1880 History & Genealogy of SAUK County Wisconsin WI

Description: What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Sauk County and its people. This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1880. The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ITS SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES; AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES—THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES; ITS WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY SETTLERS; THE WHOLE PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, STATISTICS OF THE STATE, AND AN ABSTRACT OF ITS LAWS AND CONSTITUTION AND OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY 1880 825 pages on 1 CD An essential resource for Genealogists Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect. This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * CONTENTS HISTORY OF WISCONSIN ABSTRACT OF WISCONSIN STATE LAWS MISC. HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY CHAPTER I. Indian Occupancy The Mascoutins, Kickapoos, Miamis, Foxes, Sacs and Winnebagoes Early Government First White Men in Sauk County Early Visits to Sauk County How Sauk County got its Name Sauk County on Early Maps The Winnebago War United States Land Surveys and Land Districts CHAPTER II. The First Permanent Settlement County Officers 1844 to 1880 Laying Out the Towns Territorial, State and Congressional Representation Territorial, District and State Circuit Court County Judges Political Parties in Sauk County CHAPTER III. Locating the County Seat Court Houses Railroads Agricultural Industries, Soil, etc Sauk County Agricultural Society Blood Cattle Stock Breeders' Association Hops and the Panic of 1868 Nature's Provisions CHAPTER IV. War Record The First Note of Alarm Where They Fought and Died County Contributions The Draft The Roll of Honor What it Cost CHAPTER V. Nature's Wondrous Work. Devil’s Lake The Dells Peewit's Nest Upper and Lower Narrows Parprey's Glen Dorward's Gorge Mirror Lake Devil's Post Office Echo Rock Bee Hive Fern Dell Congress Hall CHAPTER VI. Press Illustrious Dead First and Lust Census The Old Settlers' Society County Poor Ornithology CHAPTER VII. Reminiscences Pioneer Days Early Visits to Sauk County A Tribute to Some of the First Pioneers The First White Woman in the Baraboo Valley A Tilt with Redskins Indian Scare of 1844 Early Christian Effort in Sauk County CHAPTER VIII. Topography and Geology Physical Features Elevations Baraboo Quartzite Ranges Wisconsin's Amazon Flora and Fauna CHAPTER IX. Baraboo. Forty-three Years Ago Advent of the Pioneers First Village Surveys Baraboo in 1847 Baraboo Claimants' Association Substantial Improvements Railroad and Its Beneficent Results The Busy Baraboo Post Office Government Organized as a Village Baraboo Whisky War The River on a Rampage Origin of the Name An Immortal Brotherhood Destructive Fires Banks A President in Baraboo Educational Religious Hotels The Tom Paine Anniversary Secret Societies Musical Temperance Aesthetic and Social Life Cardiff Giant Home of the Dead Olla-Podrida Lyons Manchester CHAPTER X. Reedsburg A Legend Early Settlement Shanty Row Manufactories Schools Churches Post Office Hotels Banks Fire Department and Fire Record Ellenwood's Fair Grounds Orders and Societies Government Bridges Over the Baraboo The National Anniversary First Criminal Trial A Pen Picture Cemeteries CHAPTER XI. The Sauk Villages. Early History Prairie Du Sac, or Upper Sauk Early Settlement and Subsequent Growth The Old Court House The First Staging General Notes The Bridge Post Office and Postmasters Schools Manufacturing Hotels Societies Churches Attorneys and Physicians Sauk City, or Lower Sauk Early Settlement and growth Causes Celebres The Old Military Company Clippings from Old Files Government Hotels Manufactures Post Office The Bridge Public Schools Fire Company and Fires Societies and Churches Attorneys and Physicians Saukville, or Middle Sauk The Sauk Battle CHAPTER XII. Town and Village of Lavalle Town of Washington Town of Winfield Loganville and Town of Westfield Town of Dellona Town of Freedom and Village of North Freedom Town of Greenfield Town and Village of fronton Town of Excelsior and Village of Ableman Village and Town of Delton—Newport Town of Woodland Town of Fairfield CHAPTER XIII. Spring Green. Introductory Sketch Government General Development Village Hall Temperance Issue Downy Educational Post Office Express Company Secular Society and Churches CHAPTER XIV. Town of Spring Green Town of Troy Town of Bear Creek Town of Franklin Town of Honey Creek Town of Merrimack Town of Prairie du Sac Town of Sumter PORTRAITS Thomas Baker John Barker Charles Cowles M. M. Davies Philip Hoefer B.F. Mills D.K. Noyes Christian Obrecht Roseline Peck H. H. Potter C. C. Remington Samuel Ramsey A. W. Sallade J. F. Smith R. M. Strong BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Baraboo Bear Creek Dellona Delton Excelsior Fairfield Freedom Franklin Greenfield Honey Creek Ironton Lavalle Merrimack Prairie du Sac Reedsburg Spring Green Sumter Troy Woodland Winfield Washington Westfield

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