Fifty Years In The Northwest / With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes

William H. C. Folsom

History
Book language: English
852 pages

A historical memoir of pioneer life in the Upper Midwest, drawn from William H. C. Folsom's fifty years of notes and recollections. It describes the early settlement of Wisconsin and Minnesota, from Fort Crawford and Prairie du Chien onward, and the transformation of wilderness into farms, towns, and commerce. Valuable as a firsthand record of frontier experience and regional development.

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FIFTY YEARS IN THE NORTHWEST.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIX CONTAINING REMINISCENCES, INCIDENTS AND NOTES.
EDITED BY E. E. EDWARDS.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CONTENTS.
ERRATA.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.