Official Journal, 1820: Expedition with Cass and Schoolcraft
Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyJames Duane Doty, future governor of Territorial Wisconsin, was selected by Gov. Lewis Cass to be the official secretary of this U.S. exploring expedition. Doty, then 21 and serving as the secretary t…
Un Payement de Menomonies, 1838
Neveu, Gustave de, 1811-1881View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyAn account written in 1855 by de Neveu of his visit in October 1838 to the Wolf River to witness the payment to the Menominee Indians of their annual payment from the United States government. A typed…
Recollections of a pioneer steamboat pilot : contributing to the early history of the Mississippi
Nichols, George C., 1824View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyThis short book contains the recollections of Mississippi steamboat pilot George C. Nichols, as recorded in the third person by an anonymous editor. Nichols was born in Ohio in 1824 and his family mov…