Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume IV (1859)

              baird's recollections 19t recollections of the early history of northern wisconsin by hon henry s baird of green bay to take a retrospect of the past to record the events con nected with the early history of the country to note the char acteristics of its early inhabitants to delineate the privations and hardships experienced by its pioneers in its early settle ment and compare them with the present condition of things is a useful and laudable undertaking it will serve to keep entire the chain that connects the past with the present gene ration and it will soon be the only record left of a class of people fast fading from the view of those who now occupy the stage of public life • influenced by such considerations and at the request of the committee who honored me with an invitation to address you i have undertaken what i fear i shall but imperfectly perform that is to give some recollections of the early history of northern wisconsin " in confining my remarks to northern wisconsin it does not follow that they may not to a certain extent apply to the entire state for at the period where i commence there was but one settlement in any other part of state — that one at prairie du chien on the mississippi f i propose to speak of events and transactions with which i am familiar that transpired in the portion of the state known thirty-five years ago as brown county when it comprised about one half of the present state * this was originally delivered as a lecture before the green bay lyceum jan 19th 1859 and published by resolution of the society in the green bay advocate feb 24th 1859 l.c.d f at lapointe was a small settlement but its business and commercial relations were entirely with mackinaw and detroit l.c.d