George Neeves
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This image is from Volume 1 of 100 years of pictorial & descriptive history of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, while the quoted description is from Volume 2. "George Neeves the small portrait near the top of the page came to Grand Rapids in 1839. He located at the southern end of the town and platted a part of it. He built the steam saw mill about 1851 at the foot of present Third street somewhere near 1340 south Third St. The Bird's Eye View map of 1874 will show the location of "Neeves Mill" about at the foot of Belle Isle at the lower right hand corner of the map. It was George Neeves, Thomas B. Scott, and J. D. Witter who organized the First National Bank in 1872. It was just a one story building where J. D. Witter filled in the corner with a brick addition. George Neeves built a good hotel that he named the Wisconsin House. It was on the opposite side of First Street from the street running to the river where the Eusebe Lavigne ferry landed. The Wisconsin House burned. It w
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Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa)
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- McMillan Memorial Library
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa). George Neeves. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8283. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa), George Neeves. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8283
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- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8283>.