A standard history of Sauk County, Wisconsin, Volume I, Part 1

Author: Cole, Harry Ellsworth, 1861-1928
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 606


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A STANDARD HISTORY


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SAUK COUNTY WISCONSIN


An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development


By the Following Board of Editors HARRY ELLSWORTH COLE President of the Sauk County Historical Society General Supervising Editor


Advisory Editors


MRS. CLARA T. RUNGE, Baraboo HON. FRANK AVERY, Baraboo


JOHN B. WEISS, Plain DR. FRANK T. HULBURT, Reedsburg MAX H. NINMAN, Sauk City JAMES F. MORROW, Spring Green SAMUEL BABINGTON, Prairie du Sac


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VOLUME I


THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1918


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Sauk County may be likened to a versatile individual. Since the days when the pre-Cambrian sea rolled in majesty where now lie broad . valleys and picturesque bluffs, this locality has undergone innumerable geological changes. In no section of the State of Wisconsin are the natural features more varied or interesting. From the fantastic rock formations along the Wisconsin River, cut from bold mountain ranges when the present stream was a much more powerful current, to that geological cup in which is hidden Devils Lake, is a wonderful journey. Volumes have been written and will continue to be written in an effort to accurately translate the history of the rocks of this section.


The extensive prairies, remarkable for their fertility, the vast belts of timber and the low lands, now drained and productive, all these in connection with the harnessed water power of the county form the foundation of its undoubted desirability as a dwelling place.


The unusual fertility of the soil of large portions of Sauk County is perhaps the most practical of its resources. The waving cornfields of the prairies, the banner crops of oats, the fields of blooming clover on the bluffs, and most widely known of all, the dairy products, have won admiration from every section of the state and brought prosperity to the inhabitants.


Besides the remarkable bounty of its soil, the county is rich in his- torical data and legendary lore. No more appropriate frame for legend and romance could be imagined than the rock bound shores of the Wis- consin or the shadowy recesses of the Devils Lake cliffs.


In the preparation of these volumes the publishers have been tireless in gathering historical material, and in selecting and presenting in interesting form the events of particular importance in the annals of Sauk County. Credit is due Professor Samuel Weidman of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin for the scholarly article on the geology of the region which he kindly contributed and to others who have lent valu- able assistance. Much of the editing, all of the proof-reading and other details of seeing the copy through the press has been assumed by the publishers.


HARRY ELLSWORTH COLE.


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CHAPTER I


NATURE'S WORK


EPIC OF WATER AND ICE-THE BARABOO AND WISCONSIN RIVERS-THE HOARY FEATURES OF DEVIL'S LAKE-MEETING OF THE PREHISTORIC AND THE HISTORIC-THE BARABOO BLUEES OR RIDGES-THE NARROWS" OF THE BARABOO RIVER-THE NARROWS OF NARROWS CREEK-WESTERN END OF NORTH RANGE-WESTERN END OF SOUTH RANGE- THE HONEY CREEK REGION-FANTASTIC FEATURES OF DEVIL'S LAKE-PREHISTORIC MOUNDS AT THE LAKE-PEWIT'S NEST OF SKILLET CREEK-THE UPPER SKILLET FALLS-PARFREY GORGE-DURWARD GLEN-LIFE OF THE BUYER OF THE GLEN-VIEW FROM PROSPECT HILL-HIGHEST AND LOWEST POINTS IN THE COUNTY-NOT A COUNTY OF LAKES-THE BARABOO VALLEY LANDS-BASIN OF BABB'S CREEK-LITTLE BARABOO VALLEY -- LANDS IN THE UPPER BARABOO VALLEY -- THE COPPER CREEK VALLEY-THE VALLEY OF DELL CREEK-FERTILE VALLEY OF HONEY CREEK-RICH GRAZING SECTION-THE TREES OF THE COUNTY ..... ]


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NATURE THROUGH SCIENCE


PROFESSOR SAMUEL WEIDMAN ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY-PRO- FESSOR JAMES H. EATON'S PAPER-ORIGIN OF THE QUARTZITE-SLOW UPHEAVAL OF THE SANDSTONE AND QUARTZITE STRATA-THE DEFLEC- TION OF THE BARABOO RIVER-PIONEER SCIENTIST OF THE REGION- PROFESSOR LAPHAM'S FIELD NOTES-THE DREADFUL DELLS-FLORA ABOUT THE DELLS-GEOLOGY AROUND BARABOO AND LYONS DEVIL'S LAKE DESCRIBED-IRON REGIONS OF SAUK COUNTY-THE WISCONSIN PINERLES-DEVIL'S LAKE STATE PARK


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CHAPTER III


THE CROPS AND LIVE STOCK


CHANGES IN STANDARD CROPS AND LIVE STOCK-THE DAIRY AND CEREAL REGIONS-ACREAGE OF STANDARD CROPS IN 1880-AGRICULTURAL AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (1880)-NUMBER AND VALUE OF LIVE STOCK-THE FIGURES FOR 1890-STATISTICS FOR 1900-THE LIVE STOCK IN 1910 CROPS AND LIVE STOCK (1916)-THE GINSENG INDUSTRY-HOP CRAZE IN SAUK COUNTY-RISE OF THE SUGAR BEET-THE SAUK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL, SOCIETY-BREEDERS OF FINE CATTLE-DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAIRY INTERESTS-STOCK BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION.42


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FARM AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE


CHARLES HIRSCHINGER'S STORY OF TIMBER-LAND AGRICULTURE-WIL- LIAM TOOLE, OF PANSY HEIGHTS -- THE TOOLES REACH EXCELSIOR TOWNSHIP-PIONEER FENCING-LIVE STOCK AS BEASTS OF PREY- HARD TO GET GOOD FLOUR-MIRROR LAKE, AN OLD MILL POND THE BOUNDS OF CIVILIZATION-DANGER OF RUNNING FIRES CLEARING AWAY THE BRUSH-THE OAK OPENINGS-TREES AND SOULS SHRUBS -BREAKING THE SOUL-THE TOOLE FARM-VARIETIES OF WHEAT- THE CHINCH BUG PEST-PIONEER IMPLEMENTS-SOWING BY HAND- FIRST MACHINE MOWING-STACKING THE GRAIN-CHANGE IN THRESH- ING MACHINES-HORSES AS POWER-MORE ABOUT REAPERS AND MOW- ERS-THE HARVESTER APPEARS-IMPROVED HAVING MACHINES- EARLY VARIETIES OF CORN-EARLY INDUSTRIES (BY MRS. L. H. PALMER)-WILD HONEY AND GINSENG-EARLY SAW MILLS-FIRST WOOLEN MILL-FURNITURE FACTORY-DIVISION OF BARABOO WATER POWER-FIRST BRIDGE ACROSS THE BARABOO-TANNERY ERECTED- LARGE FLOUR MILL AND BARREL FACTORY-SAW MILL AND WAGON WORKS-PRAIRIE DU SAC MILLS REEDSBURG INDUSTRIES-BRICK YARDS AND LIME KILNS-LARGEST KILN IN THE COUNTY-SHORT SEASON OF COPPER MINING IRON INDUSTRIES AT IRONTON-DEATH OF FOUNDERS OF IRONTON-HAULING GRAIN FROM BARABOO TO MIL- WAUKEE (BY H. H. FLYNT)-MILWAUKEE NEAREST GOOD WHEAT MARKET-FARMERS AT LAST IN THE SWIM-HALL OF FOUR MILES IN- STEAD OF A HUNDRED-MORLEY, THE MAGICIAN-FROM WHEAT GROW- ING TO DAIRYING-HOP DAYS IN SAUK COUNTY (BY JOHN M. TRUE)- HOP INDUSTRY IN DETAIL (BY JOHN ROONEY)-WONDERFUL HOP PICKING MACHINE (BY HUGH KELLEY) 67


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STORY OF ANIMATED NATURE


THE RETIRING AND RETIRED MOOSE-FRENCH HUNTERS IN THE BARABOO VALLEY-MOOSE KILLED IN SAUK COUNTY-VANISHING OF THE ELK- CANADIAN LYNX OF WISCONSIN-HUNTING THE LYNX IN SAUK COUNTY-CHUMMY WITH THE DOMESTIC CAT-DEER ITS FAVORITE PREY-LAST LYNX IN SAUK COUNTY-THE DEER, RARE, BUT WEL- COME VISITOR-BRUIN, THE ROLLICKING FAVORITE-THE LAST BEAR HUNT IN THE BARABOO HILLS-WHEN COURT ADJOURNED TO HUNT A BEAR-ABRAHAM WOOD AND THE BEAR-A BEAR AND SOME BEANS- THE BEAR THAT ROLLED DOWN HILL LIKE A CART WHEEL-STATUS OF THE SMALLER ANIMALS-SAUK COUNTY BIRDS-THE FINNY KIND -REPTILES BEING STAMPED AND DRIVEN OUT ..... 102


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TRACES OF THE NATIVE RACES


SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIAN TOTEMS-ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EASTERN SAUK COUNTY-EARLY SURFACE SURVEYS WORK OF THE SAUK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY-LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY-THE TERMINAL MORAINE-ALTITUDES OF VARIOUS LOCALITIES-DEALS CHIEFLY WITH EARTH WORKS FIELD OF THE SAUK COUNTY SURVEY -SUMMARY OF RESULTS-DELTON-YELLOW THUNDER'S FORTY- FAIRFIELD-HUMAN REMAINS-GREENFIELD-HUGE MAN EFFIGY- PRESERVATION OF THE MAN MOUND-MAN MOUND DESCRIBED BY DR. LA. LAPHAM AND DR. STEPHEN D. PEET-MESSRS. STOUT AND COLE START PRESERVATION MOVEMENT-SUBSCRIPTION COMMITTEES AP- POINTED-SUPPORT OBTAINED OF WISCONSIN FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS-SITE OF MAN MOUND PARK PURCHASED JOINT MAN MOUND COMMITTEE IN CHARGE-COVENANT SEALED BY WAMPUM BELT-THE DISCOVERY-WORK OF THE WOMEN'S CLUBS-PRESENTATION OF TABLET-SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT A DAKOTAN GOD-NO COUNTERPART IN THE WORLD-THE MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED-THE ACCEPTANCE


- OTHER GREENFIELD RELICS-OLD PROVISION CACHES-BARABOO-A


PERFECT POTTERY VESSEL-FLINT CHIPPERS AND INDIAN VILLAGE SITE-BIRD EFFIGY AT KIRKLAND-MERRIMACK-SUMPTER-PRAIRIE DU SAC-FEW TRACES OF OLD SAUR (INDIAN) CITY-REMARKABLE BIRD EFFIGY-THE WESTERN HALF OF SAUK COUNTY-PRIMITIVE HIGHWAYS OF TRAVEL-THE WISCONSIN RIVER TRALL-SAUK PRAIRIE TO BARABOO RAPIDS-BARABOO VALLEY TRAILS-NORTH AND SOUTH


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FROM THE BARABOO-THE DELLS AND PORTAGE ROUTE-WERE THEY TRAVELED BY THE MOUND BUILDERS L. JULLLLL.127


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SAUK COUNTY INDIANS


THE MASCOUTENS OF SAUK COUNTY-FORCED COMING OF THE SAUKS AND FOXES-INFLUX OF THE WINNEBAGOES- THE WINNEBAGO WAR-THE BLACK HAWK WAR-BATTLE OF WISCONSIN HEIGHTS-BLACK HAWK'S FLIGHT THROUGH SAUK COUNTY-YELLOW THUNDER VISITS WASHING- TON-MRS. FLANDERS' RECOLLECTIONS OF YELLOW THUNDER-MEETS THE DAUGHTER OF WHITE CROW-CHARACTER SKETCH OF MADAME WASHINGTON -- THE EXODUS OF 1840-YELLOW THUNDER ENTERS HIS "FORTY"-JAMES HI. HILL'S MEMORIAL ADDRESS-THE YOUNG BRAVE, YELLOW THUNDER-CHEATED OUT OF THEIR LANDS-OUTRAGE UPON OUTRAGE-BECOMES A LAND OWNER IN SAUK COUNTY-STATELY IN MIEN, NOBLE OF CHARACTER-BURIAL OF YELLOW THUNDER'S SQUAW -DEATH AND' BURIAL OF YELLOW THUNDER-THE MEMORIAL PILLAR -REMAINS REMOVED FROM FORMER GRAVES-REMAINS INCLOSED IN MEMORIAL PILLAR-THE NAME PLATES_FINAL EXPULSION OF THE WINNEBAGOES 166


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SETTLEMENT BEFORE COUNTY ORGANIZATION


BARIBEAU, VOYAGEUR OF 1747-FIRST REAL ITEMS OF COUNTY HISTORY- OTHER SCATTERED REFERENCES-MAP RECORDS-WINNEBAGOES CEDE ALL THEIR LANDS-CAME TOO SOON-SETTLERS ON SAUK PRAIRIE- FIRST WHITE FAMILY IN THE COUNTY-ABE WOOD, FATHER OF BARA- BOO-KILLS AN INDIAN-MARRIES A. SQUAW-RESIDES NEAR MADISON- THE LODESTONE AT BARABOO-THE FIRST DAM-BIG HEART UNDER ROUGH CRUST-ABE WOOD'S DEATH-ALBERT JAMESON-UNCLE WIL LIAM JOHNSON-WILSON, OF WILSON'S CREEK-THE SAUK VILLAGES -FIRST FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION-COUNT HARASZTHY AND HIS COLONY-FATHER AND SON-FOUNDING SAUK CITY-RETURNS TO EUROPE FOR FAMILY-THE OLD COUNT STEAMBOAT VENTURES- OTHER ENTERPRISES OF HARASZTIY & BRYANT-A TOWN BUILDER AND BOOMER-AS A FARMER-COUNTY SEAT FIGHT-PERSONAL CHARAC- TERISTICS-ABANDON HARASZTHY VILLAGE-LAST OF THE HARASZTILYS -THE PECKS COME TO MADISON-FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN IN MADI- SON-MRS. PECK ENTERS THE BARABOO VALLEY-MRS. PECK HOLDS


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CAPTAIN MOORE-SURVEYS IN SAUK COUNTY-THE COUNTY'S FIRST CENSUS-WILLIAM H. CANFIELD-DELL CREEK (NEWPORT)-FIRST SETTLERS OF GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP-TOWN OF SPRING GREEN-JONES- VILLE-HONEY CREEK SETTLERS-TOWNS OF FAIRFIELD AND MERRI-


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COUNTY AFFAIRS


ELECTION WHILE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY-PRAIRIE DU SAC, FIRST COUNTY SEAT-FIRST ELECTION-FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD ROAD DISTRICTS AND ELECTION PRECINCTS-TERRITORIAL COUNTY OFFICERS THIRD ELECTION PRECINCT CREATED-FINAL ORGANIZA- TION UNDER TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT JUNEAU COUNTY ATTACH- MENTS-CREATION OF OTHER TOWNS COUNTY ROSTER CONTINUED- COURT HOUSE AT PRAIRIE DU SAC-COUNTY SEAT AT BARABOO-FIRST BARABOO COURT HOUSE-THE BRICK COURT HOUSE-TWO COURT HOUSES BURNED-THE 1905-06 COURT HOUSE-COUNTY POOR FARM AND INSANE ASYLUM-COUNTY JAIL AND SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE- STATISTICAL POPULATION, 1875, 1880 AND 1885-POPULATION, 1890, 1900 AND 1910-NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION IN COUNTY-DR. KATE LEVI ON THE GERMAN ELEMENT-PROPERTY VALUATION, 1880-1916-FIRST


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PROFESSIONAL MATTERS AND PERSONAGES


CIRQUIT AND PROBATE COURTS JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-HOW 'SQUIRE BARRY SETTLED A LAW SUIT-FIRST CRIMINAL CASE -- CHANGES OF CIRCUIT DISTRICTS-CIRCUIT AND SUPREME COURT JUDGES-PROBATE JUDGES JUDGE C. C. REMINGTON-JOHN BARKER-EPHRAIM W. YOUNG-PEN-SKETCHES OF EARLY PROBATE JUDGES JUDGE REMING- TON'S REMINISCENCES SOME OF THE EARLY LAWYERS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ARMSTRONG-BILL BROWN-NELS WHEELER-C. C. REM- INGTON-COLONEL NOYES' START AS A LAWYER-LAWYERS OF A LATER PERIOD-THE PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY-DR. B. F. MILLS AT REEDSBURG AND BARABOO-"OF COURSE, HE DID NOT RECOVER"- DOCTORS COWLES, ANGLE AND CRANDALLDOCTOR JENKINS-THE BARABOO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION-DOCTORS JONES AND WILLIAMS- LATER PRACTITIONERS MORE OLD-TIME DOCTORS DOCTOR .JONES DIES-LIST OF TODAY-A FEW FACTS FROM DOCTOR NOYES.261


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COUNTY SCHOOLS AND RURAL CLUBS


SOURCES OF DISTRICT SCHOOL SUPPORT-MODERN ACTIVITIES-ORGANIZA- TION OF BOYS' CORN GROWING CONTESTS-COUNTY TEACHERS' ASSO- CIATION ORGANIZED-CONTESTS AND FIELD MEETS-PUBLICATION OF "SAUK COUNTY SCHOOLS"-EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR- WORK IN AGRICULTURE PRACTICAL-WARM LUNCHES FOR COUNTRY SCHOOL CHILDREN-A RURAL SCHOOL SURVEY-SCHOOL DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL FAIRS-FARMERS' CLUB MOVEMENT-SCHOOLS, TEACH- ERS AND SALARIES SAUK COUNTY COUNTRY CLUBS-FOUR CLASSES OF CLUBS-DEVELOPS LEADERSHIP-THE COUNTRY TEACHER-HOW ONE CLUB WAS ORGANIZED-WHAT A MINISTER DID-GENERAL FEATURES OF THE CLUBS -- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOVEMENT-COUNTRY LIFE LIBRARY-FEDERATION OF COUNTRY CLUBS-CONSTITUTION-BY-LAWS -SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARS OF LONG, AGO- A VETERAN SCHOOL .284 HOUSE


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WATER WAYS AND LAND WAYS


EARLY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BARABOO-THE MAXWELL WATER POWER -THE MIDDLE WATER POWER-THE UPPER POWER-THE REEDSBURG WATER POWER-THE GREAT MODERN POWER NEAR PRAIRIE DU SAC- MEASURED HIS STRENGTH AGAINST THE OLD WISCONSIN-STEPS IN THE GREAT CONSTRUCTION-UNITS OF A GREAT SYSTEM-PASSING OF THE OLD STAGE LINES-TAVERNS AND STAGES NO RESPECTERS OF OLD AGE-MADISON TO BARABOO LINE- JAMES COWLES AND HIS ROUTE- THE OLD MATT FERRY-INCIDENTS ALONG THE WAY-JIM ALWAYS "GOT THERE"-JAMES CURRY, LAST OF THE OLD STAGE DRIVERS- LEADING STATE LINES-CAZENOVIA, IRONTON AND LA VALLE STAGE TAKEN OFF-NOTED STAGE HORSES AND DRIVERS-FAREWELL, TO THE OLD STAGE COACH-AN AUTO STAGE LINE-PRESENT SAUK COUNTY STAGES-THE GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT-THE RAILROADS IN SAUK COUNTY-THE ST. PAUL REACHES SPRING GREEN-PROPOSED CHI- CAGO, ST. PAUL & FOND DU LAC-NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN-THE LA CROSSE & MILWAUKEE AND NEWPORT- OTHER ABORTIVE ATTEMPTS-BARABOO VALLEYITES "GETTING SET" -THE CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN BUILT THROUGH THE VAL-


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MILITARY AFFAIRS


SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR-JAMES O'RILEY, OF REEDSBURG- CHARLES S. LADD, MERRIMACK-CAPT. LEVI MOORE-COL. STEPHEN V. R. ABLEMAN-FIRST CIVIL WAR ORGANIZATIONS SAUK COUNTY CONTRIBUTES TO THE MADISON GUARDS-INTO CAMP AT CHAMBERS- BURG-BATTLE OF FALLING WATERS, VIRGINIA-RE-ENLISTED- REPRESENTATION IN THE "IRON BRIGADE"-THE SECOND WISCON- SIN INFANTRY-THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH REGIMENTS-THE IRON BRIGADE IN THE WILDERNESS-OTHER RECORDS OF THE BRIGADE- JOSEPH A. WEIRICH-COMPANY D, NINTH REGIMENT-THE ELEVENTH WISCONSIN-THE MARCHING REGIMENT-THE FOUR- TEENTH WISCONSIN-COMPANY H, SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT- COL. JAMES S. ALBAN, OF THE EIGHTEENTH-COMPANY A, NINE- TEENTH REGIMENT-COMPANIES F AND K, OF THE TWENTY-THIRD COMPANY K, OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT-COL. DAVID K. NOYES, FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT-THE CAPTURE OF JEFF DAVIS- JOHN G. KLEINLEIN-THE CAVALRY COMPANIES-COLONEL VITTUM, DE THE THIRD CAVALRY -- THE SIXTH BATTERY-MEMORIES OF LIN- COLN'-NEWS OF THE ASSASSINATION AT BARABOO-A LINCOLN GUARD OF HONOR-BARABOO TRIPLETS NAMED BY LINCOLN-WHEN THEY SAW LINCOLN-SOLDIERS' MONUMENT AT BARABOO-COL. W. A. WYSE-THE SAUK COUNTY COMPANY; HEADQUARTERS, REEDSBURG - COMPANY A, FIRST WISCONSIN INFANTRY-COMPANY I-THE HONOR LIST ... 334


CHAPTER XIV


BIRD'S-EYE VIEWS


SAUK COUNTY IN 1853-SKETCH BY MOSES M. STRONG-OLD-TIME AMUSEMENTS (BY MRS. L. H. PALMER)-REMINISCENCES OF C. O. BAXTER-PALM TO THE ALBAN FAMILY-ARRIVES AT SAUK PRAIRIE -DENISON SHOOTS A LYNX-FIRST SETTLERS IN THE COUNTY-VISIT TO INDIAN VILLAGES-FIRST WHITE CHILDREN BORN IN THE COUNTY -EDMUND RENDTORFF'S RECOLLECTIONS-FIRST FRAME HOUSE IN SAUK CITY-CAPT. LEVI MOORE-THE CAPTAIN AND THE COUNTY SEAT FIGHT-STUBBORN IN A JUST CAUSE-DOG SAVED BY BUCK- ARCHIBALD BARKER-LY THE PIONEER PINERIES-MINING ADVEN- TURES-SHIPWRECKED-RETURNS TO BARABOO-HIS BEST FORTUNE JOHN B. CRAWFORD-W. C. CANFIELD WRITES OF WALLACE ROWAN -DR. M. M. QUAIFE WRITES OF BARABOO'S FIRST SETTLER-LIVELY


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INDIAN TRAFFIC-PARTNERSHIP WITH ABRAM WOOD-DEATH AND CHARACTER-FIRST POMOLOGICAL EFFORTS OF THE CANFIELDS FATHER AND SON START FIRST NURSERY-OTHER PIONEER FRUIT GROWERS-NATURAL ADVANTAGES-QUAKER SETTLEMENT IN THE LITTLE BARABOO VALLEY-FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE, POSTOFFICE AND HOTEL-FARMS AND MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD-"UNCLE" JAMES STAN- LEY-LARGE CHURCH AND SCHOOL-NOTABLE TEACHERS A HARD TEMPERANCE TEST-SCATTERING OF THE COLONY-A REVISIT TO THE OLD CHURCH-PIONEER METHODISM (BY REV. T. M. FULLERTON)- PLACE NAMES RELATING TO SAUK COUNTY-THE OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION-SAUK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ...... 363


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THE CITY OF BARABOO


ORIGINAL PLAT OF ADAMS-BARABOO PLATTED-BROOKLYN AND BARABOO -EARLY POSTMASTERS-POSTMISTRESS LUCY F. PERKINS THE BARA- BOO WHISKY WAR-THE RIVER ON A RAMPAGE-VILLAGE ADDITIONS- VILLAGE GOVERNMENT-MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND FINANCES-THE FIRST SCHOOL AND TEACHER-UNION VILLAGE SCHOOL-SELECT PRI- VATE SCHOOLS-NEW UNION SCHOOL-FREE HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZED -PRINCIPAL SCHOOL OFFICIALS THE PRESENT HIGH SCHOOL-THE WARD SCHOOLS-THE POSTOFFICE TO THE PRESENT-BARABOO FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY-MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS AND UTILITIES-THE PRESS OF BARABOO THE CHURCHES OF BARABOO THE FIRST M. E., FIRST BAPTIST, CONGREGATIONAL, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, GERMAN M. E., TRINITY EPISCOPAL, ST. JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC, EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN (ST. JOHN'S), GERMAN EVANGELICAL AND CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES-SOCIETIES AND LODGES THE MASONIC BODIES IN BARABOO-THE ODD FELLOWS OTHER SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES THE PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS-SOCIAL, LITERARY AND REFORMATORY-THE CIVIC LEAGUE-THE BAND-CHARITABLE AND RELIEF INSTITUTIONS-FINANCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS INTER- ESTS - BARABOO COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION - THE RINGLING BROTHERS . 423


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CITY OF REEDSBURG


EARLY PRIVATE AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS-INCORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE REEDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-WATER AND LIGHT SUPPLY- THE STAR FIRE DEPARTMENT-THE REEDSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY --


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THE CHURCHES-THE METHODIST CHURCH-THE BAPTISTS-THE PRESBYTERIANS-ST. PETER'S GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH-OTHER REEDSBURG CHURCHES-SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES THE WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS SAUK COUNTY Y. M. C. A .- THE REEDSBURG NEWSPAPERS - FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL - THE REEDSBURG FAIRS 469


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LOWER AND UPPER SAUK


MAIN FEATURES OF THE TWO VILLAGES-SAUK CITY-BARABOO COMBI- NATION-SAUK CITY INCORPORATED-GETS INTO EASTERN CONNEC- MON-THE SAUK CITY RIFLE COMPANY-THE CITY-VILLAGE IN 1854 -FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED-POLICE COURT CREATED-POST- OFFICE MOVED FROM THE UPPER TO LOWER TOWN-THE "PIONIER PRESSE"-BANKS_AND INDUSTRIES-FIRE DEPARTMENT FORMED- THE LOCAL SCHOOLS-HOME ECONOMICS CLUB-CHURCHES AND SO- CIETIES-PRAIRIE DU SAC, OR UPPER SAUK-FIRST BRIDGE ACROSS THE WISCONSIN-THE GRABBING OF THE POSTOFFICE-THE PRESENT UPPER VILLAGE-SCHOOLS OF UPPER SAUK-LIBRARY AND VILLAGE HALL (TRIPP MEMORIAL)-WATER AND ELECTRIC PLANTS "SAUK COUNTY NEWS"-CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES. 483


CHAPTER XVIII


SPRING GREEN VILLAGE


FIRST RAILROAD VILLAGE IN COUNTY-THE ORIGINAL TOWN-GENERAL PROGRESS OF VILLAGE-ORIGIN OF NAME, SPRING GREEN-"UNCLE JOHN" ON FIRST FREIGHT TRAIN-CENTER OF CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS -PIONEERS OF THE VILLAGE-THE FIGHT AGAINST LIQUOR-THE NAME AGAIN-DISTRICT SCHOOLS THE CATHOLICS (ST. JOHN CON- GREGATION )-THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-THE CONGREGA- TIONALISTS SPRING GREEN NEWSPAPERS THE BANKS-THE DAIRY BOARD OF TRADE. .495


CHAPTER XIX


NORTH FREEDOM, LAVALLE AND ABLEMAN


THE HACKETTS OF NORTH FREEDOM-VILLAGE OF BLOOM AND NORTH FREEDOM PLATTED-CORPORATION OF NORTH FREEDOM-BANK OF NORTH FREEDOM-CHURCHES OF THE VILLAGE- JOHN FALLAR POST


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NO. 83, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC-EARLY SETTLEMENT OF LAVALLE-PIONEER WOOD MANUFACTURERS-CAME TO TOWN OF EXCELSIOR -- UPPER NARROWS, LOGICAL VILLAGE SITE-CALLED VIL- LAGE OF EXCELSIOR-ABLEMAN AS A QUARRY CENTER-PRESENT VIL- LAGE AS A WHOLE-MRS. ALEXANDER'S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE COLONEL .. .506


CHAPTER XX


MERRIMACK AND LOGANVILLE


MATT'S FERRY AND THE FERRY ROAD-NORTH WESTERN REACHES MEK- BIMACK-VILLAGE OF TODAY-RECOLLECTIONS OF MATT'S FERRY- TOWN OF WESTFIELD AND LOGANVILLE. .. ... . . 516


CHAPTER XXI


VILLAGES THAT WENT WRONG


INDUSTRIAL COLLAPSE OF DELTON-MADE WAGONS, STOVES AND FARM IMPLEMENTS-HOP BOOM AND TWO FOUNDRIES COLLAPSE-VICTORIA WISCONSIN PECK HAWLEY (LATELY INTERVIEWED)-OLD NEWPORT (BY MRS. MARY MARKHAM JENKINS)-NEWPORT TRANSFERRED TO KILBOURN-STORY OF NEWPORT (BY W. S. MARSHALL) -THE OLD- TIME LUMBER RAFTS-TRADING POINT AT DELL CREEK-NEWPORT CHRISTENED-WISCONSIN HYDRAULIC COMPANY ENTERS-NEWPORT GIVEN THE "GO BY"-COULD NOT BELIEVE THE TOWN DEAD-LAST FLARE OF THE TORCH-THE DESERTED VILLAGE OF TODAY-FADED


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CHAPTER XXII


MEMORIES OF GREENFIELD TOWN


EARLY DAYS IN GREENFIELD (BY MRS. L. H. PALMER)-TOWN APPRO- PRIATELY NAMED-FIRST WHITE SETTLERS MRS. GARRISON, SHREWD PROMOTER-VILLAGE OF GARRISON-INDIAN TALES-MILLS-RAILROAD NEARLY CAME-TOWN OF GREENFIELD (BY E. D. JACKSON)-PIONEER TEACHERS OF THE TOWN-HOME LIFE BY EXAMPLES FARM, A MANU- FACTORY-FIRST SUCCESSFUL APPLE GROWING IN THE STATE-RELI- GIOUS LIFE AND CAMP MEETINGS -DEATH OF LITTLE ONES THE WIL KINSONS-HUNTING AND FISHING-SONGS OF THE GERMAN FARMERS -MEMORIES OF VANISHED MEN AND WOMEN ..... 544


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PICTURES OF SOUTHERN SAUK COUNTY


TOWNS ADJOINING SPRING GREEN-TOWN OF TROY-BEAR CREEK- FRANKLIN'S FIRST SETTLERS-HONEY CREEK-SCHOOLS IN TROY- LAST LOG SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE COUNTY-JOHN WILSON, OF WILSON'S CREEK-EARLY TIMES IN THE HONEY CREEK VALLEY-NAMING OF SPRING GREEN-NAMING OF HONEY CREEK AND TROY-HARRISBURG AND CASSELL PRAIRIE-TWENTY INDIANS TO ONE WHITE-PLAIN AND WHITE MOUND 559


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Ableman, 405, 511; quarry center, 512, present village, 513; banks, 513 Ableman School (view), 283


Ableman, Stephen V. R., 336, 511; recol- Jections of, 513


Accola, Casper E., 575 Acreage of standard erops in 1880, 43; in 1890, 46; in 1900, 49 Agricultural and dairy products in 1880, 44; in 1890, 47 Agricultural fairs, 289 Agricultural machinery, 79 Agriculture, 42


Alban, James S., 191, 258, 345, 372


Alexander, Edward V., 760


Alexander, Eva Slye, 513


Alexander, Henry, 664


Alexander, John, 889


Allen, Charles C., 830 Al Ringling's Theater (view), 462 Altpeter, Oscar, 794 Alwin, William, 811 Anchor, James, 594 Ancient Order of United Workmen, 489 Andrews, Melissa, 1040 Andrews, Samuel, 1040 Angle, Seth P., 441 Apker, Harry P., 1082


Apple, Frank W., 1077 Archacological Survey, 131


Astle, George C., 955 Astle, John H., 734 Aton, William H., 835 Attridge, Arthur, 814


Austin, Aaron, 1046 Auto stage line, 321 Avery, Frank, 973


Babb, James W., 634 Babbs Creek, 14 Babbs Prairie, 405 Babington, Samuel, 776 Badger State, 405


Baer, Edward, 686


Bailey, James H., 632 Baker, Francis M., 644 Baker, Jennie, 933 Baker, Thomas, 932 Bald Bluff, 405 Balzer, Julius, 934 Bank of Baraboo, 460 Bank of North Freedom, 507 Banks, 460, 480, 487, 505, 507, 513, 523 Baptists, 449, 475, 509


Baraboo, origin of name, 187; county seat, 244; court houses, 244; first per- manent settlers at, 259, 391; first may- or of, 259; founding of, 423; platted, 424; early postmasters, 425; village government, 427; additions to, 427; municipal officers, 429; incorporated, 429; finances, 431; first school, 431; private schools, 436; new union school, 438; first postmaster, 441; municipal Tepartments and utilities, 442; press, 443; churches, 445; societies and lodges, 453; social, literary and re- formatory societies, 455; financial, in- dustrial and business interests, 460; banks, 460; hospital, 460


Baraboo About the Time of Incorpora- tion (view), 428 Baraboo Bluffs, 2, 4, 19, 23


Baraboo Collegiate Institute, 436


Baraboo Commercial Association, 461


Baraboo Free Public Library, 441


Baraboo High School (views), 283, 440


Baraboo Hills, 367


Baraboo in the '70s (plat), 434


Baraboo Medical Association, 279


Baraboo Rapids, 163, 423


Baraboo Republic, 443


Baraboo river, 5, 427; first dam in, 195; early improvements on, 302 Baraboo township, first election, 227


Baraboo triplets named by Lincoln, 353


Baraboo Valley Agricultural Society, 482


Baraboo Valley Lands, 14


Baraboo Whisky War, 426


Baribeau, 187 Barker, Archibald, 385


Barker, John, 267


Barrett, Lincoln, 714


Barry, Don C., 262


Barry, Mrs. R. B., 892


Barry, R. B., 893


Bassett, William P., 814 Battle of Wisconsin Heights, 170


Battles, E. J., 937 Baumgarten, A. G., 651


Baxter, C. O., 371 Baxter, William H., 1032


Bear Creek, 407, 560


Bear stories, 110 Beavers, 494, 504


Behn, August, 991 Behn, Otto, 1081 Behnke, Henry, 698


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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 15.5


Beunett, David J., 951


Bentley, Frank R., 66%


Bethke, Autou, 1114




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