The history of Columbia county, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, Part 140

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899, [from old catalog] ed; Western historical company, chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1104


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JOHN M. SANDERSON was born in Newburg, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1838, and lived in Albany from his youth until he came West ; enlisted in Albany, N. Y., August, 1862, in Haverlock Battery, and served until the close of the war ; was in all of the engagements his command was in after he enlisted ; the principal battles he was in were Cold llarbor, second battle of Bull Run, Petersburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg ; came to Portage in 1866 and engaged in the business of cigar- making for himself, which business he still continues. Married in Portage to Helen Augusta Lin- scott ; she was born in Utica. N. V .; they have have two children-Warren F. and Harry.


JOHN W. SARGENT, freight engineer on main line P. & M. ; born in Lake Village, Bel- knap Co., N. H., Oct. 21. 1838 : his father, William T., was proprietor of the hotel at Lake Village ; at the age of 14, he began railroad life as a water boy on a gravel-train on the B., C. & M. R. R .; at the age of 1t, he was given the position of fireman on the same gravel-train ; after a year's expe- rience, he was sent on to a passenger train, and continued there until fall of 1856, when he came West ; he landed in Milwaukee on Christmas. 1856, and, on Dec. 28, he began firing on a freight running between Milwaukee and Fox Lake, on C., M. & St. P; in spring of 1857, the road was opened through to Portage ; he was for awhile engine-dispatcher at Portage, and afterward the


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same at Milwaukee ; in the fall of 1858, while on a visit to New Hampshire, he came near death's door with typhoid fever ; this detained him till spring of 1860, when he returned and took his old position of fireman, and that fall he was given an engine, which he run till the time of his enlist- ment ; Co. F. 2d W. V. L., was formed entirely of railroad men. He enlisted in that company Aug. 21, 1862, and was honorably discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability after about one year's service ; on his partial recovery, he was given his old situation on the railroad ; he was four years on the W. W., two of which was while the St. P. ran it, and the last two years by request of W. W. and consent of St. P., and he has been in continuous engineer service to date-part time freight, and sometimes passenger. Mr. Sargent has been longest in engineer service of any now living in the county. He was married Feb. 22, 1868, to Miss Julia B. Snow, of Watertown, Wis .; they have no children ; he belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ; they have boarded since marriage until this season. Mrs. F. N. Snow, his wife's mother, lives with them ; the family are social and respected.


CHARLES SCHARIEN was born in Mecklenburg. Germany, Dec. 5, 1852 ; came to Port- age, stopping three weeks in New York on his way from Europe, in March, 1878, where he has since been engaged as book-keeper for Haertel's brewery. Mr. S. is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge, Turner's and Leiderkranz Societies and Hook and Ladder Company. He was married in Mecklen- burg Feb. 15, 1875, to Carolina Kopcke, born in Mecklenburg ; they have three children living- Amelia, Charles and Louis, and have lost one-Hulda, who died at Portage in July, 1878, aged 2 years ; before engaging with the Haertels, Mr. S. was with Schumacher & Schulze two months.


MISS MARIA SHAUB, first cook at the Corning House; was born in Waterford, Racine Co., Wis., in 1855 ; her father is a furniture dealer in Waterford ; has worked several years in private families, and two and a half years in the hotel. She is a Catholic. To her skillful hand can be traced the well-prepared substantials which so attract the hungry traveler to the Corning House.


FRANK SCHERBURT was born in Prussia March 12. 1856 ; is the son of Christoph and Mary Schubart, who emigrated to America when Frank was 11 years of age, locating in Portage, where they still reside ; has worked at cigar-making for about eight years, and has been in business for himself during the last four and a half years as manufacturer of cigars and dealer in tobacco and smokers' articles. He is a member of the Turner Society and Hook and Ladder Company.


BENJAMIN SCHULZE was born June 9, 1801, in Taura, Saxony, where, when he had reached a suitable age, he was apprenticed to learn the art of butchering, the mysteries of weaving, and the rudiments of music, all from the same master : Mr. Schulze remembers having seen, when he was 13 years old, Napoleon Bonaparte's army as it passed through his native town en route to Russia, and was soon afterward employed with the Prussians in making fortifications for the pur- pose of retaking Torgau, on the Elba-which place the French had captured in 1810-and was present during the fight that followed, and saw the town set on fire ; he also witnessed the shooting by Russians of three French soldiers for horse stealing, the victims being placed upon the edge of a lake, and pushed backward into the water when killed ; after finishing his apprenticeship, he went to Schmannewitz, where he engaged in his varions avocations. applying himself more particularly to the study of music. Here it was that he met and married Johanna Rosina Wagenknecht, the matrimonial event taking place April 25, 1824 : Schmannewitz was the home of Mrs. Schulze's parents ; she was born Jan. 2. 1804, and also bore witness to the French invasion ; when the news was received that the army was approaching, her father, who was a farmer, collected his small flock of cattle and ran them into the woods, to save them from being carried off by the advancing foe, while Johanna, then but 9 years of age. gathered together her younger brothers and sisters, and marched them into the village of Schmannewitz, where, a few days later, she heard the roar of cannon in the historical battle of Leipsic. In 1830, Mr. Schulze removed to Tamenheim, a small Saxon hamlet, and there engaged in hotel keeping in addition to his three professions ; in 1833, he went to Sitzenroda, and purchased a farm and tavern for $1,600, living there until 1850, when he came to America, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the sail-ship " Amalia," and bringing with him his wife, eight sons and one daughter, the eldest son, who was then 25 years of age, remaining in the fatherland, in the service of the Emperor as bugler in one of the national bands ; the family arrived in Portage, by way of Quebec, Buffalo and Milwaukee, July 28 of the same year, stopping at the okl Franklin House ; a settlement was soon after made on the east side of Silver Lake, on a quarter section of land, which was soon placed under cultivation ; and here, for thirty years, they have made their home : Mr. Schulze is 79 years of age, and his wife but three years younger. There have been born to this now


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aged conple ten children. as follows : Frederick (now Secretary of a National Telegraph Bureau, in Bautzen. Saxony), born May 15. 1825; Charles (drowned in the Mississippi River, April 17, 1865), born Ang. 20, 1829 ; Henry (now in Chicago), born Nov. 13, 1831 ; Frank (died May 22. 1879), born Jan. 14, 1833; Hermann (now living in Oregon), born March 9. 1836 ; Ferdinand, born July 20, 1839 ; Frederick W .. born March 6. 1842 ; Samuel, born July 22. 1845 : Minnie, born Feb. 17. 1847 ; Benjamin, born Jan. 7. 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Schulze celebrated their golden wedding April 25. 187 1. the occasion being appropriately observed ; the famous Schulze Band was. of course. present, the old gentleman once more taking part in the musical exercises : there were seven children present ; a very touching poem, fifty verses in length. commemorative of the occasion. written by the absent son in Germany, was read. also one of the same length, composed by the family pastor. the Rev. A. Klein : both were published in the Columbia County Wecker : Mr. and Mrs. Schulze are apparently in as good health as ever, and have not yet ontlived their usefulness.


MRS. BARBARA SCHULZE, ne Schwartz, widow of August Frank Schulze ; she was born May 1. 1840, in Wittenburg, Germany; her deceased husband was born on the 14th of January. 1833, in Prussia ; he came to the United States in 1850, and settled in Portage, where he was for many years a hardware merchant. He was married. Feb. 5, 1860. to the estimable lady who survives him. From early boyhood. he was a member of "Schulze brass band," organized by his father, and composed mainly of the Schulze family. He died on the 23d of May, 1879; they had eleven children, six of whom died in infancy: the living are Louis, born Dec. 6. 1860; Oscar, born Dec. 13. 1868 ; Herman U., born Nov. 12. 1872 ; August Frank, born Feb. 2, 1875. and Samuel ., born Dec. 15, 1877. All the chikIren reside at home. Louis is salesman in the store in which Mrs. Schulze still retains an interest. She has a small place of about 20 acres near Portage, and her pleasant home on corner of Howard and De Witt streets. Mrs. S. is a member of the Evangelical Church, and so also was her husband. He was a social gentleman, and a good citizen. The family are all highly respected.


FERDINAND SCHULZE, the subject of this sketch, was born in Saxony, Prussia, July 20. 1840 ; came to America in 1850. and located at Portage, and spent his time until 1861 on his father's farm ; he then went across the Plains to Nevada, and for five years was engaged in mining and music business ; returned to this county in the spring of 1866, and occupied his time in farming for two years in the town of Hampden. in this county : then came to Portage, and engaged in the mercantile business, which he has continued ever since. Mr. S. was married in Milwaukee, March 2, 1880, to Minnie A. Dent ; she was born in St. Mary's Co., Md .. near Washington, D. C .; is a daughter of Dr. Walter Brewer and Margaret (Fowler) Dent. Mr. Dent was born in Charles Co .. Md .; he came to Milwaukee in 1852 ; returned to Maryland in 1854, and remained until 1859, when he again came to Milwaukee, and came to Portage in 1861 : died July 31, 1867. Mrs. Dent is a native of Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's Co., Md.


FRIEDRICK W. SCHULZE, a native of Saxony, Prussia ; born March 6. 1842. and came to America with his parents, Benjamin and Johanna R. Schulze. in 1850. locating in the town of Portage, where they still reside. Mr. S.'s early life was spent on his father's farm until the age of 21. then worked three years at the carpenter and joiner's trade, when he went to California, spend- ing five years there. From 1863 to 1867. while in California. his whole attention was devoted to instrumental music and the composing of music ; returned to Portage in 1867 : he was a mem- her of the timm of Schumacher, Schulze & Bro., for a few years; then, in 1873. for about ten months, he carried on mercantile business at Minneapolis, Minn .; afterward returned to Portage and engaged in banking business, which he has continued ever since. Married in Portage. Ang. 9, 1872, to Miss Margaret A. Haertel ; she was born at Portage ; they have three children-Clara. Anna and Carl. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. and Mr. S. is a member of the A .. F. & A. M.


LOUIS SCHULTZ was born in Portage Sept. 25. 1856 ; son of Christian and Maggie Schultz, both residents of Portage : engaged in surveying, etc., on government improvements from 1871 to September, 1878, running engine in connection with the river improvements and Wis- consin River steamboats ; engineer in Haertel's brewery since September, 1878. Mr. S. was mar- ried in Madison, Wis .. Dec. 25, 1878, to Mary Uphoff : they have one child-Carrie Dora. He is a member of the Hook and Ladder Co.


SAMUEL SCHULZE, son of Benjamin and Johanna Schulze; born in Saxony. Prussia, July 22, 1845 : came to America in 1850, arriving in Portage on the 28th of July of that year. In 1863. commenced learning his trade-tinsmith-with I. W. Bacon, with whom he remained


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six years, with the exception of about seven months while in the army. He entered the United States serviee Feb. 14, 1865. as a.member of Co. D. 46th W. V. I., and was mustered out Sept. 27 following. At the expiration of his six years' service with Mr. Bacon, he went to Virginia City, Mont .; returning. he was with his brother Henry for awhile in Chicago ; then purchased a stock of hardware of Charles Goodyear and commenced business in 1876, in Portage, in partnership with his brother Frank, who died May 22. 1879. Is now carrying on an extensive hardware store. Has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1868.


GERHARD SCHUMACHER was born in Cologne, Prussia, April 12, 1840 ; he emigrated to America in 1854, locating in Milwaukee ; remained there about two years, and then came to Portage, and engaged in clerking for N. II. Wood & Co., and continued to clerk for about eleven years ; has been in business for himself since April, 1869, under the firm name of Schu- macher. Schulze & Bro., for three years, when Fred W. Schulze withdrew, the firm name then became Schumacher & Schulze, and has remained so up to the present time. He was married at Portage on March 4, 1857, to Wilhelmina Schulze ; she was born in Saxony ; they have five children-Fred W., Samnel M. Milton, Benjamin and Ferdinand.


GUSTAVUS A. SELBACK was born in Prussia May 1, 1838, and came to America in 1857, locating at Columbus, Ohio, where he resided until the breaking-out of the war, when he enlisted in Co. F, 13th O. V. I., served six months, and eight months in the 9th O. V. C., and in Angust, 1862, he enlisted in Co. M, 9th O. V. C., and was in all the engagements of Kilpatrick's cavalry. After the war, he remained in Columbus about a year ; in the fall of 1869, he located at Appleton. Wis., and engaged in publishing the Appleton Volksfreund, the first German paper pub- lished there, and continued its publication for three years, when he again returned to Ohio, and started the Mansfield Courier, the first German paper at Mansfield, conducted that paper a year and a half. when he returned to Appleton, spending eight months there, when he came to Portage in 1874, and has been conducting the Columbia County Wecker ever since. Mr. Selbach was married at Columbus, Ohio, in the fall of 1868, to Mary Buerkle ; she is a native of Baden, Germany ; they have six children-Matilda. Lizzie. Charles, Lydia, Gerhart and Lotta. Ile is a member of the A. O. U. W.


GEORGE SHACKELL, son of Thomas and Mary (Tyrrell) Shackell, was born near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. June 15, 1821; came to Portage in 1853, making a contract to build a house for Judge Dixon. the first brick house erected in Portage ; he was the first mason in Portage ; he has followed the contracting and building ever since, and has been a master mason forty-five years-the leading mason of Portage. Mr. Shaekell was married in Souldern. Oxford- shire, England, Oct. 17, 1843, to Elizabeth Bishop, daughter of Richard and Rachael Gough, born at that place Sept. 3. 1822 ; they have five children-William, born in England, July 15, 1846, who is a mason in Portage ; Elizabeth, born July 17, 1850, in England ; George T., born Jan. 9, 1856, at Portage ; Richard G., born Sept. 7, 1859, and Francis W .. horn Sept. 6. 1861. They have lost three children-John Gough, born in England, Aug. 2, 1844. and died at Portage Jan. 29, 1855 ; Mary, born in England, June 25, 1843. and died June 28, 1843, and Edgar Gough, born in Portage Jan. 9, 1858, and died Ang. 24, 1858. Mr. Shackell is serving a second term as Supervisor ; he is a member of St. John's Church : Vestryman of that church for six years, the corner-stone of which he assisted Bishop Kemper in laying. His children have all completed a full course in the high school.


NOEL K. SHATTUCK was born in Bakersfield. Franklin Co., Vt., May 9, 1822, and lived there until 1845, then moving to Hamburg, Erie Co .. N. Y., where he taught in the academy. as Principal. two years ; he then went to Moundsville, Va. (now West Virginia), and engaged in teaching there from 1847 to 1872, in the academy, a classical school ; was proprietor and Principal of the institution, which was known as Moundsville Academy. Mr. Shattuck received his education at Bakersfield Academy. Bakersfield. Vt .; he came to Wisconsin in 1872, locating at Portage ; he engaged in a commercial college a few months, then engaged in general insurance business ; Mr. S. has held the office of Superintendent of City Schools in Portage. Married at Moundsville, Va .. July 12, 1833, to Emily ยง. Purdy ; she was born at Moundsville Aug. 31, 1833 ; have five children- Elizabeth Lucelia, Louis L., Emily J., Laura V. and Charles B.


PATRICK SHEEHAN was born on Prince Edward Island, British North America, in April, 1827 : came to Wisconsin in June, 1851, locating at Watertown. eighteen months, after which he came to Portage. Mr. S. was bridge-tender four years ; worked at the carpenter's trade ; has been a contractor and builder ; was Alderman, and is now serving as Marshal. Ile was mar- ried at Portage June 26, 1854,to Margaret H. Maloney, who was born in County Tipperary,


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Ireland. Dec. 15. 1834 : they have seven children-William. born Feb. 11. 1857 ; Johanna A .. March 2. 1860 ; John H., May 4. 1863 : Thomas G .. Feb. 24. 1868 : Patrick F .. Sept. 12, 1870 : Mary E., April 30, 1873, and Clara. Feb. 28. 1876. They have lost two children-Mary, aged 1 year and 7 months, and Frank, aged + years and 10 months. They are members of St. Mary's Church.


ALEXANDER SHERET was born at Ft. Winnebago Oct. 9, 1850 : in 1860, he com- menced clerking for D. Ferguson. in Portage : was with him nearly two years : afterward. was at Green Bay for a short time : for the last eight years. he has been with E. L. Jaeger. as salesman ; in the spring of 1880. he commenced his present business, carrying on business with a partner ; they deal in fancy goods, notions. hosiery. furnishing goods, etc .: a fine assortment of goods in their line will always be found at their establishment. which is located near Bard's jewelry store. Mr. Sheret's parents. Alexander and Margaret Robinson Sheret. were born at Montrose. Scotland ; his father was engaged in the hardware trade in Portage for several years prior to his death ; his widow is still a resident of Portage. The subject of this sketch was married in Portage Nov. 1. 1876. to Miss Emma E., daughter of J. B. Wood, now a resident of Ft. Winnebago. Mr. S. is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge and Encampment ; he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.


A. E. SMITH, the subject of this sketch, was born in the town of Cabot, Vt .. Sept. 25, 1820 ; he moved to Massachusetts and lived there about nine years prior to his coming to Wiscon- sin. when he came in May. 1857. locating at Plover. Portage Co .; he remained there three months, then went to Waupaca, Waupaca Co., Wis .; was engaged in the hotel business there for eleven vears, removing from there to Beaver Dam ; he kept the Clark House for four years; rented the Silver House and kept both houses ; sold out there and kept the eating-honse at Minnesota June- tion for a year and a half. and from there went to Elroy Junction, and was proprietor of the eating- house there for six years ; owned a farm in Columbia County for a number of years, and lived there in 1879; in 1880. purchased the Corning House, of which he is at present proprietor. Mr. Smith was married in Cabot. Vt., June 10, 1844. to Sarah O. Warner, a native of Cabot ; they have three children-Clinton E .. Edna and Eddie W. ; lost one daughter, who died at about the age of 3 years.


SILAS M. SMITH was born in the town of Bastard. County of Leeds, Upper Canada, Sept. 27, 1815, and is the son of Silas and Phoebe Smith. who were natives of the State of Vermont. He came to Michigan in 1837. loeating at Orion. Oakland Co .; came to Watertown, Wis., in May, 1842 ; remained there one year ; then going to the town of Aztalan, where he stayed about a year ; from there. removed to Portland. Dodge Co., where he erected the first house in the town, which was about 1844 : then moving again, he came to Fountain Prairie. Columbia Co., in 1846 ; was the first Town Clerk, and held that office for several successive years : was elected Justice of Peace in 1849, and held that office for a number of years ; worked at the carpenter and joiner trade for a time ; was engaged in merchandising with Mr. Brayton for two or three years, and in business alone for some time. until the fall of 1857 or 1858. when he sold out. and removed to Randolph, and carried on the mercantile business over the line in Dodge Co., living. however, on this side of the line ; was appointed Clerk of the Court in December. 1871 : November, 1872, elected to the position of Clerk of the court, and re-elected in 1874 and 1876; then buying the abstract business of Alverson & Yule, in connection with C. L. Dering-the business being carried on at the present time by them under the firm name of Smith & Dering. Silas MI. Smith was married at Brockville. Canada. Jan. 31. 1837. to Mary Ann Campbell ; she died in the town of Portland, Dodge Co., Ang. 5, 1845. leaving three children. One son. George A., now at Lanark. Ill .; is agent for the W. U. R. R. Co. : has been stationed there for the last ten years, and twenty years with the same company ; he also served in an Iowa regiment for two years during the late rebellion. Mr. Silas M. Smith married for his second wife. Cynthia M. Bennett, in Fountain Prairie, Oct. 2. 1847 : she died in Portage. June 16. 1876. leaving one daughter, who is now Mrs. Azelia M. Wilde. His present wife was Ann Jeannette Gallett. a native of Penn Yan, Yates Co .. N. Y .: married Aug. 28, 1877. Mr. S. was Supervisor of Fountain Prairie in 1857 ; served three years as Supervisor from Randolph, Columbia Co .. in 1870. 1871 and 1872.


REINHART A. SPRECHER was born in Madison, Wis., Sept. 24, 1857 ; resided at Madison. until 1868, when he came to Portage. His father died in 1860. and his mother in 1868, and being a nephew of Carl Haertel, who became his guardian, he came liere to live with him. He owned the Sprecher Brewery at Madison until October, 1879, when he soll it, and engaged in bank- ing since March. 1875. and has remained in it ever since. except the summer of 1879. which he


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spent in Europe. Mr. Sprecher received his education in the public school, and the high school of Portage, Commercial College, etc. He was the son of Frederick Reinhart and Margaretta (Hollen- back) Sprecher ; his father came to Madison in 1847,, and mother came in 1848, the year they were married. His father was one of the first brewers of Madison ; established his brewery in 1848 ; put up the first permanent building in that year, and continued the business up to the time of his death. There were ten children in the family, and Reinhart is the only one who survives.


HON. ALVA STEWART is a native of Morrisville, Madison Co., N. Y .; was born Oct. 24, 1821, and came to Ft. Atkinson, Jefferson Co., in the fall of 1847, and came to Portage in the summer of 1853; while in Jefferson Co. he was a member of the Assembly in 1850 ; also a member of the Senate, and member of the Court of Impeachment which tried Judge Hubbell. Mr. Stewart commeneed to read law with Hon. Nathaniel Foote, of Morrisville, afterward with J. C. Curtis, of Canastota, and finally with Whipple Jenkins, of Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y .; admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1847. The Judge practiced law until February, 1865, when he was appointed Circuit Judge and has been elected several times since, never having any opposition. He is now serving his third term. Was married, at Munsville, Madison Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1845, to Miss An McPherson ; she was born at Munsville, N. Y .; they have three children-Ellen L., now Mrs. O. M. Clark, of Winona, Minn .; Clara Belle, now Mrs. A. W. Walters, of Denver. Colo .; Fannie, now Mrs. C. A. Goodyear, of Tomah.


JOHN W. ST. JOHN was born in Utica, N. Y., April 13, 1841; son of William P. St. John ; came with parents to Portage May 18, 1855 ; was in office of Clerk of Court one and a half years ; several years engaged as a elerk in the lumber business, and for eleven years took the entire charge ; was engaged in mercantile and lumber business at Neillsville, Clark Co., for two years ; with a lumbering company on Chippewa River three years, since which time he has resided in Port- age. Mr. St. John was married, in Portage, May 23, 1864, to Martha E. Harriman, a native of Clinton, Me. William P. St. John, father of J. W., was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1809, and was an extensive dealer in grain and wool until 1868 ; died November 1876, leaving one child- John W., the subject of this sketch.


Z. J. D. SWIFT was born in Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1835 ; son of Joseph and Susan Swift ; his parents moved to Greene Co., N. Y., when he was but 1 year old, lived there until 5 years of age, when they removed to West Point, N. Y .; remained there until moving to Wisconsin, in the year 1855, settling in Wyocena ; before coming West, Mr. Swift learned the trade of painting, and served a partial apprenticeship as carpenter in New York City. Was married to Lydia A. Dow, daughter of Benjamin Dow, a farmer of Wyocena, who came there in an early dlay. Jan. 1, 1859; she was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y .; they have three children-Edwin J., born Jan. 1, 1860 ; Charles R., Dec. 25, 1863, and Edith G., Oct. 15, 1869. Mr. S. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Secretary of the Agricultural Society for the last three years, Coroner of the county for a number of years, Justice of the Peace, since 1860, with the exception of one or two years Postmaster at Pacifie since 1861, has been Town Treasurer, and has been Town Clerk several times ; he has also kept the plank-road toll gate since 1860.




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