What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Lafayette County and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1881.

The

History

 of

Lafayette County,

Wisconsin

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF ITS SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES; AN EXTENSIVE AND

MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES—THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES,

MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES; ITS WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL

SKETCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY SETTLERS; THE WHOLE PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, STATISTICS OF THE STATE, AND AN ABSTRACT OF ITS LAWS AND CONSTITUTION

AND OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO
WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY

1881

800 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

CONTENTS

HISTORY OF WISCONSIN

ABSTRACT OF WISCONSIN STATE LAWS

MISC.

HISTORY OF THE LEAD REGION

HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY

The Beginning of Settlement

The Early Miners

The First Farm

The Winnebago War

The First Winter

A Glimpse of Pioneer Chivalry

The Hardships of Pioneer Life The Pioneer Women

Early History of the Mines

First Marriage, Birth and Death

A Gentleman from Missouri

Claim Troubles, and the Black Hawk War

Organization

First Grand Jury

First Petit Jury

Re-organization of Towns

The Court House

The First

Valuation

Population

Presidential Vote

The County Roster

The Press

The Agricultural Society

Among the Short Horns on Ames' Branch

War History

Volunteer Roster

City of Darlington

Early Settlement

Religious

Schools

Literary Club

Societies, Lodges, etc

Business Directory

Banks

Mills

Post Office

Cemeteries

Produce and Live Stock Trade

Town of Darlington

Early Settlement and General History

Avon Village (extinct)

Poor House

Town of Benton

Village of Benton

Meeker's Grove

Town of New Diggings

Village of New Diggings

Aetna Mill and Postoffice 569

Village of Shullsburg

Bank

Schools

Postoffice

Secret Societies

Town of White Oak Springs

Village of White Oak Springs

Town of Monticello

Town of Gratiot

Village of Gratiot

Village of Riverside

Town of Wayne

Town of Elk Grove

Village of Elk Grove

Town of Seymour

Town of Wiota

Village of Wiota

Town of Belmont

Village of Belmont

Town of Kendall

Town of Willow

Calamine

Town of Fayette

Village of Fayetteville

Town of Blanchard

Blanchardville

Town of Argyle

Village of Argyle

Biography of Jno. W. Blackstone

Biography of Col. Scales