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wisconsin historical collections vol xv the buildings were stone that material being plenty and comparatively cheap although a goodly number of frame buildings had been erected the difficulty of getting a sup ply of lumber and the high prices charged induced the people to use the stone which the neighboring hills pro vided all the lumber used in my building was bought in galena of m m maughs and had to be transported by teams to mineral point i mention this circumstance only be cause during the spring of 1854 while i was traveling down the lemonweir valley i found my old acquaintance mr maughs established at a place called maughstown — now mauston — where he had started a village and erected a saw mill.1 such unexpected meetings of old acquaintances were incidents of pioneer life the term of governor dodge as delegate to congress hav ing expired he was unanimously renominated by the dem ocratic convention at madison and gen i w hickox wa nominated by the whigs the canvass was exciting and bitter and there were more speeches made by the respect ive friends of the candidates than during any previous campaign but dodge was re-elected many of his whig friends voting for him none of the candidates made speeches as it was not in those days considered dignified on their part to go about the country addressing meetings in their own behalf and requesting votes ; that was thought to be the duty and business of friends who desired their election during all this time governor doty and the legislature were in constant hostility one of the governor's vagaries had to be settled by a joint resolution the governor had a fondness for spelling the name of the territory as " wis konsan the legislature in order to avoid future embar rassments and misunderstandings found itself obliged to declare by a joint resolution that the spelling used in the organic act should be maintained 1 see wis hist colls viii pp 385 386 also history of northern wisconsin chicago western historical co 1881 pp 368 369 ed
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | ix, 491 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XV (1900) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1900 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvXV0000 |
| Description | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 15, includes the following articles: Some Wisconsin Indian conveyances, 1793-1836; Sketch of Cutting Marsh, by John E. Chapin; Documents relating to the Stockbridge mission, 1825-48; Reminiscences of life in territorial Wisconsin, by Elizabeth Thérèse Baird; A Methodist circuit rider's horseback tour from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, 1835, by Alfred Brunson; Diary of one of the original colonists of New Glarus, 1845, by Mathias Duerst, translated into English by John Luchsinger; Pioneering in the Wisconsin lead region, by Theodore Rodolf; Surveying in Wisconsin in 1837, by Franklin Hatheway; Report on the quality and condition of Wisconsin territory, 1831, by Samuel C. Stambaugh; Narrative of Louis B. Porlier; Osawgenong, a Sac tradition, by George Johnston; Narrative of Alexis Clermont; and Narrative of Peter J. Vieau. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XV (1900) |
| Volume | Vol. 15 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; v. 15 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 378 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1900 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvXV0410 |
| Author | Rodolf, Theodore, 1815-1892 |
| Page Type | Article |
| Volume | Vol. 15 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; v. 15 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | wisconsin historical collections vol xv the buildings were stone that material being plenty and comparatively cheap although a goodly number of frame buildings had been erected the difficulty of getting a sup ply of lumber and the high prices charged induced the people to use the stone which the neighboring hills pro vided all the lumber used in my building was bought in galena of m m maughs and had to be transported by teams to mineral point i mention this circumstance only be cause during the spring of 1854 while i was traveling down the lemonweir valley i found my old acquaintance mr maughs established at a place called maughstown — now mauston — where he had started a village and erected a saw mill.1 such unexpected meetings of old acquaintances were incidents of pioneer life the term of governor dodge as delegate to congress hav ing expired he was unanimously renominated by the dem ocratic convention at madison and gen i w hickox wa nominated by the whigs the canvass was exciting and bitter and there were more speeches made by the respect ive friends of the candidates than during any previous campaign but dodge was re-elected many of his whig friends voting for him none of the candidates made speeches as it was not in those days considered dignified on their part to go about the country addressing meetings in their own behalf and requesting votes ; that was thought to be the duty and business of friends who desired their election during all this time governor doty and the legislature were in constant hostility one of the governor's vagaries had to be settled by a joint resolution the governor had a fondness for spelling the name of the territory as " wis konsan the legislature in order to avoid future embar rassments and misunderstandings found itself obliged to declare by a joint resolution that the spelling used in the organic act should be maintained 1 see wis hist colls viii pp 385 386 also history of northern wisconsin chicago western historical co 1881 pp 368 369 ed |