Reminiscences of a Pioneer Missionary
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- 1848-1916
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Chrysostom Verwyst (1841-1925) was ordained a Catholic priest in 1865 and until 1882 was assigned to various missions and parishes throughout the state. In 1882 he was appointed parish priest and missionary to the Ojibwe Indians in the Bayfield-Ashland area, serving in this capacity until his retirement in 1912. In this memoir he describes arriving in America, pioneer life in Brown county, the Civil War home front, and his religious work in northwestern Wisconsin and on Lake Superior
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Verwyst, Chrysostom, 1841-1925
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Historical Society Library Official File (non-circulating)
Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Dutch Americans
Native Americans
Farms
Livestock
Birds
Cookery
Family
Food
Holidays
Tools
Childhood
Pioneers
Clergy
Missionaries
Roads
Civil War, 1861-1865
Dakota (Sioux)
Ojibwe - Location
- Madison
Ashland County; Bayfield County; Brown County; Calumet County; Douglas County; Outagamie County; Pierce County; Polk County; Saint Croix County; Winnebago County
Wisconsin - Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Verwyst, Chrysostom, 1841-1925. Reminiscences of a Pioneer Missionary. 1848-1916. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/50030. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Verwyst, Chrysostom, 1841-1925, (1848-1916) Reminiscences of a Pioneer Missionary. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/50030
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- Verwyst, Chrysostom, 1841-1925. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/50030>.