of land on the site of Brooklyn, N. Y. The court of Massachusetts named Richard Fairbanks, of Boston, postman.
1640. Indians ravaged Staten Isiand. Wm. Kieft built at Staten Island the first brewery in the United States. John Haynes first governor of Connec- ticut. Haverhill, Mass., settled. In Massachusetts musket balls at a farthing each were made a legal tender to amount of one shilling.
1641. "A fine stone tavern" was built at New Amsterdam. New Hamp- shire united to Massachusetts. The people of New Amsterdam, dissatisfied with Kieft's rule, chose "twelve select men" to act for them, August 29, the first representative assembly on Manhattan Island. John Endicott made governor of Massachusetts.
1642. A band of Iroquois captured Isaac Jogues and two young Frenchmen on Lake St. Peter, and brought them prisioners up to Richelieu, Lake Champlain, into Lake George,-now first seen by white men, which Jogues afterwards called Lac St. Sacrement,-and across the wilderness to the Mohawk towns. The Bostonians sent a supply of "pastors." to Virginia. Sir Wm. Berkeley made governor of Virginia. Three ships were built at Boston, one at Dorchester, and one at Salem.
1613. Colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Plymouth and New Haven, confederated and became the United Colonies of New England, May 29. John Winthrop. Jr., began an iron-works at Braintree, Mass. Kieft massacred the Hackensacks. Mrs, Hutchinson murdered by Indians. The Virginia assembly decreed that only Episcopalians could preach, and that non-conformists depart from the colony.
1644. Virginia Indians, under Opechancanough, massacred 300 settlers in Virginia, April 18. Roger Williams went to England, and obtained a char- ter, which united the settlements of Providence and Rhode Island, forming the state of Rhode Island.
1646. Massachusetts passed a law, that whoever might kiss a woman in the street should be flogged. Connecticut passed a law, which forbade anyone under twenty-one to use tobacco, and all adult users of it were limited to one
287
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
smoke a day, "ten miles from any company," the penalty being sixpense for eash offence. The town of Breuckelen (Brooklyn) organized a municipal gov- ernnment. Father Isaac Jogues murdered by an Iroquois October 18.
1647. Peter Stuyvesant, "Old Silverleg," made governor of New Amsterdam May 27. The General Assembly of Rhode Island declared that "all men might walk as their consciences persuaded them, without molesting anyone in the name of his God." Massachusetts passed a law requiring every township of fifty householders to have a school house and a teacher.
1649. Charles I. beheaded January 30. "Toleration Act" passed in Mary- land, May 1, Making the colony an asylum for persecuted Christians of every denomination. Three hundred and thirty Cavaliers came to Virginia. The Burgesses of Virginia declared the execution of Charles I. treason.
1650. Population of Virginia 15,000. Harvard College was chartered May 31. Peter Stuyvesant went to Hartford and made a treaty with the New Englan- ders, giving up his claim to Connecticut and receiving half of Long Island. The Long; parliament forbade trade with Virginia and the West Indies. Gabriel Druilletes came from Canada to Boston, and conferred with Winslow, Dudley, Bradford, and Silot, concerning reciprocity of trade. The Iroquois subdued the Delawares.
1651. England passed Navigation Act, declaring that English colonies should trade only with England "in English ships manned by Englishmen." A mint was established in Boston, the first in America, to coin shillings, sixpences, and threepences, with a pine tree on one side and New England" on the other. Druilletes made another fruitless visit to New England, to effect reciprocity of trade. Governor Stuyvesant built Fort Casimir, at Newcastle, Delaware.
1652. The Long parliament's ships came to Jamestown, and demanded the surrender of the colony; and "to prevent the ruin and destruction of the planta- tion," Berkeley submitted and retired to private life. The Burgesses of Virginia, April 30, voted Mr. Richard Bennett governor. Maine united to Massachusetts.
1653. Peter Stuyvesant proclaimed New Amsterdam a city, February 2, and Cornelius Tienhoven, "schout." Roger Green settled Presbyterians on the Chowan River, North. Carolina. John Eliot published a catechism, the first book printed in Indian. Oliver Cromwell Protector, December 16.
1654. Governor Stone, of Maryland, was defeated by Clayborne, at Severn, near Annapolis, March 25. The Jesuit, Le Moyne, visited Onondaga. The Protestants, gaining the ascendancy in Maryland, disfranchised the Catholics, and declared them not entitled to the protection of the law. Major Sedgwick, with a Boston force, took Port Royal, N. S.
1655. Civil war in Maryland. The Jesuits, Chaumonot and Dablon, estab- lished the mission of St. Mary's of Ganentaa, at Onondaga. The Iroquois sub- jugated the Eries. The Burgesses of Virginia voted Edward Digges, governor. Stuyvesant conquered New Sweden.
1656. Father Le Mercier brought a colony of fifty Frenchmen to Onondaga. Two Quakeresses, Mary Fisher and Ann Austin, came to Boston; they were lodged in jail for a time, and then shipped off. Population of New Amsterdam 1,000. The Burgesses of Virginia voted Samuel Matthews, governor.
1657. New England passed a law prohibiting the entrance of Quakers. A council in Boston sanctioned the Halfway Covenant, that baptism without com- munion confers political rights. John Washington and Lawrence Washington,
2SS
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
brothers, the former being the grand-father of George Washington, came from Northamptonshire, England, and settled on the west bank of the Potomac.
1658. Massachusetts decreed death to all Quakers returning after banish- ment. Le Mercier and his colonists escaped from Onondaga. The Burgesses of Virginia refused the governor a seat in the Assembly; he dissolved the House and threatened to appeal to Cromwell; they desposed him, and, to show their independence, re-voted him governor.
11660. Charles II. made king of England, April 25. England reenacted the Navigation Act, making its terms still more objectionable. The regicides, Ed. Whalley and Wm. Goffe, came to Boston, July 27. Massachusetts forbade Christmas celebration; penalty 5s. Mary Dyer was hung in Boston, for return- ing after banishment. Domine Henry Selyus, first settled clergyman in Brook- lyn. Charles II.
1661. John Eliot translated the New Testament into Indian ( Mohegan) and printed it. Arendt van Curler, called by the Indians, "Corlaer," bought the "Great Flats," Schenectady, N. Y.
1662. Charles II. gave "The Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England" a charter, May 10, confirming the popular con- stitution.
1663. John Eliot published the Bible in Indian; it was the first Bible printed in America. The Chowan River settlement, N. C., became Albermarle County Colony, and Rev. Wm. Drummond was made first governor. John Ciarke got a charter for Rhode Island, from Charles II. July S. "Oliverian Plot" in Virginia; indentured servante conspired "to anticipate the period of their freedom."
1664. Charles Il. gave New Netherland to his brother James, the Duke of York, March 22. Thos. Gould organized a Baptist church in Boston. English church service first celebrated in Boston. The Duke of York conveyed what is now New Jersey to Lord Berkeley and Sir Geo. Carteret. The English, under Sir Richard Nichols, took New Amsterdam, September 8, which became New York.
1665. Governor Nichols gave New York City its first charter, and named Thos. Willett mayor. Philip Carteret was made first governor of New Jersey, and Elizabethtown was made the capital.
1666. De Courcelle, governor of Canada. penetrated to the Mohawk county. First church erected in Brooklyn, N. Y. Viceroy Tracey and De Courcelle, from Canada, devastated the Mohawk country.
Xavier among the Oneidas. Father Fremin established the mission of St. Mary of the Mohawks. By the treaty of Breda, France recovered Acadia.
1669. Claude Allouoz founded a mission at Green Bay. Iroquois Christ- ians began the mission of St. Francis Xavier opposite Montreal. La Salle and Dollier de Casson visited the Senecas. La Salle is supposed to have found the Mississippi. Hudson Bay Company chartered.
1670. King Philip became unfriendly to the English. Dollier de Casson landed on site of Detroit. John Locke and Shaftsbury drafted a constitution for Carolina, "The Grand Model," giving all powers to a priviledged class. Huguenots, under Wm. Sayle, settled on the west bank of Ashley River, in Carolina. Nicholas Perrot at Green Bay. Elective franchise in Virginia re- stricted to "freeholders and householders." "Rev." first used in New England.
.
289
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
1671. St. Lasson, Joliet, and Nicholas Perrot, at Sault Ste Marie, declared the entire west a Frence possession. Gov. Berkeley of Virginia, said "I thank God there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them these hundred years."
1673. Joliet and Marquette discovered the Mississippi, Missouri and Arkan- sas. The Dutch retook New Amsterdam August 9, and Anthony Colve became governor. Charles IJ. gave Virginia to the Earl of Arlington and Lord Cul- pepper for thirty-one years, the land of settlers held by valid title alone being excepted.
1674. By treaty New Netherland reverted to England; Governor Colve bid farewell to New Amsterdam, November 9, and Edmund Andros became governor of New York.
1675. King Philip, sachem of the Wampanoags, began a terrible war with the colonists of New England. Jacques Marquette died on the west shore of Michigan, May' 20. Captain Winslow, with 1,000 men, punished the Narra- gansetts terribly.
1676.' Captain Church finished the career of King Philip at Mount Hope, Rhode Island, August 12. Restriction of suffrage, tyrannical trade laws, the grant to Arlington and Culpepper, and no protection against the Indians, so maddened the Virginians that they rebelled under Nathaniel Bacon, and drove Berkeley from Jamestown, when Bacon burnt the place; Bacon soon dying of a, fever, Berkeley returned and began a rule of terror.
1677. Rev. Thos. Thacker, of Boston, published "Brief Guide in the Small Pox and Measles," the first medical work issued in America. Massachusetts paid the heirs of. Gorges and Mason $6,000 for their interest in Maine and New Hampshire. The people of Albemarle County Colony, N. C., rebelled against revenue laws, and imprisoned their governor. Governor Berkeley, of Virginia, executed 23 of Bacon's followers.
11679. La Motte built La Salle's fort at the mouth of the Niagara. Thos. Lord Culpepper was made governor of Virginia. La Salle built the "Griffin," the first vessel on the Upper Lakes. La Salle brought the "Griffin" into Lake Michigan, loaded her with furs, and sent her to Niagara; she never was heard of again. € 200,000 fire in Boston, August S. La Salle built a fort at the mouth of the St. Joseph River, in Michigan.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.