The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 5, number 3, March 1922

              292 historical fragments gotten grave in the wilderness the september 1898 number of recreation contained a brief article by mrs ira dodge on the names of those hardy gold seekers which she found in south western wyoming on the rock walls along the old california over land trail she also discovered a few graves about one of these she wrote one grave is marked and perhaps some reader may throw light on the subject the headstone is the end-gate of a wagon and the lettering is plain and neat it reads alfred b hunt possibly hunter racine co wis died july 1 1850 aged 26 years the call of the golden west and the fertile prairies beyond the mississippi during the third quarter of the last century induced a large number of wisconsin's pioneers or their immediate descendants to leave her borders never to return this exodus together with the immense influx of immigration from northern and central europe during this period made a material change in the ethnic character of our population it is to be hoped that our society will some time give this subject due consideration j h a lacher more recollections of abraham lincoln i read the personal recollections of the republican conven tion of 1860 in the september number of the wisconsin maga zine of history with much interest i was publishing a paper at warren illinois at the time of that convention and had a seat in the reporters gallery my seat was only a few feet from the platform occupied by ellsworth's zouaves a military company in zouave uniform commanded by colonel e e ellsworth who had brought it to such a high standard of military precision that its reputation had extended throughout the united states a half hour was given shortly after the convention opened for a display of their training we can look back now and realize that this seems almost a proph ecy of the part that company was soon to take in the preserva tion of the union when a year later fort sumter was fired upon and the young leader was one of the first to respond to lincoln's