Author: Royal Way
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391658124
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 674
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Excerpt from The Rock River Valley, Its History, Traditions, Legends and Charms, Vol. 3 of 3: Covering Jefferson, Dodge, Dane, and Rock Counties, Wisconsin, and Winnebago, Stephenson, Boone, Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, Henry and Rock Island Counties, Illinois Volumes have been written on the life and services to his country of Wil liam Dempster Hoard, governor of Wisconsin (1889 founder of the J effer son County Union and of Hoard's Dairyman, a soldier of the Union during the Civil war and throughout all his busy and useful life an ardent and devoted patriot. Other volumes might be written and then perhaps not fully cover the subject, for the radiations of the fine influence he exerted over the affairs of this midwestern country are continuing and the ramifications of the movements which he inaugurated in behalf of the great dairy industry constantly are being extended. It therefore must be left to other generations to work out the full story of that eventful life and of its influence. That Governor Hoard loved this wonderful region comprised within the beautiful and fruitful valley of the Rock river and that he gave the full forces of his tremendous energies to the extension of its interests, social, civic and industrial, renders it singularly fitting that in this definite history of the region in which he elected to spend his life there should be carried some brief tribute to the memory he left at his passing. Governor Hoard was a modest man. Honors came to him. He attained high public station. He held, as bound with hoops of steel, the affections of all who came within the radius of his distinctive and charming personality. Though he did not by any means hold lightly his public honors or station in life, for his intelligence cherished these evidences of the regard of his fellows, he did not vaunt them. Rather, if it may be believed that pride of title appealed at all to him, it may be said that the compliment which he cherished above all was that implied in the honorary title conferred upon him; by his associates in the work of promoting the great dairy interests of this country and by whom he was lovingly known and hailed as the father of modern dairying. This to him was as a patent of nobility, competent evidence that during his hour of labor on earth he had accomplished in the sight of his fellowmen a work that really was worth while. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Royal Brunson Way
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Author: Royal Brunson Way
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666432001
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Excerpt from The Rock River Valley, Vol. 2 of 3: Its History, Traditions, Legends and Charms; Covering Jefferson, Dodge, Dane, and Rock Counties, Wisconsin, and Winnebago, Stephenson, Boone, Ogle, Lee, White-Side, Henry and Rock Island Counties, Illinois The late Porter B. Yates, founder of the world's greatest wood-working machinery manufacturing industry, was born in Schenectady, New York, in 1854. His father, Joseph Yates, brought his small family to Wisconsin less than three months after the birth of the son Porter. The parents, with Porter Yates and his older sister Ella, reached Chicago by canal and lake boats and then drove overland to Berlin, Wisconsin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Royal Brunson Way
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282849405
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Excerpt from The Rock River Valley, Vol. 1 of 3: Its History, Traditions, Legends and Charms; Covering Jefferson, Dodge, Dane, and Rock Counties, Wisconsin, and Winnebago, Stephenson, Boone, Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, Henry and Rock Island Counties, Illinois Recognizing these facts, the history was, in conformity with the initial prospectus, projected along two distinct lines. The general topical chapters indicated how the Rock River Valley was bound together as a whole; the por tions relating to the twelve counties covered by the work dealt with more local and circumscribed developments. Keeping this plan in mind, the reader will be able to trace the essential facts and features in connection with his home county, and at the same time get a chronological perspective of it 'in its rela tion to other sections of the Rock River Valley. He should never form his judgment as to completeness or accuracy of any section or subject in which he is especially interested until he has carefully read both the topical and county chapters which concern him most. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Royal Brunson Way
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Author: Richard N. Current
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 087020629X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 701
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This second volume in the History of Wisconsin series introduces us to the first generation of statehood, from the conversion of prairie and forests into farmland to the development of cities and industry. In addition, this volume presents a synthesis of the Civil War and Reconstruction era in Wisconsin. Scarcely a decade after entering the Union, the state was plunged into the nationwide debate over slavery, the secession crisis, and a war in which 11,000 "Badger Boys in Blue" gave their lives. Wisconsin's role in the Civil War is chronicled, along with the post-war years. Complete with photographs from the Historical Society's collections, as well as many pertinent maps, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in this era of Wisconsin's history.
Author: Roald D. Tweet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Author: Milo Milton Quaife
Publisher:
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Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Author: Lawrence D. Sundberg
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 1611392373
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 645
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Henry Lafayette Dodge has long been a familiar name in 19th century American Southwestern history. As one of the earliest and most effective Indian agents to the Navajo, he has been portrayed as a congenial, sympathetic and compassionate advocate for the tribe—a veritable role model. The Navajo knew him as Red Shirt, a man they came to respect, appreciate and trust. Those who knew Dodge admitted, although often grudgingly, that he had unrivaled influence over the tribe. By today’s sensibilities, Henry L. Dodge was hardly a role model. In his youth, he was irresponsible, hot-headed and violent. As an adult, he was sued for assault and battery, land fraud, breach of promises and misuse of public funds. He apparently couldn’t be trusted with money, his own or others’. Finally brought down by scandal, he fled Wisconsin in the dead of night, abandoning his career, his wife and his children, leaving them nearly destitute. How then should history assess him? Honestly: precisely as he was, an ambitious and imperfect man. The honest telling gives a straightforward account of not only Henry L. Dodge, but what became the veritable mythology of the West, from the bawdy old French Missouri river towns to the raucous lead mining districts of southwest Wisconsin, through the slaughter of the Winnebago and Black Hawk wars to the invasion of New Mexico and the chaos of the Indian frontier; it is a gritty personal tale of the true West.
Author: Charles H. Cosgrove
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809337959
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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This engaging biography of Augustus Garrett and Eliza Clark Garrett tells two equally compelling stories: an ambitious man’s struggle to succeed and the remarkable spiritual journey of a woman attempting to overcome tragedy. By contextualizing the couple’s lives within the rich social, political, business, and religious milieu of Chicago’s early urbanization, author Charles H. Cosgrove fills a gap in the history of the city in the mid-nineteenth century. The Garretts moved from the Hudson River Valley to a nascent Chicago, where Augustus made his fortune in the land boom as an auctioneer and speculator. A mayor during the city’s formative period, Augustus was at the center of the first mayoral election scandal in Chicago. To save his honor, he resigned dramatically and found vindication in his reelection the following year. His story reveals much about the inner workings of Chicago politics and business in the antebellum era. The couple had lost three young children to disease, and Eliza arrived in Chicago with deep emotional scars. Her journey exemplifies the struggles of sincere, pious women to come to terms with tragedy in an age when most people attributed unhappy events to divine punishment. Following Augustus’s premature death, Eliza developed plans to devote her estate to founding a women’s college and a school for ministerial training, and in 1853 she endowed a Methodist theological school, the Garrett Biblical Institute (now the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary), thereby becoming the first woman in North America to found an institution of higher learning. In addition to illuminating our understanding of Chicago from the 1830s to the 1850s, Fortune and Faith in Old Chicago explores American religious history, particularly Presbyterianism and Methodism, and its attention to gender shows how men and women experienced the same era in vastly different ways. The result is a rare, fascinating glimpse into old Chicago through the eyes of two of its important early residents.
