Oconto County, Wisconsin

...when mink was $2.00 a pelt

New! 17 Page Booklet

Early days in Oconto County, WI, are recalled in this meaty little 8 1/2" x 11" spiral-bound booklet, printed single-sided on 60 # opaque paper. The front cover is a parchtex card stock, protected with a vinyl sheet. The information comes from a rare 1881 book, entitled History of Northern Wisconsin. We've enlarged the area on a map from the original book, and included it along with two other maps of historic interest.

Communities currently listed for this area by the National Association of Counties include: Abrams, Armstrong, Bagley, Brazeau, Breed, Chase, Doty, Gillett, How, Krakow, Lakewood, Lena, Little River, Little Suamico, Maple Valley, Morgan, Mountain, Oconto County Seat), Oconto Falls, Pensaukee, Pulcifer, Riverview, Sobieski, Spruce, Stiles, Suring, Townsend, and Underhill. (Some towns are not be mentioned in the booklet.)

Among the many subjects included are: Location and Natural Resources; Boundary changes; Railroads; Daniel Hubbard and other early settlers; Oconto in 1859; County officials in 1881; Oconto in the Civil War; Newspapers; Churches; a full page view of Oconto; Large lumber mills --The Oconto Company and Holt & Balcom -- and smaller companies; Fire at a sawmill; Villages outside of Oconto; and other interesting bits of history and trivia.

Attention Genealogists: This booklet contains biographies of many county residents of the late 1800s. Some of these are brief, but others include family members, affiliations, war records, and business activities, in the course of which they often shed light on area businesses, churches, professions and institutions, and on news events. Those listed are: Dr. Hamilton Allen, Hiram Allen, B. Arnold, Enoc W. Barker, George A. Baldwin, W.E. Barlow, James Bellew, George Beyer (pix), O.W. Bloch, John I. Bovee, Alexander Brazeau, Brazeau Bros., William Brunquest, Rev. C.R. Burdick, A.P. Call, Truman Cameron, John H. Carr, Edward Cayo, E.R. Chesley, Augustus C. Cole (pix), Dr. S.A. Coleman, J. H. Comstock, James K. Crooks, Rev. William Dafter, Edward Davis, Frank Deimer, George W. DeLano, A. Dillon, James DonLevy, J.P. Dorr, O.A. Ellis, Robert Ellis, August Ellmann, Peter G. Esson, George Farnsworth, K. Fisher & Co., S.W. Ford, E. Funke, H.W. Gilkey, C. Gleason, T.B. Goodrich, E.W. Gray, B.G. Grunert, W.J. Haggerson, Albert Halbach, J.W. Hall, Joseph Hall, R.L. Hall, J.A. Hansen, Albert Hanson, C.S. Hart, Edwin Hart, James Henningson, E.B. Hulbert, J.B. Hume, Felix Johnson, Huff Jones, George D. Knapp, Moses Laffaw, Levi Lane, F.W. Lee, John Leigh, Frank Leroy, Charles Lippert, Charles Lynes, George Lynes, A.P. McCaul, H. McDonald, W.J. McGee, Thomas McGoff, M.A. McGinnis, A.M. Martineau, James Megan, Thomas Millidge, E.G. Mullen, John Noonan, Dr. P. O'Keef, W.G. Oliver, Lovis P. Pahl, Dr. E.F. Paramore, B. Perry, T.H. Phelps, W.H. Phillips, G.T. Porter, G.A. Prell, A. Reinhart (pix), Albert Richard, H.M. Royce (pix), Frank Ruelle, Fred Schedler, Joseph Sedmihradsky, F.G. Shanabrook, D. Sharrow, John Sheridan, Peter Shufelt, William K. Smith, John Simon, Thomas Simpson, Jacob Spies, John Strack, P.H. Swift (pix), S.B. Tallmadge, William Taylor, H. Thiele, M.C. Thompson, Michael Voy, H.W. Waldron, Carrie F. Waters, W. H. Webster (pix), E.C. Whitney, Mayor William H. Young (pix).

Wouldn't this make a unique gift?