Author: Peggy Prilaman Marxen
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870209582
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Peggy Prilaman Marxen grew up near the town of Meteor in northwestern Wisconsin’s Sawyer County, isolated by geography yet surrounded by close-knit extended family. Multiple generations of her family witnessed changes to rural Wisconsin that altered the fabric of their lives and the lives of all in their community, including the introduction of new farming techniques, school consolidation, and revolutions in transportation and technology. They supplemented their subsistence herd of dairy cows by hunting, fishing, and selling timber and maple syrup. For many years, her home, like those of her neighbors, lacked indoor plumbing, electricity, and a telephone. As a young child, Peggy attended a one-room schoolhouse and walked, biked, or sledded the three miles to school and back, no matter the weather.
The Farm on Badger Creek
Author: Peggy Prilaman Marxen
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870209582
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Peggy Prilaman Marxen grew up near the town of Meteor in northwestern Wisconsin’s Sawyer County, isolated by geography yet surrounded by close-knit extended family. Multiple generations of her family witnessed changes to rural Wisconsin that altered the fabric of their lives and the lives of all in their community, including the introduction of new farming techniques, school consolidation, and revolutions in transportation and technology. They supplemented their subsistence herd of dairy cows by hunting, fishing, and selling timber and maple syrup. For many years, her home, like those of her neighbors, lacked indoor plumbing, electricity, and a telephone. As a young child, Peggy attended a one-room schoolhouse and walked, biked, or sledded the three miles to school and back, no matter the weather.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870209582
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Peggy Prilaman Marxen grew up near the town of Meteor in northwestern Wisconsin’s Sawyer County, isolated by geography yet surrounded by close-knit extended family. Multiple generations of her family witnessed changes to rural Wisconsin that altered the fabric of their lives and the lives of all in their community, including the introduction of new farming techniques, school consolidation, and revolutions in transportation and technology. They supplemented their subsistence herd of dairy cows by hunting, fishing, and selling timber and maple syrup. For many years, her home, like those of her neighbors, lacked indoor plumbing, electricity, and a telephone. As a young child, Peggy attended a one-room schoolhouse and walked, biked, or sledded the three miles to school and back, no matter the weather.
The Farm on Badger Creek
Author: Peggy Prilaman Marxen
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870209574
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"Peggy Marxen grew up in the somewhat isolated environment of northwestern Wisconsin's Sawyer County, yet was surrounded by close-knit extended family. In 1916, after a lengthy search conducted by train and bicycle, her grandparents settled a forty next to Badger Creek, in the hilly cutover land that remained after lumberjacks harvested thousands of acres of pines. They arrived just before the creation of the Township of Meteor in 1919. In the 1920s and 1930s her parents and an uncle and aunt built homes near her grandparents and began to raise their small families. Multiple generations of her family witnessed the changes to rural Wisconsin, which changed the fabric of their lives and the lives of all in their community: new farming techniques, education, transportation, and technology, among others. Peggy's traditional farm family supplemented their subsistence herd of dairy cows by hunting and fishing and selling timber and maple syrup. Her home, like those of the neighbors, for a time lacked indoor plumbing, electricity, and a telephone. Until statewide school consolidation (when Peggy was in 5th grade), she attended a one-room schoolhouse and walked, biked, or sledded the three miles to school and back, no matter the weather. Through her girlhood eyes, Peggy Marxen traces her family's story through the best and worst of times, examining the strength of Wisconsin's small communities. Her book is a fitting tribute to her settler ancestors and a way of life now gone-and a celebration of the hardy people of northwestern Wisconsin"--
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870209574
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"Peggy Marxen grew up in the somewhat isolated environment of northwestern Wisconsin's Sawyer County, yet was surrounded by close-knit extended family. In 1916, after a lengthy search conducted by train and bicycle, her grandparents settled a forty next to Badger Creek, in the hilly cutover land that remained after lumberjacks harvested thousands of acres of pines. They arrived just before the creation of the Township of Meteor in 1919. In the 1920s and 1930s her parents and an uncle and aunt built homes near her grandparents and began to raise their small families. Multiple generations of her family witnessed the changes to rural Wisconsin, which changed the fabric of their lives and the lives of all in their community: new farming techniques, education, transportation, and technology, among others. Peggy's traditional farm family supplemented their subsistence herd of dairy cows by hunting and fishing and selling timber and maple syrup. Her home, like those of the neighbors, for a time lacked indoor plumbing, electricity, and a telephone. Until statewide school consolidation (when Peggy was in 5th grade), she attended a one-room schoolhouse and walked, biked, or sledded the three miles to school and back, no matter the weather. Through her girlhood eyes, Peggy Marxen traces her family's story through the best and worst of times, examining the strength of Wisconsin's small communities. Her book is a fitting tribute to her settler ancestors and a way of life now gone-and a celebration of the hardy people of northwestern Wisconsin"--
Restoring Our Pride in Badger Creek Lake
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Category : Stream conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
For years, Badger Creek Lake has been a source of pride for people living and farming nearby. Today, as the quality of water in the lake declines and new residents move to the area, the people of Badger Creek Lake need to maintain and renew that pride by improving their lake.
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Category : Stream conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
For years, Badger Creek Lake has been a source of pride for people living and farming nearby. Today, as the quality of water in the lake declines and new residents move to the area, the people of Badger Creek Lake need to maintain and renew that pride by improving their lake.
New Reclamation Era
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Ballou's Monthly Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Incident at Hawk's Hill
Author: Allan W. Eckert
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780881035179
Category : Badgers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A shy, lonely 6-year-old with an uncanny ability to handle animals wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends an incredible summer under the care and protection of a female badger. A Newbery Honor Book.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780881035179
Category : Badgers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A shy, lonely 6-year-old with an uncanny ability to handle animals wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends an incredible summer under the care and protection of a female badger. A Newbery Honor Book.
Reclamation Era
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher:
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The Blackfoot Papers
Author: Adolf Hungrywolf
Publisher: Good Medicine Foundation
ISBN: 0920698808
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
"A series of illustrated books to help preserve the culture and heritage of the four divisions that make up the Blackfoot Confederacy in the United States and Canada"--Cover.
Publisher: Good Medicine Foundation
ISBN: 0920698808
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
"A series of illustrated books to help preserve the culture and heritage of the four divisions that make up the Blackfoot Confederacy in the United States and Canada"--Cover.
Reclamation Record
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
Water Levels and Artesian Pressure in Observation Wells in the United States
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
Book Description