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- 11 - w© found oamp nuiriberQ^ ^^ ^^^ woods near the lina, Tuesday, June 2, was rainy, tut we worked along as well ae we oould, and the wagons followed along the line. At night VQ found them a short way hack. Canp number(is)was in the woods. On Wednesday, June 5, th© day was fair and we work¬ ed along at the foot of the hills in ths Little Yellow Fiver bottOBL, At night we went back to the oai:^ for provisions, found that the wagons had left. Tffe followed the trail for a coxrple of miles up the ridge, and found Qantp tte-, 4§Ji^ beautiful wdocIb on the ridge- On the morning of Thursday, June 4 we followed a section"line to our work, and after a very disagreeable day's work found our cajqi nuicber(SO)c 1 ose to our line and near where we stopped work, June 6, we started <mt to work as usual-, the line lay all day through a finely wooded country. At night we had no news from the oamp. We therefore struck off in a , Jfcrthorly direction, takini^ the Stovens Point J^oad— After a while we hoard some oattle bells. They proved to be on eonte animals at a log house. We travelled back on our tracks and fired pistols. They were answered. It turned out however, that the firing oarje from another oabin. We ' stopped there for the night and slept.on wolves skins on the floor^J^ry oomfortably)
Object Description
Page Title | A preliminary railroad survey in Wisconsin in 1857 |
Author | Davis, Andrew McFarland, 1833-1920 |
Source Creation Date | 1857 |
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 | 2005 |
Digital Identifier | TP061000 |
Description | Andrew McFarland Davis kept this diary of his experiences as a member of an 1857 surveying crew for a projected line of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad. In it, he describes the changing terrain, working conditions, and mishaps encountered over four months in the field. A shorter, edited version published in 1911 is also presented on the Turning Points site, and by comparing the two readers can see how memory, desire, and the publishing process influence historical sources. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Davis, Andrew McFarland. "Survey account, 1857." Manuscript in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives (SC 2228). Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=61 |
Document Number | TP061 |
Size | 25 pages |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=61 |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | SC 2228, WIHV00-A313 |
Genre | diary |
County | Adams County; Chippewa County; Clark County; Columbia County; Dunn County; Eau Claire County; Juneau County; Marquette County; Milwaukee County; Waushara County; Wood County |
City | Chippewa Falls; Eau Claire; Milwaukee; Portage; Prairie du Chien |
State/Province | Wisconsin |
Gender | male |
Sub-Topic | Development of the Railroads |
Event Date | 1857-04; 1857-05; 1857-06; 1857-07; 1857-08 |
Event Years | 1857 |
Event Month | April; May; June; July; August |
Animals | Birds; Insects; Mammals; Reptiles |
Climate | Rain; Storms; Weather; High temperature |
Intellectual Life | Research; |
Science and Technology | Surveying |
Topography | Landscape; Prairie; Rivers; Wetlands |
Transportation | Railroads; Roads |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | Page 11 |
Author | Davis, Andrew McFarland, 1833-1920 |
Source Creation Date | 1857 |
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 | 2005 |
Digital Identifier | TP061011 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | SC 2228 |
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w© found oamp nuiriberQ^ ^^ ^^^ woods near the lina,
Tuesday, June 2, was rainy, tut we worked along as well ae we oould, and the wagons followed along the line. At night VQ found them a short way hack. Canp number(is)was in the woods.
On Wednesday, June 5, th© day was fair and we work¬ ed along at the foot of the hills in ths Little Yellow Fiver bottOBL, At night we went back to the oai:^ for provisions,
found that the wagons had left. Tffe followed the trail for a coxrple of miles up the ridge, and found Qantp tte-, 4§Ji^ beautiful wdocIb on the ridge-
On the morning of Thursday, June 4 we followed a section"line to our work, and after a very disagreeable day's work found our cajqi nuicber(SO)c 1 ose to our line and near where we stopped work,
June 6, we started |
Event Date | 1857-04; 1857-05; 1857-06; 1857-07; 1857-08 |
Event Years | 1857 |
Event Month | April; May; June; July; August |
Type | Text |