The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 7, number 4, June 1924

              historic spots in wisconsin william a titus calumet on the old fort dearborn trail1 with toil's bright dewdrops on his sunburnt brow the lord of earth the hero of the plough oliver wendell holmes there is in the state historical library at madison a rare pamphlet bearing date of december 1 1817 which is a military report to major general brown of detroit by judge advocate samuel a storrow.2 from the text of this document it appears that judge storrow had been directed to make an inspection for the government of certain military posts and other points of interest in what is now michigan wisconsin illinois indiana and ohio starting from detroit he proceeded to mackinac island the rapids or sault of the st mary river green bay calumet milwaukee chicago south bend fort defiance fort meigs and thence back to detroit our present interest in this narrative lies in the fact that it contains the first historic account of the menominee indian com munity on the east shore of lake winnebago known as calumet or pipe village judge storrow arrived at green bay september 19 1817 he mentions the fact that major zachary taylor the future hero of the mexican war and president of the united states was in command of the green bay post and that during his three days stay at the post the major proved a courteous and hospitable host he describes the difficult journey from green bay to lake winnebago with only 1 in collecting the material for this article the writer acknowledges his indebtedness to dr joseph sehafer superintendent of the state historical society to dr louise p kellogg of the research department of the state historical society and to irma hoch stein of the legislative reference library 2 reprinted in wis hist colls vi i54-187