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- 22 - Saturday, July 18, we were all day at work run¬ ning over a patch of line which had been originally run by Mr. Woodward in the winter time. The trees were blazed six or eight feet from the ground, and brush was cut three or four feet from the surface. The level pegs were one and a half foot to two feet high; all indicating snow when the line was run. Our oamp was on the line near the Paint Creek Tload, On Sunday we walked into Chippewa Falls, a brisk little town^where we found some letters. We received instruc¬ tions here to go to Hay River instead of to the foot of Bake Pepin. On the morning of July 20, we went back to ihere we left off Saturday night, and got out of the woods, onto the "open land plain" on P^nt Greek (J^n a little_jyMi5^, At night we found oamp number (^0yon a branch of Paint Creek, Tuesday, July 21, we reached Chippewa River with the line, and at night found camt) number(4^just opposite ..oncMown. on the .an.s of tl/river. Wednesday, we were engaged in running tentative lines across the river and spent the night at the same camp, Thursday the work was very largely in swamps at the foot of the bluff on the north side of tfea Chippewa River and we spent the night at carrp number (^^on Trout Rives HRwy, where the fishermen of the party found much enjoyment.
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 22 |
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 | TP061022 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | SC 2228 |
Full Text | - 22 - Saturday, July 18, we were all day at work run¬ ning over a patch of line which had been originally run by Mr. Woodward in the winter time. The trees were blazed six or eight feet from the ground, and brush was cut three or four feet from the surface. The level pegs were one and a half foot to two feet high; all indicating snow when the line was run. Our oamp was on the line near the Paint Creek Tload, On Sunday we walked into Chippewa Falls, a brisk little town^where we found some letters. We received instruc¬ tions here to go to Hay River instead of to the foot of Bake Pepin. On the morning of July 20, we went back to ihere we left off Saturday night, and got out of the woods, onto the "open land plain" on P^nt Greek (J^n a little_jyMi5^, At night we found oamp number (^0yon a branch of Paint Creek, Tuesday, July 21, we reached Chippewa River with the line, and at night found camt) number(4^just opposite ..oncMown. on the .an.s of tl/river. Wednesday, we were engaged in running tentative lines across the river and spent the night at the same camp, Thursday the work was very largely in swamps at the foot of the bluff on the north side of tfea Chippewa River and we spent the night at carrp number (^^on Trout Rives HRwy, where the fishermen of the party found much enjoyment. |
Event Date | 1857-04; 1857-05; 1857-06; 1857-07; 1857-08 |
Event Years | 1857 |
Event Month | April; May; June; July; August |
Type | Text |