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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | On a very hot day in August 1858 Hölzlhuber visited the farm of Jack Smith, an Irishman who had immigrated to Canada eleven years previously with his wife ... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Ranzer's prosperous farm was hewn out of the forest rather than the prairie. This was "of course more difficult" and needed hired help to fell and burn the... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Hofmann and three sons had emigrated in 1848 from the Rhine region to northern Wisconsin. Initially they had no neighbors for a distance of four to five ho... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Mr. Klaner, who had just come from Elberfeld to Canada in 1858, purchased this farm and worked it with his wife and children. Initially they were plagued b... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | This house was located among the Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians. Here Hölzlhuber and his companions took shelter in an uncomfortable stable one night, after an ... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Beginning at Odanah just south of Lake Superior, Hölzlhuber and several fur trappers used an Indian trail to travel upstream through extensive wild forest.... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | The fertillity of the soil in America and Canada, especially in Wisconsin, was the attraction for most European immigrants. The vast amount of land and the... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Due to rainy weather, Hölzlhuber stayed a night in the home of Heinrich Cordes, who had purchased his land from an Irishman and built "a pretty brick house... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Hölzlhuber felt his most interesting experiences in America were his interactions with southern slavery. "My sketch here shows a negro family as I saw them... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Levi B. Vilas built this house in 1853 at 521 North Henry Street on the corner of Langdon Street. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | House built by Julius T. Clark in 1859, which in 1878 became the home of William F. Vilas. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The house built by James McBride at 200 Farwell Drive. The house was later owned by Halle Steensland, Samuel H. Marshall, and Robert M. La Follette. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Jairus Cassius Fairchild, the first mayor of Madison, built this house in 1850 at 302 South Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Monona Avenue in 1877) at West Wilson... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elmside was built by Peter Van Bergen, a prominent builder of the 1840's, at 302 South Mills Street. The house was later owned by Dr. J.B. Bowen. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | This Italianate sandstone house was built in 1856 by Julius T. White at 130 East Gilman Street. The house was later owned by J.G. Thorp, whose daughter mar... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Ella Giles house, built by A.A. Bird around 1838 at 451 West Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Reverend F.F. Ford house, at 1023 Spaight Street, was built by Mr. Harris prior to 1875 when it was purchased by Storer. Winifred Ford, widow of Marcus For... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The George Storer house, 104 East Gilman Street, built in 1855 by John E. Kendall. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Judge James C. Hopkins house built in 1850 at 134 West Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Morris E. Fuller House located at 423 North Pinckney Street, built by Napolean B. Van Slyke about 1865. The house was later owned by Fuller and Robert ... |
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