Turning Points
in Wisconsin History
A Green Bay girlhood in the 1820s.
Reminiscenses of the Early Northwest
The author of this memoir was the daughter of Robert Irwin, one of the earliest and most prominent English-speaking residents of Green Bay. She discusses her childhood on the Wisconsin frontier, including relations with Indians, schools, churches, domestic arrangements, and travels to Milwaukee, Kenosha and Chicago when those cities were still young.
| Related Topics: |
Explorers, Traders, and Settlers Immigration and Settlement Early U.S. Settlement The Founding of Major Cities The Founding of Social Institutions |
| Creator: | Mitchell, Mary |
| Pub Data: | Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its 50th annual meeting held Dec. 11, 1902. (Madison, 1903): 173-189 |
| Citation: | Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its 50th annual meeting held Dec. 11, 1902. (Madison, 1903): 173-189 Online facsimile at: http://wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1607; Visited on: 4/25/2024 |
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