Facts for the immigrant concerning Barron County, Wisconsin
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- Created Date
- 1871
- Description
Towns and counties across Wisconsin sought to encourage settlement by extolling the virtues of their particular area. County Clerk Orville Brayton provides here a description of the natural resources, topography, and agricultural diversity of Barron County to entice prospective settlers at a time when settlement in northern Wisconsin was still sparse.
- Creator
Brayton, Orville
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Pamphlet Collection
- Publisher
- Flint & Webber
- Subjects
- Farms
Cutover lands
Deforestation
Forest conservation
Fishing
Hunting
Emigration and immigration
Landscape
Logging - Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Brayton, Orville. Facts for the immigrant concerning Barron County, Wisconsin. 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/42124. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Brayton, Orville, (1871) Facts for the immigrant concerning Barron County, Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/42124
- MLA citation style
- Brayton, Orville. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/42124>.