Wisconsin in the World War (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: R. B. Pixley
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ISBN: 9781331191049
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Excerpt from Wisconsin in the World War When, in the early thirties, the brave spirits who settled Wisconsin made their way through forests and over fresh prairies to the territory which became the great Middle West, they could not foresee its future. The call of the open places, the desire for the freedom and the opportunity of the new country, sent them here. Like Crusaders they came, braving all dangers, enduring all hardships. They settled, here and there, the domain which is now the center of the northwest group of states, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. Where rivers joined, upon the banks of lakes, in the fertile valleys already abloom with vegetation they paused, in small groups, to build their stockades, and set about the task of conquering a wilderness. In their veins flowed the blood of the pioneer. Their ancestors had embarked from the Mayflower to settle Plymouth Colony. As history was made the Revolutionary War had been fought, and when the colonies took on the old world ways these pioneers sought newer, wilder places. Their paths led always westward, and finally they came here. They lived their lives of adventure, they founded cities, they harnessed in primitive fashion the power of rushing waters, they made the first, simple laws of the commonwealth, they cultivated a virgin soil, they laid the foundation of a great sovereign state, and then passed on, to leave for us the fruits of their labors. 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.