HISTORY OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
WISCONSIN
Being a General Survey of Outagamie County History including
a History of the Cities, Towns and Villages throughout
the County, from the Earliest Settlement to
the Present Time
THOMAS H. RYAN
Editor-in-Chief
ADVISORY BOARD
| HENRY D. RYAN |
ISAAC N. STEWART |
| JOHN D. LAWE |
CHARLES E. RAUGHT |
| PETER TUBBS |
LOUIS JACQUOT |
| JOHN DEY |
EBEN E. REXFORD |
CHICAGO
GOODSPEED HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
PUBLISHERS
PREFACE
AN EXAMINATION of this volumie by subscribers will reveal made in newspaper files, early French and Indian records, that a vast extent of original 'research for material has been public documents and private memoranda of various kinds. The object has been to comipress into the pages, even at the partial expense of finished literarv style, interesting and valuable data concerming the county so far as space would allo w. In order to do this, and to show our appreciation of friendly and considerate treatiment and reasolnable patronage, we have extended the number ofpages iore than five hundred beyond what was planned at theoutset. It will le seen that we have saved from. permanent loss thousands of interesting items usually overlooked or disregarded by local historians. Thus a permanent foundation, which can be elaborated Cand ilm uproved by subsequent writers, has been laid for t future perfect county history. -Generally, statistical tables and routine p:loceedings have been avoided, a.nd a narrative form hasbeen adopted. The book necessarily contains errors, though it is believed that, owing to the great care exercised, they will be found to be comparatively few. The publishers stand ready, as is their custom, to correct all such by a special errata sheet to be sent to subscribers to be pasted in the books. As a. whole, we feel confident that our subscribers, who have our thanks. for their patronage, will appreciate this fine volume.
THE PUBLISHERS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| HISTORY | PAGE |
| Biographical and Illustration Index | 5 |
| Geology, Rocks, Drift, Soil, Water Power, Drainage, et. | 17 |
| Exploration, Indians, Traders, Voyageurs, Hiistoric Places, etc | 26 |
| County Affairs Before 1880, Organization, Acts of the Board, Societies, Finances, Roads, etc | 52 |
| Appleton before 1880, Origin, Industries, City Council, Public Works, Advanceient, Banking, Officials, etc | 137 |
| Politics before 1880, Parties, Conventions, Candidcates, Maass Mieetings, Election Returns, etc | 233 |
| Military Record, Civil War, Spanish-American War, G. A. R., Other Org'anizations, Relief, Monuments, Decoration, TMemorial Services, et | 298 |
| Appleton 1880 to 1911, City Council Proceedings, Officials, Public Woril's Industr-ies, Finances, Banking, Improvenients, Commission Governmenlt. etc. | 353 |
| Politics 1880 to 1911, Conventions, Nominees, Primaries, Politicians, Party Issues, New Parties, Election Returns, etc | 388 |
| Boating, Stage Lines, Mail Routes, Railways, Telegraphs, Telephones, Electric Lights and Lines, etc | 407 |
| Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Epidemics, Diseases, Operations, Societies, etc. | 442 |
| Churches Pastors, Sunday Schools, Buildings, Various Religious Societies, Benevolence, Temperance, Music, etc | 469 |
| Bench, Bar, Circuit Court, Trials, County Court, Officials, Municipal Court, Associations, etc. | 515 |
| Education, Subscription Schools, Common School System, High Schools, Grades, Union System, County Schools, Statistics, NTew Methods, etc | 534 |
| Kaukauuna, French Settlement, Business, Incorporation, Officials, Public Works, Improvements, etc | 570 |
| Settlement, Towns, Incidents, Wild Animals, Storms', Logging, Early Schools and Churches, Trails and Roads, Seymour, Hortonville, Black Creek, Shioeton, Little Chute, Kimberly, Snidersville, Oneida, Incorporation, Industries, Recent Improvements, etc |
1273 |
| Miscellaneous Events, First Settlement of the County, Appleton's First Officials and Finances, Trouble in the Council, Seal, City, Appleton in 1853, Recent Officials, Little Chute, Institutes and Clubs, etc | 1386 |
| Biography and Reminiscence |
* Ryan, Thomas Henry.
History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin : being a general
survey ... including a history of the cities, towns and villages ... Chicago
: Goodspeed Historical Association, [1911?] 1391 p., : ill., ports. ; 27 cm.
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