The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 8, number 4, June 1925

              documents a trip through wisconsin in 1838 bishop jackson kemper1 july 18 1838 we started from dubuque at 5j a m crossed the river in a row boat for a time we were among small islands between which the water was sluggish and no air was stirring these islands may make dubuque unhealthy mas sachelli the r c priest has had built here a handsome stone chapel and is now building one at galena — he officiates at both places.2 at dubuque a presbyterian is partly finished but there is no clergyman there now — and the minister of the methodist church is going away when we got into the middle of the stream there was a fine breeze we breakfasted at a house whose keeper was tavern keeper and stage agent the place is called on the map riprow — by the people menominee3 — but it has i believe only one house started at 7 in an open wagon — distance 18 miles — undulating prairies with occasional groves — on the table land fine breezes from the south — and with our umbrellas we were quite comfortable stopt at mr jones member of congress for wisconsin4 — his house on s[insinawa mound a natural elevation — he has not yet returned but expected soon — the house halfway up — the view from it beautiful and extensive his sister miss jones from whales wales belongs to the church — mrs j a r c born at st genevieve missouri a drink of raspberry shrub — mrs j with us to galena met the prairie du c[hien stage arrived here galena soon after 11 bought some medicines and flannels dined with capt gfear and took tea with him 1 bishop kemper's first visit to wisconsin occurred in 1834 his journal of that visit was published in wis hist colls xiv 394-449 under the title journal of an episco palian missionary's tour to green bay 1834 and is accompanied by a sketch and a portrait of the author upon his visit four years later kemper approached the territory from the southwest coming up the mississippi from st louis we publish this interesting document by permission of bishop w w webb of milwaukee 2 for father samuel mazzuchelli an italian missionary to wisconsin see wis hist colls xiv 155-157 3 in menominee town jo daviess county illinois 4 gen george wallace jones was first territorial delegate from wisconsin to congress see account of his career in wis mag of hist iii 365-366