PART I - GENERAL HISTORY. |
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CHAPTER I - EARLY HISTORY
- Aboriginal occupation
- Spanish domination
- French domination
- English domination
- American domination
- The Prairie du Chien and Fever River settlements |
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CHAPTER II - THE LEAD MINING ERA IN GRANT COUNTY |
14-31 |
- First Comers
- Mining titles and tenures
- Prospecting and mining
- Smelting
- Character of the pioneers
- Grant County formed |
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CHAPTER III - GRANT COUNTY DESCRIBED |
32-37 |
- Geography and topography
- Timber and water
- Soil |
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CHAPTER IV - GRANT COUNTY DURING THE THIRTIES |
38-45 |
- The County Seat
- Roads and ferries
- The execution of Oliver
- post-offices in 1838
- Paper towns
- Early immigration as J. T. Mills saw it. |
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CHAPBER V. - GRANT COUNTY IN THE FORTIES |
46-54 |
- Statistics of 1840
- Life in Grant County in the Forties
- The last
- "Winnebago Fuss"
- Land troubles
- Weather extremes
- The Mexican War and other events |
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CHAPTER VI - GRANT COUNTY IN THE FIFTIES AND LATER. |
55-62 |
- The Gold Fever
- The cholera
- Great agricultural development
- The great war
- Oil excitement
- Emigration from the county
- Weather extremes
- Centennial year |
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CHAPTER VII - TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION |
63-75 |
- Flat-boating
- Steamboating
- Railroads, many projected, few built
- Telegraph and telephone lines |
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CHAPTER VIII - COUNTY BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS |
76-95 |
- The court-house
- The jail
- The poor farm
- The insane asylum
- Grant County Agricultural Society
- The soldiers' monument |
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CHAPTER IX - GRANT COUNTY'S DISTINGUISHED DEAD. |
96-123 |
- James Gates Percival
- Nelson Dewey
- Joseph C. Cover
- Joel Allen Barber
- Joseph Trotter Mills
- John Hawkins Rountree
- Thomas Pendleton Burnett
- Jared Warner
- George W. Jones
- Milas K. Young |
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CHAPTER X - SOME NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL TRIALS |
124-128 |
- Rose Zoldoski
- Nick Ames
- The Sisley case |
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PART II - CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY.
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CHAPTER I - CIVIL HISTORY |
129-167 |
- Under Territorial government
- Under State government
- Town organization
- County officers
- Legislative district and officers
- Efforts to divide the county |
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CHAPTER II - JUDICIAL HISTORY. |
168-179 |
- District and circuit courts
- Bench and bar of the county |
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CHAPTER III. - POLITICAL HISTORY |
180-187 |
- Organization of the parties in the county
- Fall of the Whig and rises of the Republican party
- County funds lost
- election statistics George C. Hazelton |
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PART III. - GEOLOGIAL, MINERALOGICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL
HISTORY.
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CHAPTER I - GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF WISCONSIN |
191-210 |
- Original land
- The Laurentiau Period
- The Huronian Period
- The Isle Wisconsin in the Paleozole Age
- The Potsdam Period
- The Lower Magnesian Limestone
- The Trenton and Galena Limestones
- The Hudson Shales and the Niagara Limestone
- Peninsula of Wisconsin during the Palozoic Age
- The Carboniferous Age
- Natural gas and petroleum
- The Mesozoic Age
- The Glacial Epoch
- Relations of geology to political economy |
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CHAPTER II - MINERALS AND MINES OF GRANT COUNTY |
211-217 |
- Mining terms defined
- Minerals of the Lead Region
- Deposition of rock strata
- Product of Grant County mines, early period
- Hardscrabble Diggings
- Big Patch Diggings
- Platteville Diggings
- Menomonee Diggings
- Beetown Diggings
- Grant River Diggings
- Pigeon Diggings |
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CHAPTER III - MINES OF GRANT COUNTY IN 1876. |
218-240 |
- Beetown district
- Muscalunge Diggings
- Potosi district
- Rockville Diggings
- British Hollow Diggings
- Dutch Hollow Diggings
- Fairplay district
- Hazel Green district
- Platteville district
- Whig Diggings
- Big Patch Diggings
- Statistics of ore smelted in the county
- Potosi district
- Hazel Green district |
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CHAPTER IV - PRESENT CONDITION OF GRANT COUNTY MINES |
241-246 |
- Potosi district
- Beetown district
- Platteville district
- Hazel Green district
- Wingville district |
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CHAPTER V - PRE-HISTORIC MOUNDS IN GRANT COUNTY |
247-257 |
- Three mounds examined
- Varieties of mounds
- Localities of mounds
- Conclusions |
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PART IV - MILITARY HISTORY
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CHAPTER I. - OLD WARS |
261-270 |
- The War of 1812
- The Winnebago War
- The Black Hawk War
- The Mexican War |
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CHAPTER II. - THE CIVIL WAR, GRANT COUNTY'S ADVANCE GUARD. |
271-277 |
- First enlistments
- The Second Wisconsin Infantry
- Bull Run
- After the battle |
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CHAPTER III - THE IRON BRIGADE |
278-305 |
- Sixth Infantry
- Seventh Infantry
- The Iron Brigade
- Battle of Gainesville
- Second battle of Bull Run
- South Mountain
- Battery B
- Antietam
- Fitzhugh's Crossing
- Gettysburg
- Battle of the Wilderness
- Spottsylvania and Jerico Ford
- Other engagements |
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CHAPTER IV - THIRD AND FIFTH INFANTRY. |
306-318 |
- Third Infantry
- Second Battle of Winchester
- Cedar Mountain
- Antietam
- Gettysburg
- Atlanta Campaign
- Fifth Infantry |
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CHAPTER V - EIGHTH, NINTH AND TENTH INFANTRY |
326-336 |
- Eleventh Infantry
- Twelfth Infantry
- Sixteenth Infantry
- Nineteenth Infantry |
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CHAPTER VI - ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, SIXTEENTH, AND NINETEENTH
INFANTRY. |
326-336 |
- Eleventh Infantry
- Twelfth Infantry
- Sixteenth Infantry
- Nineteenth Infantry |
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CHAPTER VII - TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY. |
337-351 |
- Twentieth Infantry
- Battle of Prairie Grove
- Twenty-fifth Infantry |
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CHAPTER VIII - THIRTY-FIRST, THIRTY-THIRD, AND THIRTY-FIFTH
INFANTRY. |
352-371 |
- Thirty-first Infantry
- Thirty-third Infantry
- Siege of Vicksburg
- A bloody blunder at Jackson
- Red River expedition
- Thirty-fifth Infantry |
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CHAPTER IX - FORTY-FIRST TO FIFTIETH INFANTRY |
372-380 |
- Forty-fourth Infantry
- Forty-seventh Infantry
- Forty-third Infantry
- Forty-fourth Infantry
- Forty-seventh Infantry
- Forty-ninth Infantry
- Fiftieth Infantry |
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CHAPTER X - SECOND, THIRD, AND MILWAUKEE CAVALRY AND
MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS |
381-392 |
- Second Cavalry
- Third Cavalry
- Milwaukee Cavalry
- Miscellaneous Organizations |
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CHAPTER XI - THE SPANISH WAR
- Isolated enlistments
- Company C, Fourth Wisconsin Infantry |
393-394 |
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PART V - TOWN HISTORIES |
CHAPTER I - LANCASTER, GENERAL HISTORY
- First comers
- Lancaster laid out
- The first fire
- Fires
- Murders and suicides
- Various matters
- Town officers
- Village officers
- City officers |
397-424 |
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CHAPTER II. - LANCASTER, SPECIAL HISTORY |
425-452 |
- Manufacturies
- Banks
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Newspapers
- Fire department
- Hurricane
- The Grand Army in Lancaster |
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CHAPTER III - PLATTEVILLE, GENERAL HISTORY |
453-475 |
- First comers and first events
- The Black Hawk War
- The first school-house and church
- Small-pox
- The Bevans lead
- The gold fever
- Fires and casualties
- Town officers
- Village officers
- City officers |
453-475 |
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CHAPTER IV - PLATTEVILLE, SPECIAL HISTORY |
476-512 |
- Railroads
- Banks
- Educational
- The Normal School
- Newspapers
- The powder mills
- Other manufactories
- Churches
- Secret Societies
- The mail
- the fire department
- Platteville Agricultural Society
- Biographical notes |
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CHAPTER V - POTOSI |
513-541 |
- First comers
- The Jim Crow murder
- Potosi's growth
- Latimer's duel and death
- The town's decline
- Town officers
- Village officers
- Murders, suicides, and accidents
- Newspapers
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Dutch Hollow
- British Hollow
- Rockville |
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CHAPTER VI - HAZEL GREEN |
542-562 |
- Origin and growth
- Town officers
- Village officers
- The great cyclone
- Minor tragedies
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Biographical notes |
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CHAPTER VII - BEETOWN |
563-581 |
- Origin, growth, and decline of Beetown
- The Cholera
- The flood
- Town officers
- Schools and churches
- Societies
- The De Lasseaux murder
- Other killings and casualties
- "Slabtown" |
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CHAPTER VIII - JAMESTOWN |
583-595 |
- Settlement of Town and village
- Town organization and officers
- Schools
- Post office
- Churches
- Fairplay
- The Harney murder
- Murder of Christian Keller
- Sinipee
- Kieler |
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CHAPTER IX -
CASSVILLE - Partially Transcribed
10-8-2014 |
596-611 |
- Early history and growth
- Town officers
- Village officers
- Churches
- Societies
- Schools
- Biographical |
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CHAPTER X - PATCH GROVE AND WYALUSING |
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- Settlement of Patch Grove
- Disasters, suicides, etcetera
- Schools
- Churches
- Town organization and officers
- Wyalusing, early settlement
- Paper towns
- Town organization and officers
- Societies
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CHAPTER XI - BLOOMINGTON |
630-650 |
- Early settlers
- Tafton becomes a village
- Casualties
- The great fire
- Town organization and officers
- Village officers
- Newspapers
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Blake's Prairie Agricultural Society |
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CHAPTER XII - MILLVILLE AND MOUNT HOPE |
651-662 |
- Settlement of Millville
- Town organization and officers of Millville
- Mount Hope
- Town organization and officers of Mount Hope |
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CHAPTER XIII - BOSCOBEL |
663-683 |
- Origin and growth
- Wisconsin River bridge
- Post-office
- Fires and fire department
- Boscobel Agricultural and Driving Association
- Trout pond
- Town organization and officers
- Village officers
- City officers
- Newspapers
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies |
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CHAPTER XIV - MUSCODA |
684-697 |
- Early history and growth
- Muscoda Bridge
- The new town
- The great fire
- Town organization and officers
- Village officers
- Post-office
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Newspapers
- Hotels
- Fayette |
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CHAPTER XV - FENNIMORE AND MOUNT IDA |
698-711 |
- Fennimore, settlement and growth
- Fires
- Suicides
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Newspapers
- Town organization and officers
- Mt. Ida
- Werley |
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CHAPTER XVI - GLEN HAVEN AND WATERLOO |
712-722 |
- Settlement and growth of Glen Haven
- The Young tragedy
- The Jordan murder
- Town organization and officers of Glen Haven
- North Andover
- Waterloo
- Burton |
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CHAPTER XVII - WINGVILLE |
723-735 |
- History of Montfort
- Fires
- Schools
- Post-office
- Newspapers
- Churches
- Societies
- Centerville
- Organization, population, and officers of Wingville
- Village officers |
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CHAPTER XVIIII - SMELSER
- Big Patch
- Georgetown
- Cuba City
- Elmo Station
- St. Rose Station
- Smelser, organization and officers |
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CHAPTER XIX - LIBERTY AND ELLENBORO |
757-752 |
- Clifton
- Annaton
- Livingston
- Lima
- Arthur |
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CHAPTER XXI - HARRISON AND PARIS |
760-764 |
- Harrison, Whig Diggings
- Town of Harrison
- McKee's saw-mill
- Paris, "Detan's" city
- Settlement and organization of Paris
- Dickeyville |
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CHAPTER XXII - WOODAN, MARION AND LITTLE GRANT |
765-773 |
- Woodman
- Marion
- Little Grant |
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CHAPTER XXIII - WATERSTOWN, HICKORY GROVE, AND CASTLE ROCK |
774-780 |
- Watterstown
- Blue River
- Hickory Grove
- Castle Rock |
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APPENDIX - Board of Supervisors for 1900 |
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