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tin pans and cans and an earthenware water jug. When anyone came to see him he just closed his door. He wanted no company. When "Old Bottles" was found dead in his shack one morning, the coroner turned his body over to the local medical college. HORICON MARSH HERMITS-In a ramshackle log cabin on the edge of the big Horicon Marsh near Mayville lived two brother her¬ mits, Herman Stroede, 77 years of age, and Julius, aged 74. After their parents died these men lived on a small piece of land once a part of their father's farm. The farmer owner permitted them to live here. These men were quaint characters, everyone knew them. They were collectors of junk, going to the village together and bringing their spoil home in a child's wagon. Nothing escaped their hunting. Around their cabin, rotting in the rain and sun, were piled hundreds of old shoes, pails, umbrellas, old clothes, tools, old papers and tin cans and pans. None of this junk was ever sold. The brothers had a passion for attending fairs and had walked to many of them. Herman hiked to the Chicago (1893) and St. Louis (1904) world's fairs. Both men attended picnics and band concerts at Mayville. On such occasions they wore their world's fair medals. Herman did most of the work about the place while Julius "brought things home." "BAGLEY JOHN"—A mysterious man, spoken of by this name, some years ago, lived the life of a hermit in the Mississippi River bottom¬ lands, near Bagley, in Grant County. There he had built among the tall weeds and brush a rude shack of boards and brush. He was a real "Mystery Man." He would never talk to anyone. He came to town now and then with a basket or bag to buy groceries. He made his wants known by signs or by presenting a written slip of paper to the storekeeper. For his purchases he often paid with a gold coin. Thinking that he might possess more money of this kind some town roughs tried to trail him but he always gave them the slip. He was supposed to have a gun in his shack and no one cared to approach it. He was a powerful man. He was thought to be in hiding for some law-breaking offense in a down-river state. "BLACK RIVER"—This recluse lived in a shelter built of stray boards, sticks and stumps in the large sandy, once pine woods region, between the Lake Michigan shore and the Black River, south of She-
Object Description
Page Title | Folklore Pamphlets, 1921-1945 |
Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Creation Date | 1921-1945 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
Digital Identifier | TP423000 |
Description |
Charles E. Brown (1872-1946) was curator of the Museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and secretary of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. He also collected a substantial body of folklore on Wisconsin Indians, lumbering, steamboating, local history, and related topics which he published in pamphlet form. Brown created these pamphlets for the Wisconsin Archaeological Society, the Wisconsin Folklore Society, courses he taught during University of Wisconsin summer sessions, and simply as privately published booklets for the amusement of his friends and colleagues. Most are only 4-8 pages long. In the printed booklets, Brown did not usually cite sources for the tales, but his correspondence and research notes are available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in boxes 2-10 of Wis Mss HB.
The links below will open a collection of 47 pamphlets totaling 444 pages that were issued between 1921 and 1945 (all that are known to exist). They have been grouped loosely according to subject and appear in the following order: Native American Folklore: Indian Folk Lore (1921), Moccasin Tales (1935), Birchbark Tales (1941), Lake Mendota Indian Legends (1927), Indian Flower Toys and Games (1931), Lake Mendota: Prehistory, History and Legends (1933), Winabozho, Hero-God of the Indians of the Old Northwest (1944), Indian Star Lore (1930), Wigwam Tales (1930) Lumbering and Logging: Paul Bunyan Tales (1922; revised editions, 1927 and 1929), Paul Bunyan and Tony Beaver Tales (1930), Paul Bunyan, American Hercules (1937), Paul Bunyan Classics (1945), Paul Bunyan Natural History (1935), Flapjacks from Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty (1941), Brimstone Bill (1942), Johnny Inkslinger (1944), Bunyan Bunkhouse Yarns (1945), Shanty Boy (1945), Ole Olson (1945), Sourdough Sam (1945) Other Wisconsin & American Folklore: Ghost Tales (1931), The Ridgeway Ghost (1943), "Cousin Jack" Stories (1940; Cornish folklore), Prairie Stories (1934), Whiskey Jack Yarns (1940; river rafting folklore), Old Man River (1940), Sea Serpents (1942), Bluenose Brainerd Stories (1943), Bear Tales (1944), Ben Hooper Tales (1944), Hermits (1945), Lost Treasure Tales (1945), Flower Toys and Games (1923), Insect Lore (1929), Cowboy Tales (1929), Little Stories about George Washington (1932), Gems: Magic, Mystery and Myths of Precious Stones (1932), Old Stormalong Yarns (1933), Cloud Lore (1935), Gypsy Lore (1935), Flower Lore (1938), The Trees of the Campus (1925), Wisconsin Indians (1933), French Pathfinders of Wisconsin (1934) |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Use the bibliographic data on the cover or title page of each individual pamphlet, concluding with the phrase Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
Document Number | TP423 |
Size | 46 items ; 19-28 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection; Pamphlets in Rare Book Collection |
Genre | pamphlet; |
State/Province | Wisconsin |
Sub-Topic | Mid-19th century Immigration; Development of the Railroads; Early U.S. Settlement; Farming and Rural Life; The French Fur Trade; Great Lakes Steamships and Canals; Lead Mining in SOuthwestern Wisconsin; Lumbering and Forest Products; |
Art | Folklore |
Education | University of Wisconsin |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | [Page 2] |
Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946; |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | Wisconsin Folklore Association |
Source Creation Date | 1945 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
Digital Identifier | TP423308 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 4 p. ; 19 cm. |
Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
Owner Object ID | 89- 4222 |
Genre | pamphlet; |
Full Text | tin pans and cans and an earthenware water jug. When anyone came to see him he just closed his door. He wanted no company. When "Old Bottles" was found dead in his shack one morning, the coroner turned his body over to the local medical college. HORICON MARSH HERMITS-In a ramshackle log cabin on the edge of the big Horicon Marsh near Mayville lived two brother her¬ mits, Herman Stroede, 77 years of age, and Julius, aged 74. After their parents died these men lived on a small piece of land once a part of their father's farm. The farmer owner permitted them to live here. These men were quaint characters, everyone knew them. They were collectors of junk, going to the village together and bringing their spoil home in a child's wagon. Nothing escaped their hunting. Around their cabin, rotting in the rain and sun, were piled hundreds of old shoes, pails, umbrellas, old clothes, tools, old papers and tin cans and pans. None of this junk was ever sold. The brothers had a passion for attending fairs and had walked to many of them. Herman hiked to the Chicago (1893) and St. Louis (1904) world's fairs. Both men attended picnics and band concerts at Mayville. On such occasions they wore their world's fair medals. Herman did most of the work about the place while Julius "brought things home." "BAGLEY JOHN"—A mysterious man, spoken of by this name, some years ago, lived the life of a hermit in the Mississippi River bottom¬ lands, near Bagley, in Grant County. There he had built among the tall weeds and brush a rude shack of boards and brush. He was a real "Mystery Man." He would never talk to anyone. He came to town now and then with a basket or bag to buy groceries. He made his wants known by signs or by presenting a written slip of paper to the storekeeper. For his purchases he often paid with a gold coin. Thinking that he might possess more money of this kind some town roughs tried to trail him but he always gave them the slip. He was supposed to have a gun in his shack and no one cared to approach it. He was a powerful man. He was thought to be in hiding for some law-breaking offense in a down-river state. "BLACK RIVER"—This recluse lived in a shelter built of stray boards, sticks and stumps in the large sandy, once pine woods region, between the Lake Michigan shore and the Black River, south of She- |
Type | Text |