Early times and events in Wisconsin
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- Created Date
- 1793-1856
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James Lockwood arrived at Prairie du Chien in 1816. Working for Jacob Franks and the American Fur Company, he would later become a banker, merchant, and judge. He recollects here the early years of settlement in Prairie du Chien and his work as a fur trader.
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Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
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- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Native Americans
Vegetables
Birds
Mammals
Indian dance
Interior architecture
Dwellings
Cookery
Family
Food
Implements, utensils, etc
Business
Flour mills
Cities and towns
Farms
Aging
Childhood
Marriage
Farmers
Judges
Lawyers
Nursing
Pioneers
Elections
Lacrosse
Leisure activities
Clergy
Missionaries
Religion
Religious education
Rites and ceremonies
Crime
Islands
Landscape
Lakes
Rivers
Boats and boating
Canoes and canoeing
Steamboats
Forest products industry
Fur trade
Sawmills
Fortification
War
Fox
Ho-Chunk
Iowa
Kickapoo
Menominee
Ojibwe
Potawatomi
Sauk - Location
- Madison, Wis.
Brown County; Buffalo County; Columbia County; Crawford County; Sawyer County; Door County; Dunn County; Grant County; Green Lake County; Iowa County; Marquette County; Outagamie County; Pepin County; Richland County; Sauk County; Vernon County; Winnebago County
Green Bay; Milwaukee; Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin; Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; New York - Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857. Early times and events in Wisconsin. 1793-1856. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/40006. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857, (1793-1856) Early times and events in Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/40006
- MLA citation style
- Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/40006>.