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1818-19] Lockwood's Narrative 115 Prairie, for many years after the Goveirnment took possession of it as a military post. There were not, until 1835^ any Americans that emigrated to the Prairie for settlement; and even thien, as the co'untry abo'Ut was not in market, very few came. In the winter of 1818-19, Illinois Was admitted as a Stete into the Union, and all that part of the country formerly belonging to" the territories of Indiana, and Illinois was attached to Michigan, then under the governorship of Gem. Lewis 0a,ss. In the spring of 1819, he set ofl" the county of Brown, including all the country East of a North and South line running through the Portage of Wisconsin to the Illinois line; and at the same time, set oflF the county of Crawford, including all the country West and Sou-th of the aforesaid line to the Missouri line, including what is now the State of Iowa and T'erritory of Minnesota. Governor Oass sent blank commissions for the different officers of the counties, to be filled up by the inhabitants. These had been sent by Lieut. Ool. Leavenworth, then on his way, with the Fifth Eegiment of U. Si. Infantry, to occupy Forts. Crawford and Armstrong, and to build a fort, at the mouth of St. Peters. Mch- olas Boilvin, Esq., was appointed to administer the oath to the officers of Crawford county. TVo companies of the regiment were sent to Fort Annstrong, Eock Island, under comman,d of Btevet Major Mas tin, and two ciompanies to Fort Crawford under Major Muhlenberg. Shortly after receiving the blank oonunis- sions, the principal inhabitants assembled at the house of Nicholas Boilvin, Esq., and then the difficulty was to find personfs sufficiently acquainted with the business to fill the offices and per¬ form the duties. Finally John W. Johnson, the U. S. factor, was selected as the Chief Justice of the Comity Cburti. I was so'licited to take the office of Associate Justice, or Judge of Probate, but being then yo-ung, and appea,ring much younger than I really was, and knoiving very little a,boxit the proceeding of courts., and thinking that I had neither the practice nor dignity to hold a judicial office, and that I should probably mal?;e myself ridiculous,
Object Description
Page Title | Early times and events in Wisconsin |
Author | Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1856 |
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 | 2004 |
Digital Identifier | TP030000 |
Description | James Lockwood arrived at Prairie du Chien in 1816. Working for Jacob Franks and the American Fur Company, he would later become a banker, merchant, and judge. He recollects here the early years of settlement in Prairie du Chien and his work as a fur trader. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Lockwood, James H. "Early Times and Events in Wisconsin." Second Annual Report and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, for the Year 1855 (Madison: Calkins & Proudfit, 1856): 98-196; online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=30 |
Document Number | TP030 |
Size | p. 98-196 ; 21 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=30 |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F576 .W81 vol.2 |
Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, v.2 |
Genre | memoir |
County | Brown County; Buffalo County; Columbia County; Crawford County; Sawyer County; Door County; Dunn County; Grant County; Green Lake County; Iowa County; Marquette County; Outagamie County; Pepin County; Richland County; Sauk County; Vernon County; Winnebago County |
City | Green Bay; Milwaukee; Prairie du Chien |
State/Province | Wisconsin; Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; New York |
Gender | female; male |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Sub-Topic | Early U.S. Settlement; The Founding of Major Cities |
Event Date | 1793-1856 |
Event Years | 1793-1856 |
Agriculture | Vegetables |
Animals | Birds; Mammals |
Art | Indian dance; Interior architecture |
Buildings | Dwellings |
Domestic Life | Cookery; Family; Food; Implements, utensils, etc. |
Economics | Business |
Food Industry and Trade | Flour mills |
Land Use | Cities and towns; Farms |
Life Stages | Aging; Childhood; Marriage |
Occupations | Farmers; Judges; Lawyers; Nursing; Pioneers |
Politics | Elections |
Recreation | Lacrosse; Leisure activities |
Religion | Clergy; Missionaries; Religion; Religious education; Rites and ceremonies |
Social Relations | Crime |
Topography | Islands; Landscape; Lakes; Rivers |
Transportation | Boats and boating; Canoes and canoeing; Steamboats |
Manufacturing and Industry | Forest products industry; Fur trade; Sawmills |
War | Fortification; War |
Indian Tribe | Fox; Ho-Chunk; Iowa; Kickapoo; Menominee; Ojibwe; Potawatomi; Sauk |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | 115 |
Author | Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857 |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Source Creation Date | 1856 |
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 | 2004 |
Digital Identifier | TP030018 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 21 cm. |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F576 .W81 vol.2 |
Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, v.2 |
Full Text | 1818-19] Lockwood's Narrative 115 Prairie, for many years after the Goveirnment took possession of it as a military post. There were not, until 1835^ any Americans that emigrated to the Prairie for settlement; and even thien, as the co'untry abo'Ut was not in market, very few came. In the winter of 1818-19, Illinois Was admitted as a Stete into the Union, and all that part of the country formerly belonging to" the territories of Indiana, and Illinois was attached to Michigan, then under the governorship of Gem. Lewis 0a,ss. In the spring of 1819, he set ofl" the county of Brown, including all the country East of a North and South line running through the Portage of Wisconsin to the Illinois line; and at the same time, set oflF the county of Crawford, including all the country West and Sou-th of the aforesaid line to the Missouri line, including what is now the State of Iowa and T'erritory of Minnesota. Governor Oass sent blank commissions for the different officers of the counties, to be filled up by the inhabitants. These had been sent by Lieut. Ool. Leavenworth, then on his way, with the Fifth Eegiment of U. Si. Infantry, to occupy Forts. Crawford and Armstrong, and to build a fort, at the mouth of St. Peters. Mch- olas Boilvin, Esq., was appointed to administer the oath to the officers of Crawford county. TVo companies of the regiment were sent to Fort Annstrong, Eock Island, under comman,d of Btevet Major Mas tin, and two ciompanies to Fort Crawford under Major Muhlenberg. Shortly after receiving the blank oonunis- sions, the principal inhabitants assembled at the house of Nicholas Boilvin, Esq., and then the difficulty was to find personfs sufficiently acquainted with the business to fill the offices and per¬ form the duties. Finally John W. Johnson, the U. S. factor, was selected as the Chief Justice of the Comity Cburti. I was so'licited to take the office of Associate Justice, or Judge of Probate, but being then yo-ung, and appea,ring much younger than I really was, and knoiving very little a,boxit the proceeding of courts., and thinking that I had neither the practice nor dignity to hold a judicial office, and that I should probably mal?;e myself ridiculous, |
Event Date | 1793-1856 |
Event Years | 1793-1856 |
Type | Text |