Farming, History, Wisconsin History
If you grew up on a Wisconsin farm prior to the 1950s, you probably had work horses. The day that your family finally sold them, and replaced them with gasoline tractors, might be a vivid childhood memory. “Will, did you ever consider that they might think your...
Harold's Favorite Places - Iowa County, Iowa County Blog, Wisconsin History
Downtown Mineral Point, Wisconsin, holds a special place in my thoughts and memories. In my O’Shaughnessy Chronicles novels, Mineral Point is fictionalized as Ashley Springs. “Ashley Springs’ main business district, High Street, ran uphill a half mile from...
History, Wisconsin History
When Metis fur trader Augustin Grignon built a Greek Revival-style hotel and trading post near the marshy Fox River at present-day Butte des Mort, Wisconsin in 1848, the waterway hadn’t changed much since early French explorers came across it in the seventeenth...
History, Wisconsin History
While researching for the article Wisconsin and Iowa County in World War I the following books proved insightful and helpful. Recommended books related to Wisconsin and World War I Worse Than Battle: (Ivy Div. of the 4th Division of 47th Infantry WW I)...
History, Wisconsin History
Just over century ago, what came to be called “The Great War” was underway in Europe. The war had begun in July, soon after the assassination in Sarajevo of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. In 1914, Wisconsin wasn’t yet a part of this conflict...
History, Wisconsin History
On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1914, British, German, and French soldiers on the war’s western front disregarded explicit orders from their superiors, and threat of consequences including court marshal and even execution. They rose up out their trenches, put down their...
