https://chequamegonhistory.com/2026/03/20/1854-treaty-lands-at-apostle-islands-national-lakeshore/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/nps_tribalnations_apis_5_12_2021-web.jpgNPS_TribalNations_APIS_5_12_2021-webNational Park Service and Tribal partners completed a prescribed fire on the northern end of Stockton Island. NPS/Cooperhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/the_louisville_daily_courier_1855_08_14_page_4.jpgThe_Louisville_Daily_Courier_1855_08_14_Page_4The Louisville Daily Courier, 14 August 1855, Page 4.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/apostle-islands-national-park-and-preserve-act-map-e1773544042291.jpegapostle-islands-national-park-and-preserve-act-mapBoundaries of the proposed Apostle Islands National Park and [Sand Island] Preserve Act.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/austrian-poa-dubay-to-drake.pngAustrian POA Dubay to DrakeExample of Julius Austrian using Power Of Attorney to sell a Mixed Blood Allotment as private property.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/austrian-letterhead.pngAustrian letterheadJulius Austrian letterhead circa 1888.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/austrian-envelop-wilson-island-papers-1.pngAustrian envelop Wilson Island PapersMadeline Island Museum JULIUS AUSTRIAN PAPERS (2011.158.A) Folder 5: PAPERS RELATING TO WILSON’S ISLAND (HERMIT ISLAND IN THE APOSTLE ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO), WISCONSIN (1870-1888) (15 documents consisting of letters, deeds, a telegram, a will, and a death certificate.)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/long-island-national-lakeshore-1.pngLong Island National LakeshoreThe Apostle Islands National Lakeshore contains <span style="color: #800080">Chequamegon Point (roughly 300 acres)</span> on <strong>Long Island</strong>.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/apostle-islands-national-lakeshore-overview.pngApostle Islands National Lakeshore overviewThe Apostle Islands National Lakeshore contains 43 Indian Allotments reserved by the 1854 Chippewa Treaty of La Pointe:<br /> 29 Allotments (<span style="color: #ff0000">red</span>) within the Red Cliff Reservation,<br /> 14 Allotments (<span style="color: #0000ff">blue</span>) on Stockton, Hermit, and Basswood Islands,<br /> and unallotted lands (<span style="color: #800080">purple</span>) within the Bad River Reservation.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1854-chippewa-treaty-allotments-on-hermit-island.png1854 Chippewa Treaty Allotments on Hermit IslandHermit Island contains 9 allotments.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1854-chippewa-treaty-allotments-on-basswood-island.png1854 Chippewa Treaty Allotments on Basswood IslandBasswood Island contains 4 allotments.2026-03-20T23:29:49+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2026/02/23/ukraine-four-years-later-tuesday-march-3rd-in-bayfield/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/untitled-drawing.jpgUntitled drawing2026-02-24T00:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2022/02/17/treaty-allotments-at-copper-falls/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/gfp-wisconsin-brownstone-falls.jpgGfp-wisconsin-brownstone-fallsBrownstone Falls in Copper Falls State Park by Yinan Chen. <br>~ WikiMedia Commonshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/s17-t45n-r2w.pngS17-T45N-R2WSection 17, Township 45 North, Range 2 West, 4th P.M.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/copper_falls_wisconsin.jpgCopper_Falls,_WisconsinPhotograph of Copper Falls by Emily Frittz, August 2016, from WikiMedia Commons.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/copperfallsallotments.pngCopperFallsAllotmentsChippewa and Sioux Treaty Allotments in and contiguous to Copper Falls State Natural Area.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/penokeeallotmentsgooglemaps.pngPenokeeAllotmentsGoogleMapsChippewa Treaty (blue) and Sioux Script (red) tribal land allotments located along the copper range (north of Mellen) and iron range (south of Mellen) of the Penokee Mountains. Map by Amorin Mello2026-02-23T05:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2026/02/21/ukraine-four-years-later-tuesday-feb-24-in-bayfield/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ukraine_-four-years-later.jpgUKRAINE_ Four Years Later2026-02-21T16:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/11/05/the-1856-reservation-for-chief-buffalos-estate/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1856-red-cliff-reservation-1.png1856 Red Cliff Reservation1856 Reservation in red and modern Red Cliff in brown. Although different in shape, both are roughly twenty-two square miles in size.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/buffaloestate.pngBuffaloEstate1899 map of La Pointe Band Reservations by United States Congress: 341 - Chief Buffalo's Estate 342 - Red Cliff Reservation 344 - Bad River Reservation 345 - La Pointe Reservationhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/eof_1_012_008-detail.jpgEOF_1_012_008 (detail)"Copy of Ex. Order of Feby 21, 1856. Chippewas (Red Cliff) Wisconsin." NAID 117092990https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/305482_00816_01-detail.jpg305482_00816_01 (detail)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/305482_00816_01.jpg305482_00816_01Maps marked <em>"A"</em> showing lands to be reserved by 1854 Treaty:<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Central Map File No. 793 (Tube 446)</strong></span><br /> NAID: <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/232924228" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="display-inline-flex flex-align-center flex-row font-sans-sm theme-white--text "><span style="text-decoration: underline">232924228</span></span></a> cites "<em>La Pointe L.579-1855"</em>.<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Central Map File No. 816 (Tube 298)</strong></span><br /> NAID: <span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/232924272" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="display-inline-flex flex-align-center flex-row font-sans-sm theme-white--text ">232924272</span></a></span>/<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/50926136" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="display-inline-flex flex-align-center flex-row font-sans-sm theme-white--text "><span style="text-decoration: underline">50926136</span></span></a> cites <em>"Res. Chippewa L.516-1855"</em>.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1855.09.05-map-marked-a-for-red-cliff-detail.jpg1855.09.05 map marked A for Red Cliff (detail)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1855.09.05-map-marked-a-for-red-cliff-e1748662657598.jpg1855.09.05 map marked A for Red Cliff"Lands shaded blue recommended to be withdrawn in Commr's letter of Sept 6th 1855"2025-12-05T02:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/10/30/judge-bell-incidents-fooled-the-austrian-brothers/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/marxaustrianadditionbayfield-1-e1762020496889.pngMarxAustrianAdditionBayfieldMarx Austrian's Addition to Bayfield.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lapointe-block-35-judge-bell.pngLapointe Block 35 Judge BellJudge Bell's "Block 35" on Julius Austrian's 1854 Plat of La Pointe.2025-11-21T01:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/10/16/judge-bell-incidents-king-no-more/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1845jcalvinsmithunitedstates-1845lapointe.png1845JCalvinSmithUnitedStates-1845LaPointe1845 United States map by J. Calvin Smith with the original boundaries of La Pointe outlined in red.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1888.01.01-fargodailyargus-judgebell-e1760672019852.png1888.01.01-FargoDailyArgus-JudgeBellFargo Daily Argus Sunday, January 1, 1888https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1888.01.03-sanfranciscoexaminer-judgebell.png1888.01.03-SanFranciscoExaminer-JudgeBellThe San Francisco Examiner<br /> January 3, 1888https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1887thesaintpaulglobe.png1887TheSaintPaulGlobeThe Saint Paul Globehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1845unitedstatesbyjohndower.png1845UnitedStatesByJohnDowerLa Pointe County was formed to cover the western end of Lake Superior starting at the West Branch of Montreal River, going southwest to La Courte Oreilles, then northwest to the Mississippi River, and up to Canada.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1887wisconsinstatejournal.png1887WisconsinStateJournalWisconsin State Journalhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1888superiortimes.png1888SuperiorTimesSuperior Times2025-11-21T01:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/austrian-papers/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/joseph-austrian.jpgJoseph AustrianJoseph Austrian aka Doodooshaboohttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/leopold-austrian-lake-superior-peoples-line.pngleopold austrian lake superior peoples lineCommercial Directory of the Western States: Embracing a Classified List of All the Trades, Professions and Pursuits in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Etc, pg. 682025-10-31T01:11:09+00:00weekly0.6https://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/05/03/memoirs-of-doodooshaaboo-joseph-austrians-time-at-la-pointe-1851-52-pt-2/2025-10-31T00:52:21+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/10/25/ruelle-chagouamigon-du-vieux-montreal/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-07-28-chagouamigon_francis_hervieux.jpg2025-07-28-Chagouamigon_Francis_HervieuxPhoto of Ruelle Chagouamigon taken by Francis Hervieux in 2025.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ebooklaruellechagouamigon2016.jpegEbookLaRuelleChagouamigon2016 La ruelle Chagouamigon Ebook Histoire de Montréal: édition 375e anniversaire de la fondation de Montréal de Yvon Codère, 2016.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/callieremuseumtimbers.jpgCalliereMuseumTimbersTimbers excavated beneath the Pointe de Calliere Museum. Photo taken by Amorin Mello, 2023.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/model1700ruechagouamigon.pngModel1700RueChagouamigonModel of Rue Chagouamigon circa 1700. Photo by author at Pointe de Calliere Museum.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/googleimageryruellechagouamigon.pngGoogleImageryRuelleChagouamigonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/googlemapruellechagouamigon.pngGoogleMapRuelleChagouamigonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/callieremuseumfurtradenetwork.pngCalliereMuseumFurTradeNetworkModel of Montreal's fur trade network. Photo take by author at the Pointe de Calliere Museum.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wiferuellechagouamigon.jpegWifeRuelleChagouamigonWife at Ruelle Chagouamigon.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/signruellechagouamigon.jpegSignRuelleChagouamigonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/model1643villemarie.pngModel1643VilleMarieModel of Ville Marie in 1643, author’s photo taken at Pointe de Calliere Museum.2025-10-29T17:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/08/07/wheeler-papers-1854-la-pointe-before-the-treaty/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/robert_stuart_explorer.pngRobert_Stuart_explorerRobert Stuart was an American Fur Company agent and Acting Superintendent on Mackinac Island. <br>~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1852-george-nettleton-cabin.jpg1852 George Nettleton cabinPage 75.2025-10-27T23:24:48+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2019/05/09/race-identity-and-citizenship-in-the-u-s-census-in-1850/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe11.jpgLaPointeLaPointe11https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe10.jpgLaPointeLaPointe10https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe9.jpgLaPointeLaPointe9https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe8.jpgLaPointeLaPointe8https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe7.jpgLaPointeLaPointe7https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe6.jpgLaPointeLaPointe6https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe5.jpgLaPointeLaPointe5https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe4.jpgLaPointeLaPointe4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe3.jpgLaPointeLaPointe3https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lapointelapointe2.jpgLaPointeLaPointe22025-10-27T22:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/01/30/judge-bell-incidents-king-of-the-apostle-islands/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/judge-mccloud-hermit.jpgjudge mccloud hermitJudge Joseph McCloud on Hermit Island ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1885.09.29-theboscobeldial.png1885.09.29-TheBoscobelDialItem about George Francis Thomas' Apostle Island Improvement Company in The Boscobel Dial issue dated September 29, 1885.2025-10-17T03:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/10/10/1839-petitions-against-payments-at-la-pointe/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/taliaferro1.jpgTaliaferro1Lawrence Taliaferrohttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/m234-387-0378.jpgM234-387-0378Date from to Received Answeredhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/m234-387-0413.jpgM234-387-0413https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/m234-387-0411.jpgM234-387-0411https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/m234-387-0407.jpgM234-387-0407https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/m234-387-0404.jpgM234-387-0404https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1836detailprairieduchien.png1836detailPrairieDuChienDetail of Prairie du Chien at mouth of Wisconsin River on Mississippi River. ~ Map of Michigan & Part Of Wisconsin Territory by David H. Burr, 1839.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/m234-387-0432.jpgM234-387-0432https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/m234-387-0431.jpgM234-387-0431https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/m234-387-0430.jpgM234-387-04302025-10-11T02:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/07/22/johnston-schoolcraft-and-the-sac-fox-half-breed-reservation-of-iowa/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/305482_00783_01.jpg305482_00783_01Map of the Tract of Land Reserved for the "Half-Breeds" of the Sacs and Foxes ~ National Archives NAID: 2329242032025-08-24T22:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/06/30/madeline-island-history-event-f-amorin-mello-july-12th/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/7a203e38-bb4d-449c-9dd2-f3d47d0c5886.png7a203e38-bb4d-449c-9dd2-f3d47d0c58862025-07-01T01:50:23+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/03/31/chequamegon-history-event-trails-towns-before-washburn-2/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/amorin-speaker-series-4.2025.pngAmorin Speaker Series 4.20252025-04-01T03:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2025/02/18/bishop-baraga-crosses-lake-superior/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/unknown-gordon.jpgUnknown GordonUndated photo from Gordon Museum of Antoine Gordon's brother: either Louis or John.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/lewandowski-ojibweactivistpriest-g.jpgLewandowski-OjibweActivistPriest-gOjibwe, Activist, Priest The Life of Father Philip Bergin Gordon, Tibishkogijik by Tadeusz Lewandowski, 2019.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1846-baraga-cross-river-story.jpg1846 Baraga Cross River StoryFather Baraga Cross Historical Marker Photo by Brian Finstad © 2024https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1846-baraga-cross-river-cross.jpg1846 Baraga Cross River CrossFather Baraga Cross Historical Marker Photo by Brian Finstad © 2024https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1886-missionary-labors-of-fathers-marquette-menard-allouez-by-verwyst.png1886 Missionary Labors of Fathers Marquette Menard Allouez by VerwystMissionary Labors of Fathers Marquette, Menard and Allouez, in the Lake Superior Region. By Rev. Chrysostom Verwyst of Bayfield, 1886.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1859-plss-mouth-of-cross-river.png1859 PLSS mouth of Cross River1859 General Land Office PLSS detail of the mouth of Cross River.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1847-plss-silver-city-iron-river.png1847 PLSS Silver City Iron River1847 PLSS survey of "Indian Village" and Brownstone Points at the mouth of Iron River where Silver City is today.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1900-verwyst-cover-page.png1900 Verwyst cover pageLife and labors of Rt. Rev. Frederic Baraga, first bishop of Marquette, Mich. : to which are added short sketches of the lives and labors of other Indian missionaries of the Northwest by P. Chrysostomus Verwyst, 1900.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1900-verwyst-chapter-xxxvi.png1900 Verwyst Chapter XXXVIhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fatherjohnchebul.jpgFatherJohnChebulFather John Chebul2025-02-20T02:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2024/12/15/diplomacy-in-the-time-of-cholera-why-there-was-no-ojibwe-delegation-to-president-taylor-in-the-winter-of-1849-50/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1201001168-l.jpg1201001168-lhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/11_james_k_polk.webp11_james_k_polkJames K. Polk, https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/olc.pngOlcCause of death in right column. Akta stanu cywilnego Parafii Greckokatolickiej w Olchowcach (1840-1879). Księga zgonów dla miejscowości Olchowce. https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/22431255https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/oregon.pngOregonWe all pronounced it "Cho-lee-ra." It was weird the first time I heard "Caller-uh." 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(44.5 x 34.9 cm.) Last sold by Christie’s Auction House for $478,800 on 26 May 2022https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/saam-2019.12.2_1.jpgBig Buffalo by Henry InmanHenry Inman, Big Buffalo (Chippewa), 1832-1833, oil on canvas, frame: 39 in. × 34 in. × 2 1/4 in. (99.1 × 86.4 × 5.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gerald and Kathleen Peters, 2019.12.22024-10-13T02:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2024/05/25/chequamegon-history-event-tragedy-of-the-siskiwit/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tragedyofsiskiwit.pngTragedyofsiskiwit2024-05-25T15:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2024/05/15/1842-treaty-speeches-at-la-pointe-in-the-news/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pigeon.pngpigeonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/robertstuartfromdaguerreotype.jpegRobertStuartFromDaguerreotypeRobert Stuart from a daguerreotypehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jack-o-pa-e1712952046708.jpgJack-O-PaZhaagobe Published by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, c1843. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013645335/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/no-tin-e1712951470240.jpgNo-TinNo-Tin, a Chippewa chief Published by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, c1842. https://www.loc.gov/item/95505533/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/saam-2019.12.2_1.jpgBig Buffalo (Chippewa)Chief Buffalo of La Pointehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1842.11.05-greenbayrepublican.png1842.11.05-GreenBayRepublicanGreen Bay Republican Saturday, November 5, 18422024-05-16T19:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/people-index/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/moritz-wagner.jpgmoritz-wagnerMoritz Wagnerhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/karl-ritter-von-scherzer1.jpgkarl-ritter-von-scherzerKarl Ritter von Scherzerhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/johann-georg-kohl.jpgjohann-georg-kohlJohann Georg Kohlhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/aamoons.jpgaamoonsAamoonshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/akiwenzii.jpgakiwenziiAkiwenziihttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/edawigijig.jpgedawigijigEdawigijighttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/peter-roy.jpgpeter-royPeter Royhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/frank-roy.jpgfrank-royhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/george-daniel-morrison.jpggeorge-daniel-morrisonGeorge Daniel Morrisonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/joseph-gurnoe.jpgjoseph-gurnoeJoseph Gurnoe2025-02-15T12:45:43+00:00weekly0.6https://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/04/28/wisconsin-territory-delegation-saint-croix-falls/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/edmund-franklin-ely.jpgedmund franklin elyReverend Edmund Franklin Ely. ~ Duluth Public Libraryhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/st-croix-st-anthony1.jpgst croix st anthonyDetail of the St. Croix River from the Falls to  the head of St. Croix Lake (Stillwater) from <a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps1840.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River From Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information</em></strong></a> by J.N. Nicollet, 1843. Also shown is the Grand Footpath (long dotted line) between Chequamegon Bay and St. Anthony's Falls.<br />~ David Rumsey Map Collectionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/st-croix-falls.jpgst croix fallsDetail of the St. Croix River with tributaries Snake River and Kettle River from <a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps1840.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River From Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information</em></strong></a> by J.N. Nicollet, 1843. <br /> ~ David Rumsey Map Collectionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/st-croix-and-snake-rivers.jpgst croix and snake riversDetail of the St. Croix River with tributaries Snake River and Kettle River from Nicollet's map.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/st-croix-and-portage1.jpgst croix and portageDetail of the upper St. Croix River, portage, and "Chipeway Village" from Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River From Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information by J.N. Nicollet, 1843. ~ David Rumsey Map Collectionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/voyageur-portage.jpgvoyageur portageRecreation of a voyageur carriying two 90 lb packs of fur across a portage to avoid rapids or move to another river. ~ Saint Croix National Scenic Riverwayhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/brule-river-by-nicollet.jpgbrule river by nicolletDetail of the Bois Brule River from Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River by Joseph Nicolas Nicollet, 1843. ~ David Rumsey Map Collectionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/lapointe-to-bois-brule.jpglapointe to bois bruleDetail of the shoreline between La Pointe and the Bois-Brule River from Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mainland-sea-caves-from-the-water.jpgmainland sea caves from the water"Mainland sea caves from the water." ~ Apostle Islands National Lakeshore2024-05-16T02:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/03/29/pictographic-petition-and-1848-49-diplomatic-mission-to-washington/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/livingage.jpglivingageAmid articles on the end of the slave trade, the California Gold Rush, and the benefits of the "passing away of the Celt" during the Great Irish Famine, two articles appeared in the Living Age magazine about the 1849 delegation. The first is tragic, and the second is comical. https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1849petition2.jpg1849petition2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1849petition.jpg1849petitionUnited States. Congress. House. Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session. Oxford University, 1849. Print. United States Congressional Serial Set.2024-05-03T01:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/05/26/chief-buffalo-picture-search-introduction/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/beshekee-1.jpgbeshekee (1)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4158377140_4fc0645907_o.jpg4158377140_4fc0645907_ohttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pf0801351.jpgpf0801351?https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ojibwewashdelegation.jpgOjibweWashDelegation?https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/peechekir1.jpgPeeCheKir1?https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/0409000031-l1.jpg0409000031-l1?https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/be_sheekee_25071_520h_1.jpgBe_sheekee_25071_520h_1?https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kechewaishke.jpgKechewaishke?https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stc.jpgstcTreaty of St. Peters (1837)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lee.jpgleeTreaty of St. Peters (1837)2024-05-03T01:11:41+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/07/17/chief-buffalo-picture-search-the-capitol-busts/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/leech.jpgleechBe-She-Kee (Buffalo), Head Chief of the Leech Lake Chippewas (Whitney and Zimmerman St. Paul)2024-05-03T01:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/12/07/chief-buffalo-picture-search-conclusion/2024-05-03T00:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/02/10/photos-photos-photos/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/denv.jpgdenvChippewa Delegation (Denver Public Library Digital Collections)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/zimpay3.jpgzimpay3https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/zimpay2.jpgzimpay2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/zimpay1.jpgzimpay1dfjgh2024-05-03T00:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/09/early-settlement-of-the-bad-river-indian-reservation/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/james-blackbird.jpgjames blackbirdDetail of Chief James Blackbird from photo by De Lancey Gill. ~ Smithsonian Collectionshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kiskitawag-cut-ear.jpgkiskitawag cut earGiishkitawag("Cut Ear”) signed multiple treaties as a warrior of the Ontonagon Band but afterwards was associated with the Bad River Band. ~C.M. Bell, Smithsonian Digital Collectionshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1860-bad-river-settlement1.jpg1860 bad river settlementDetails of settlements on the La Pointe Reservation from Charles Whittlesey's 1860 Geological Map of the Penokie Range.2024-04-28T16:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wisconsin-territory-delegation/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/morganlewismartin.pngMorganLewisMartinMorgan Lewis Martin ~ 1878 Historical Atlas of Wisconsin2024-04-14T23:39:45+00:00weekly0.6https://chequamegonhistory.com/2024/04/04/1838-arrests-at-la-pointe/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/m234-387-0220.jpgM234-387-0220https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1838.09.20-afc-public-notice-lyman-warren.png1838.09.20 - AFC public notice Lyman WarrenAmerican Fur Company public notice about Lyman M. Warren published in newspapers nationwide in September 1838.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/moses.m.strong.pngMoses M. Strong ~ 1878 Historical Atlas of Wisconsinhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1836chequamegonbayburrwisconsin.png1836ChequamegonBayBurrWisconsinDetail of Chequamegon Bay from 1836 map of Wisconsin Territory by David Hughes Burr.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1836fthowardgreenbayburrwisconsin.png1836FtHowardGreenBayBurrWisconsinDetail of Fort Howard and Green Bay in 1836 map of Wisconsin Territory by David Hugh Burr.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/m234-387-0259.jpgDate from to Received Answeredhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/m234-387-0319.jpgLEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/m234-387-0314.jpgLEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01LEAD Technologies Inc. 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He participated in a geological survey of Ohio conducted in the late 1830s, during which he discovered numerous Native American earthworks. In 1867, Whittlesey helped establish the Western Reserve Historical Society, and he served as the organization's president until his death in 1886. Whittlesey also wrote approximately two hundred books and articles, mostly on geology and Ohio's early history." ~ Ohio History Centralhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1860-whittlesey-penokie-range-geological-survey.jpg1860 Whittlesey Penokie Range Geological Survey"Geological Map of the Penokie Range" by Charles Whittlesey, December 1860. ~ Geology of Wisconsin. Survey of 1873-1879. Volume III., 1880, Plate XX, page 214.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/whittlesey-home-cleveland.jpgWhittlesey home cleveland"The Old Whittlesey Homestead, Euclid Avenue [Cleveland, Ohio]." ~ Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes, by Henry Howe, 1907, page 521.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/okundekund-ontonagon-band-pictograph-seth-eastman.jpgOkundekund ontonagon band pictograph seth eastmanOkandikan pictograph, reproduced from birch bark by Seth Eastman, and published in Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1851.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/marietta_works_squier_and_davis_plate_xxvi.jpgMarietta_Works_Squier_and_Davis_Plate_XXVI"Marietta Works, Ohio. Charles Whittlesey, Surveyor 1837." ~ Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume I., Plate XXVI.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/descriptions-of-ancient-works-in-ohio-whittlesey.jpgdescriptions of ancient works in ohio whittlesey"Descriptions of Ancient Works in Ohio. By Charles Whittlesey, of the late Geological Corps of Ohio." ~ Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. III., Article 7,1852.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/newberry-report-of-progress-1869.jpgnewberry report of progress 1869Part I. Report of progress in 1869, by J. S. Newberry, chief geologist, by the Geological Survey of Ohio, 1870.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/elisha-whittlesey.jpgelisha whittleseyElisha Whittlesey ~ Collection of the U.S. House of Representativeshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/david-bacon.pngDavid-BaconPortrait of David Bacon from ConnecticutHistory.org: "David Bacon (1771 – August 27, 1817) was an American missionary in Michigan Territory. He was born in Woodstock, Connecticut. He worked primarily with the Ottawa and Chippewa tribes, although they were not particularly receptive to his Christian teachings. He founded the town of Tallmadge, Ohio, which later became the center of the Congregationalist faith in Ohio." ~ Wikipedia.org2024-01-05T04:44:53+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2023/10/09/subcarpathia-chequamegon-history-speaker-event/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/subcarpathia5.pngsubcarpathia52023-11-26T05:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2023/10/04/american-fur-company-1834-reinvention-of-la-pointe/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/x01.17.1-angus-boat-at-mission-dock.jpgx01.17.1 angus boat at mission dockPhotograph of Captain John Daniel Angus' boat at the ABCFM mission dock. ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/old-mission-house-madeline-island-built-in-1830-photo-from-.jpgOld Mission House Madeline Island Built in 1830 Photo fromUndated photograph of the Old Mission Inn at Middleport, originally built by the ABCFM mission in 1832. ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/98.3.40-old-presbyterian-church.jpg98.3.40 old presbyterian churchUndated photograph of Hall's Presbyterian Church at it's original location on Sandy Bay at Middleport. In later decades it was moved uphill to Mission Hill. ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/afc-16582-warrenmaplapointe.jpegAFC-16582-WarrenMapLaPointe1834 Lyman Marcus Warren map of La Pointehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/83.237.990-old-mission-1898.jpg83.237.990 old mission 18981898 photograph of the 1830s Mission. ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/83.237.211-charles-w.w.-borup.jpg83.237.211 charles w.w. borupCharles W. W. Borup ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/carte-des-lacs-du-canada-1744.pngCarte des lacs du Canada 1744Detail of Isle Phelipeaux on Carte des lacs du Canada by Jacques Nicolas Bellin in 1744.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/afc-16582-warrenmaplapointe-e1683330813188.jpegAFC-16582-WarrenMapLaPointe2023-10-05T02:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2023/09/29/government-shutdowns-slavery-and-the-sandy-lake-tragedy/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image.webpimagehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image.jpegimagehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-1.jpegimage-1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image.pngimage2023-09-29T17:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2023/05/14/slavery-debt-default-and-the-sandy-lake-tragedy/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mo-compromise-map-ca.webpmo-compromise-map-cahttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed-4.pngunnamed-4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed-3.pngunnamed-3https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed-2.pngunnamed-2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed-1-1.pngunnamed-1-1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed-1.pngunnamed-1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed.pngunnamed2023-05-22T16:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2023/05/06/contribute/2023-05-07T14:01:59+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2022/12/27/1827-deed-for-old-la-pointe/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1827lapointedeedplacenames.png1827LaPointeDeedPlacenameshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/glifwcmapdetail.pngGLIFWCmapdetailhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/burkhartdetail1818michiganterritory.pngBurkhartDetail1818MichiganTerritoryDetail of Michilimackinac County from Michigan as a territory 1805-1837 by C.A. Burkhart, 1926. ~ UW-Milwaukee Librarieshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1831schoolcraftmiddleisland.png1831SchoolcraftMiddleIslandDetail from Douglass Houghton's map from Henry Schoolcraft's 1831 trip between Lake Superior and Mississippi. ~ National Archiveshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1826fonddulactreatylapointebandchiefs.png1826FondDuLacTreatyLaPointeBandChiefs<strong>Bizhiki (Buffalo), Gimiwan (Rain), Kau-bu-zo-way, Wyauweenind</strong>, and <strong>Bikwaakodowaanzige</strong> (Ball of Dye) were<strong> La Pointe Band</strong> leaders on the <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/121651621" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>1826 Treaty of Fond Du Lac</strong></a>.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1827cadottewarrendeedheader-e1668558633410.png1827cadottewarrendeedheaderMichilimackinac County Deeds Vol A Page 221: La Pointe Deed from Cadottes to 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Congresshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/breckinridge_web.jpgbreckinridge_webhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/john_c-_breckinridge_from_waveland_collection_cropped.jpgJohn_C._Breckinridge_from_Waveland_Collection_croppedhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hon-_james_buchanan_-_nara_-_528318-crop.jpgPortraitHonorary James Buchanan Jr was the newly-elected fifteenth President of the United States (1857-1861). Buchanan's vice president John Cabell Breckinridge was already involved with Chequamegon land speculations. ~ The U.S. National Archives and Records Administrationhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ballous-pictorial.jpgballous pictorialBallou's Pictorial was published in Boston, Massachusetts during the 1850s.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/james_rood_doolittle.jpgJames_rood_doolittlehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bradley-fullington.pngBradley Fullington~ Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, Volume 12, by Kansas State Historical Society, page 119.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/secondstatehousebeforeafter.jpgsecondstatehousebeforeafterThe second Vermont State House before the fire (about 1850) and after the fire (1857). "However, on the night of January 6, 1857, disaster struck. A special session to revise the Vermont Constitution had been scheduled for the following day. The stove was loaded with wood and left to warm the building before the legislators arrived the next morning. By evening the stove became so hot that the timbers near it caught fire. The flames quickly spread to the rest of the capitol destroying all but the granite sections." ~ Vermont Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/james_meacham.jpgJames_MeachamVermont Representative James Meacham. ~ History of the Town of Middlebury: In the Country of Addison, Vermont by Samuel Swift, 1859, after page 388.2021-12-01T03:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2021/10/23/lac-du-flambeau-reservation-1842-boundaries/2021-10-30T14:24:12+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/06/04/among-the-otchipwees-ii/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/indians_canoeing_in_the_rapids_oil_painting_by_cornelius_krieghoff.jpg'Indians_Canoeing_in_the_Rapids',_oil_painting_by_Cornelius_KrieghoffIndians Canoeing in the Rapids painting by Cornelius Krieghoff, 1856. ~ Commons.Wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1845-montreal-and-ontonagon-rivers.jpg1845 montreal and ontonagon riversDetail of the Porcupine Mountains between the Montreal River and Ontonagon River from Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1856-silver-creek-north-shore.jpg1856 silver creek north shoreThis family's sugar bush was located at or near Silver Creek (T53N-R10W). ~ General Land Office Recordshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1843-crow-wing-river1.jpg1843 Crow Wing Riverhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1843-crow-wing-river.jpg1843 Crow Wing RiverDetail Crow Wing River and Little Elk River along the Mississippi River from <a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps1840.html" target="_blank"><em><strong>Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River from Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information</strong></em></a> by Joseph Nicolas Nicollet, 1843.<br /> ~ David Rumsey Map Collectionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chippewa-indians-and-wigwams.pngchippewa indians and wigwamsStereograph of "Chippewa Indians and Wigwams" by Martin's Art Gallery, Yew York City, circa 1862-1875. ~ Commons.Wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ozaagii-beach.jpgozaagii beach"Osawgee Beach" postcard, circa 1920. ~ Zenith City Onlinehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ozaagii.jpgOzaagiiOzaagii ~ Geni.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/samuel-ashmun-pix.jpgSamuel-Ashmun-pixJudge Samuel Ashmun ~ Chippewa County Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/george_bonga.pngGeorge_BongaGeorge Bonga ~ 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Pères Jésuites ont fait en l'année 1672 et continuée par le R. Père Jacques Marquette, de la mesme compagnie, accompagné de quelques François en l'année 1673, qu'on pourra nommer la Manitounie, à cause de la statue qui s'est trouvée dans une belle vallée et que les sauvages vont recon[n]oistre pour leur Divinité, qu'ils appellent Manitou, qui sign fie Esprit, ou Genie. [Called the "Manitoumie Map I" by Delanglez (1946).] [Cf. Marquette-Jolliet 1673b, Thévenot 1681, Aa 1707.] [Reproduced in Marcel 1893, map 30.] [Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des cartes et plans, Ge C 5014 Rés] http://rla.unc.edu/emas/topics1.htmlhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapointebandothers1.pnglapointebandothershttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapointebandonto.pnglapointebandontohttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapointebandsandy.pnglapointebandsandyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapointebandothers.pnglapointebandothershttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapointebandloon.pnglapointebandloonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapointebandcrane.pnglapointebandcranehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapointebandcaribo.pnglapointebandcaribohttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapointeband.pnglapointeband2024-07-24T04:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/08/31/edwin-ellis-incidents-number-iv/2019-04-18T03:10:59+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/10/02/asaph-whittlesey-incidents-number-v/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/whittlesey-barkley.jpgwhittlesey & barkleyPhotographs of Asaph Whittlesey and Andrew J Barkley reproduced from National Bicentennial edition (July 1976) of the Ashland Daily Press.2019-04-18T02:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2019/04/11/1855-inquest-on-the-body-of-louis-gurnoe/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/01.1.129-james-chapman.jpg01.1.129 james chapmanJames Chapman ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1856-12-13-joseph-gurnoe-silver-annuities.png1856-12-13 - Joseph Gurnoe silver annuities1856 annuity payment silver joseph gurnoehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/gurnoe-roy-morrison-etc-mixed-bloods.pnggurnoe roy morrison etc mixed bloodsTop: Frank Roy, Vincent Roy, E. Roussin, Old Frank D.o., Bottom: Peter Roy, Jos. Gourneau (Gurnoe), D. Geo. Morrison. The photo is labelled Chippewa Treaty in Washington 1845 by the St. Louis Hist. Lib and Douglas County Museum, but if it is in fact in Washington, it was probably the Bois Forte Treaty of 1866, where these men acted as conductors and interpreters (Digitized by Mary E. Carlson for The Sawmill Community at Roy’s Point).https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1855-sault-ste-marie-metis-louis-gurnoe.jpg1855 sault ste marie metis louis gurnoe1855 photograph entitled "Five of the Earliest Indian Inhabitants of St. Mary's Falls" identifying 1) Louis Cadotte 2) John Bouche 3) Obogan 4) O'Shawn 5) Gurnoe" ~ Metis-History.info/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1855-the-brig-columbia.jpg1855 the brig Columbia"The brig Columbia, which carried the first cargo of ore through the Sault Ste. Marie [in August of 1855]." ~ Image from The Honorable Peter White, 1905, Chapter XIV.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1855-10-23-superior-chronicle.jpg1855-10-23 superior chronicle2019-04-12T23:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2019/04/10/after-missing-treasure/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1855-banks-austrian-la-pointe-mandelbaum-copper-harbor.png1855 Banks Austrian La Pointe Mandelbaum Copper HarborJulius Austrian also operated a bank at La Pointe circa 1855.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wilsons-island.jpgWilson's IslandWilson the Hermit's Island is believed by some to contain several other lost treasures: - 1861 Wilson the Hermit - 1760's British Military Payroll - Random Pirates - Could Pinger have stashed his here as well?2019-04-12T00:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2019/04/07/1823andme-perceptions-of-race-in-pre-civil-war-chequamegon-society/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bonga2.pngBonga2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1823.png1823https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/220px-chief_shingwauk_at_robinson_huron_treaty_signing_in_1850.jpg220px-chief_shingwauk_at_robinson_huron_treaty_signing_in_1850https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/260px-john_tanner_narrative.jpg260px-john_tanner_narrativehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/vincent-roy-jr1.jpgvincent-roy-jr1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bonga.pngBonga2019-04-11T03:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/12/31/translation-help-needed-ojibwe-and-french-placenames-on-joseph-nicollets-manuscript-map-of-wisconsin/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NicolletDraft2.4.pngNicolletDraft2.4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NicolletDraft4-.pngNicolletDraft4-https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NicolletDraft3-.pngNicolletDraft3-https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JNN-1843-Map.jpgJNN-1843-Maphttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Capture9.pngCapture9https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Capture8.pngCapture8https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/pasted-image-0-2.pngpasted image 0 (2)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/pasted-image-0-3.pngpasted image 0 (3)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/pasted-image-0-4.pngpasted image 0 (4)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/pasted-image-0-1.pngpasted image 0 (1)2023-01-22T17:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/08/09/martin-beaser/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ashland-henry-clay-estate-cirac-1850.jpgAshland Henry Clay Estate cirac 1850Beaser named Ashland after the Henry Clay Estate in Kentucky. ~ National Park Servicehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/schuyler-goff-patent-for-beaser-et-al-page-001.jpgSchuyler Goff patent for Beaser et al-page-001Judge Schuyler Goff was issued this patent for 280.53 acres on May 3rd, 1860, on behalf of Martin Beaser, Asaph Whittlesey, and George Kilborn. ~ General Land Office Recordshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/martin-beaser.jpgMartin BeaserPortrait of Martin Beaser on page 24.2019-02-27T02:14:32+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/10/03/wheeler-papers-bad-rivers-missing-creek/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/stuntz-resurvey-of-bad-river-with-red-for-emphasis.jpgstuntz resurvey of bad river with red for emphasis1861 resurvey of Bad River's boundary creek by Elisha S Norris for the General Land Office. Red highlights added for emphasis on 1861 resurvey discrepancies.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bad-river-rez-glifwc-language-map-with-emphasis.jpgbad river rez - glifwc language map WITH EMPHASISDetail of the Bad River Reservation from GLIFWC's Gidakiiminaan Atlas. Red arrow and underscoring added for emphasis.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bad-river-1855-vs-2018.jpgbad river 1855 vs 20182019-01-25T03:09:01+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/04/09/edwin-ellis-incidents-number-iii/2018-10-03T03:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/04/11/asaph-whittlesey-incidents-number-iv/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1864-johnson-map-la-pointe-ashland-counties-wisconsin.jpg1864 Johnson map La Pointe Ashland counties WisconsinDetail of La Pointe and Ashland Counties from a map of Wisconsin and Michigan by A. J. Johnson and Ward, 1864. ~ Geographicus.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1857-horicon-railroad-map-la-pointe-county-wisconsin.jpg1857 Horicon railroad map La Pointe county WisconsinDetail of La Pointe County from a map of Wisconsin by The Milwaukee & Horicon Rail Road, 1857. ~ Library of Congresshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1856-colton-map-la-pointe-county-wisconsin.jpg1856 Colton map La Pointe county WisconsinDetail of La Pointe County from a map of Wisconsin published by J. H. Colton & Co., New York, 1856. ~ 2018-10-03T03:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/06/11/kohl-j-g-remarks-on-the-conversion-of-the-canadian-indians-and-some-stories-of-conversion-part-1-of-2/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1263767856153.jpg1263767856153https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kohlcover.jpgkohlcoverKitschi-Gami; Oder, Erzählungen Vom Obern Seehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/longlac.jpglonglac2018-06-21T19:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/06/21/kohl-j-g-remarks-on-the-conversion-of-the-canadian-indians-and-some-stories-of-conversion-part-2-of-2/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/picardmeme.jpgpicardmemehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/baraga.pngbaraga2018-06-21T19:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/01/15/an-old-indian-settler/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/joseph-stoddard-e1521604292684.jpgjoseph-stoddardJoseph Stoddard circa 1941.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1855-la-pointe-band-reservation.jpg1855-la-pointe-band-reservationDetail of La Pointe Band Reservation including Gichi-ziibiiwishenhnyan in a letter dated March 30th, 1855, from the Commissioner John Wilson of the General Land Office to General Surveyor Warner Lewis at Dubuque, Iowa: "For the Lapointe and other Indians, the body of land on the shore of Lake Superior, immediately west of Montreal river together with 200 acres on the Northern extremity of Madeline Island (all full colored blue on diagram A.) under the 2nd clause of the 2nd Article of the Treaty." ~ National Archives Microfilm Publications; Microcopy No. 27; Roll 16; Volume 16.2018-05-05T02:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/04/21/penokee-mixed-blood-allotments-shakedown-scam-of-1858/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/eliab-byram-dean-jr.jpgeliab byram dean jrEliab Byram Dean, Jr. (photograph from Wisconsin Historical Society)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1855-07-10-superior-chronicle-george-perry-law-and-land.png1855-07-10 Superior Chronicle - George Perry law and landAdvertisement reproduced from the July 10, 1855, issue of the Superior Chronicle newspaper.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/john-dow-howard.jpgJohn Dow HowardJohn Dow Howard ~ Photograph from Duluth Public Library2018-04-22T01:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/03/21/early-life-among-the-indians-chapter-ii/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/benjamin-armstrong-from-familysearch.jpgbenjamin armstrong from familysearchUndated and unattributed photograph of Benjamin Green Armstrong. ~ FamilySearch.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/map-of-lake-superior-chippewa-ceded-territories.gifMap of Lake Superior Chippewa ceded territoriesMap of Lake Superior Chippewa ceded territories in the United States. ~ Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commissionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/unsourced-postcard-of-metropolitan-hotel-formerly-known-as-browns-indian-queen-hotel.jpgunsourced postcard of Metropolitan Hotel, formerly known as Brown's Indian Queen HotelUnsourced and undated postcard of the Metropolitan Hotel, formerly known as Brown's India Queen Hotel. ~ StreetsOfWashington.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/alexander_hugh_holmes_stuart.pngAlexander_Hugh_Holmes_StuartSecretary of the Interior Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart. ~ Department of the Interiorhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/metropolitan-hotel-in-dc.jpgMetropolitan Hotel in DCPostcard of the Metropolitan Hotel in Washington, D.C. ~ StreetsOfWashington.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1852-armstrong-bufffalo-oshoga-vincent-roy-jr-washington-delegation.png1852 Armstrong Bufffalo Oshoga Vincent Roy Jr Washington DelegationWashington Delegation June 22, 1852.2024-02-13T20:45:58+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/03/04/chequamegon-history-blog-live-in-bayfield-march-18-2018/2018-03-04T17:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2018/01/18/audit-of-the-1854-treaty-claims/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1858-04-15-the-prairie-news-okolona-miss-page-4-cronin-hurxthal-sears-advertisement.png1858-04-15 The Prairie News (Okolona, Miss.) page 4 - Cronin Hurxthal & Sears advertisementAdvertisement of Cronin, Hurxthal & Sears ~ The Prairie News (Okolona, Miss.), April 15, 1858, page 4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/james-w-lynde.jpgjames w lynde"Here lie the remains of Hon. J. W. Lynde Killed by Sioux Indians Aug. 18.1862" ~ Findagrave.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/83-237-207-ramsay-crooks.jpg83.237.207 ramsay crooksRamsay Crooks ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1858-executive-documents-volume-7.png1858 executive documents; volume 71858 executive documents; volume 7?https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1858-treasury-disbursement-report-of-1854-treaty1.png1858 treasury disbursement report of 1854 treatyPage 1 of accounts...2018-01-19T04:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/12/30/porcupine-mountains-incidents/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1846-andrew-rundel-chart_of_lake_superior.jpg1846 andrew rundel Chart_of_Lake_SuperiorChart of Lake Superior in Andrew Rundel Journalhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1845-chicago-marquis-hand-book-of-chicago.png1845 Chicago - Marquis hand book of chicago"Chicago in 1845." ~ Marquis' Hand-book of Chicago: A Complete History, Reference Book, and Guide to the City by Albert Nelson Marquis, 1885, page 17.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rundel_page_1.jpgRundel_Page_12017-12-30T15:04:24+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/11/29/1854-treaty-of-la-pointe-appropriations/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/robert_mcclelland_19163.jpgRobert_McClelland_1916Secretary of the Interior Robert McClelland circa 1916 ~ Commons.Wikipedia.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/franklin_pierce_c1855.jpgFranklin_Pierce_c1855United States President Franklin Pierce circa 1855 ~ Commons.Wikimedia.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1855-presidents-budget-for-1854-treaty-at-la-pointe.jpg1855 President's Budget for 1854 Treaty at La Pointe2017-12-14T04:17:37+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/12/13/indian-agencys-explanation-of-the-1854-treaty/2017-12-18T03:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/03/26/edwin-ellis-incidents-number-ii/2017-11-26T05:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/09/26/early-life-among-the-indians-chapter-i/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1852-encountered-on-the-trip-to-washington.jpg1852 encountered on the trip to Washingtonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/steamernortherner.jpgSteamerNorthernerThere was more than one Steamer Northerner on the Great Lakes in 1852. This may have been the one Chief Buffalo's delegation rode on. ~ Great Lakes Maritime Databasehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1853-barnum-american-museum-lecture-room.jpg1853 barnum american museum lecture roomLecture Room (theater) at Barnum's American Museum in New York City, circa 1853. ~ Commons.Wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/early-life-among-the-indians.jpgEarly Life among the IndiansEarly life among the Indianshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/benj-g-armstrong.jpgBenj g armstrong2021-03-15T22:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/09/19/barber-papers-barbers-camp-fall-of-1855/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/whittlesey.jpgAsaph WhittleseyWisconsin Representative Asaph Whittlesey2017-09-25T23:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/05/15/julius-austrian-papers-james-hughes-affair/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1852-austrian-sawmill1.jpg1852 austrian sawmillRoughly 80 acres are highlighted in blue, labeled as "Austrian's Sawmill" on the 1852 PLSS survey map. This is located along what is now Pike's Creek south of the Bayfield Road on the mainland. ~ General Land Officehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1852-austrian-sawmill.jpg1852 austrian sawmillRoughly 80 acres are highlighted in red, labeled as "Austrian's Sawmill" on the 1852 PLSS survey map. ~ General Land Officehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/71c54d-20080714-trumansmith.jpg71c54d-20080714-trumansmithTruman Smith was also an early banker in St. Paul of Minnesota Territory. ~Minnesota Historical Society via Minnesota Public Radiohttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/truman-smith.pngTruman-SmithTruman M. Smith ~ Forest Lake Timeshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1853-austrian-oakes-hughes-la-pointe-lands2.jpg1853 austrian oakes hughes la pointe lands"Containing 382 23/100 Acres of land" is outlined in red. ~ General Land Officehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/francis-baasen.jpgFrancis BaasenFrancis Baasen "Civil war officer, attorney, secretary of state, county commissioner, assistant adjutant general. He was born in Luxembourg, Germany and came to America when he was 19 years of age." ~ Findagrave.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1853-james-hughes-signature.jpg1853 James Hughes signaturehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1853-henry-smitz-schuyler-goff-signatures.jpg1853 Henry Smitz Schuyler Goff signatureshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/james-b-hughes.jpgJames B HughesJames B. Hughes ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1859-oakes-van-etten-ames-signatures.jpg1859 Oakes Van Etten Ames signatures2017-05-15T23:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/05/04/ancient-garden-beds-of-michigan/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/henryrschoolcraft1855.jpgHenryRSchoolcraft1855Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ~ Commons.wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-6b.jpgfigure 6bhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-8.jpgfigure 8https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-7.jpgfigure 7https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-6.pngfigure 6https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-5.pngfigure 5https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-4.pngfigure 4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-3.pngfigure 3https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-2.pngfigure 2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/figure-1.pngfigure 12021-09-02T17:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/04/29/julius-austrian-papers-la-pointe-lands/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1858-gordon-lot-la-pointe.jpg1858 Gordon lot La PointeGordons' lot 9 in downtown La Pointe. ~ Julius Austrian Papers map folderhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1858-francois-cadotte-lot-34-la-pointe.jpg1858 Francois Cadotte lot 34 La PointeLot 34 in New Fort (downtown) La Pointe. ~ Julius Austrian Papershttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cadotte-men002.jpgCadotte men002Antoine and Frank Cadotte (son and grandson of Michael and Madeline Cadotte). ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1855-antoine-gaudin-by-old-fort.jpg1855 Antoine Gaudin by Old FortAntoinn & JaneGordon Lots 2 & 3 near Old Fort (Grant's Point) La Pointe. ~ General Land Officehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1854-vaughn-vanderventer-old-fort-lots-1s.jpg1854 vaughn vanderventer Old Fort lots 1sVaughn/Vanderventer lots 1 & 1 near Old Fort (Grant's Point) La Pointe. ~General Land Officehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1853-la-pointe-lighthouse-rez-50-3.jpg1853 la pointe lighthouse rez 50-3"10 acres or there abouts of Lots 3, 4 & 5 Section 30 to be selected and resumed for Light House purposes of order of the President bearing date the 4 [Apl.?] 1853 see letter of Secr Interior [apl?] 4 /53. The above lots 3, 4 & 5 with drawn from market util the selection is made see Comt. Instructions to [R.y R. Apl.?] 28 /53 and June 18 /53. Reservation rescinded by order of the President March 3 /54 see Instructions to [R.g R.y?] March 7 /54."https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1854-joseph-austrian-at-la-pointe.jpg1854 Joseph Austrian at La PointeThe north coast of La Pointe was patented in Joseph Austrian's name on July 11th, 1854.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1853-la-pointe-lot-4.jpg1853 La Pointe lot 4Lot 4 of Section 30 in T50N-R3W outlined in red. This is the former American Fur Company at [Newport of La Pointe as built by Borup & Oakes circa 1836.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/antoine-gordon-king-midas-flour.jpgAntoine Gordon king midas flour2017-04-30T04:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/05/legend-of-the-montreal-river/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/legend-of-the-montreal-river-1.jpglegend of the montreal river 1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1922-treaty-hall.jpg1922 Treaty Hall"The American Fur Company warehouse, also called Old Treaty Hall. In 1832 the fur company moved its Bayfield post to the Island (Madeline Island), and on the council ground adjoining the building the Chippewa signed the Treaty of 1854 that established their reservations. At some point in its history the bulding came into the hands of George Francis Thomas, who in turn presented it to the DAR, but it was destroyed by fires shortly thereafter." ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gorge-at-tyler-forks.jpggorge at tyler forksThe Ice Lady at the Gorge on the Tyler Forks River. ~ Michael Matusewic.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sidebothams-springdale.jpgSidebotham's SpringdaleSpringdale is John Sidebotham's townsite claim at The Gorge of Tyler Fork's River.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ironton-townsite-trail.jpgIronton townsite trailIronton townsite claim at Saxon Harbor with trails to Odanah and the Penoka Iron Range. (Detail from Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records during November of 1861)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sidebotham-gorge-ironton-trail.pngSidebotham Gorge Ironton TrailSpringdale townsite (John Sidebotham's Claim), the Ironton Trail, and the Iron Range at The Gorge of Tyler's Fork River. (Detail of Albert Stuntz's 1857 PLSS survey map)2017-04-27T23:36:34+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/04/08/asaph-whittlesey-incidents-number-iii/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/mud-oven.jpgmud ovenExample of a mud oven. Not historically accurate. Amorin Mello © 2005.2017-04-12T00:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/04/10/objections-to-mail-route-13780/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/220px-horatio_king_03856a_restored.jpg220px-Horatio_King_03856a_restoredHoratio King, U.S. Postmaster General under Presidents James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln. ~ Wikipedia.org2017-04-12T01:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/ervin-leihy-incidents/2017-04-08T19:14:09+00:00weekly0.6https://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/03/26/asaph-whittlesey-incidents-number-ii/2017-04-08T15:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/03/31/ervin-leihy-incidents-at-the-falls-of-bad-river-2/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1840s-la-pointe-subagency-employees.jpg1840s La Pointe SubAgency employees1840s La Pointe Indian Sub-Agency employees2017-04-01T00:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/03/27/ervin-leihy-incidents-our-first-visitor/2017-03-27T23:32:59+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/02/11/edwin-ellis-incidents-number-i/2017-03-26T21:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/02/09/asaph-whittlesey-incidents-number-i/2017-03-26T18:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/penokee-survey-incidents/2017-03-24T00:30:47+00:00weekly0.6https://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/03/11/considerable-altercation-ensued/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/9999011424-l.jpg9999011424-lhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/9999003800-l.jpg9999003800-l2017-03-22T02:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/03/18/1856-inquest-on-the-body-of-jerry-sullivan/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/01-1-120-capt-angus.jpg01.1.120 capt. angusCaptain John Daniel Angus ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1856-inquest-body-of-jerry-sullivan.jpg1856 inquest body of jerry sullivanPapers Relating to an Inquest on the Body of Jerry Sullivan Wheeler Family Papers: Box 3, Folder 12; La Pointe County, 1849-18622017-03-20T02:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/08/12/oshogay/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1847treatypage.jpg1847treatypagecapthttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/antiwatrous4.jpgantiwatrous4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/antiwatrous3.jpgantiwatrous3https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/antiwatrous2.jpgantiwatrous2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/antiwatrous1.jpgantiwatrous1xcv,2023-09-05T03:20:13+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/02/24/ervin-leihy-incidents-at-the-falls-of-bad-river/2017-02-24T13:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/12/the-removal-order-of-1849/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/millard_fillmore_by_brady_studio_1855-65-crop-1.jpgMillard_Fillmore_by_Brady_Studio_1855-65-crop (1)Photograph of President Millard Fillmore. ~ Library of Congresshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1849-symbolic-petition1.jpg1849 symbolic petitionEntitled "Chief Buffalo's Petition to the President" by the Wisconsin Historical Society, this famous symbolic petition was made and delivered completely independently of Chief Buffalo from La Pointe. Or anyone else from the La Pointe Band for that matter. See Chequamegon History's original post for more information.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/taylorfillmore.jpgTaylorFillmore12th President Zachary Taylor gave the 1849 Removal Order while he was still in office. The 1852 meeting in Washington, D.C. was with 13th President Millard Fillmore. ~ 1848 presidential campaign poster from the Library of Congresshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/220px-george_briggs_-_brady-handy.jpg220px-George_Briggs_-_Brady-HandyUnited States Representative George Briggs. ~ Library of Congresshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/benjamin-armstrong.jpgbenjamin armstrongDetail of Benjamin Armstrong from a photograph by Matthew Brady (Minnesota Historical Society)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/buffalograve.jpgBuffaloGraveChief Buffalo's gravestone at the La Pointe Indian Cemetery on Madeline Island. For more information, see our Chief Buffalo Picture Search.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/oshoga.jpgoshogaO-Sho-Ga Monument near the Indian burial grounds postcard c. 1919. (Wisconsin Historical Society Image ID: 36881) See our post on Oshogay for more information.2017-01-16T22:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/04/18/chief-buffalos-death-and-conversion-a-new-perspective/2022-01-21T04:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/04/12/memoirs-of-doodooshaaboo-joseph-austrians-time-at-la-pointe-1850-51-pt-1/2017-01-03T01:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/12/29/memoirs-of-doodooshaboo-joseph-austrians-migration-to-manhattan-1848-1850/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1850-austrian-immigration-on-robert-kelly.jpg1850-austrian-immigration-on-robert-kellyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1850-joseph-austrian-ida-austrian-immigration.jpg1850-joseph-austrian-ida-austrian-immigrationJoseph Austrian (Oestreicher) and his sister Ida. ~ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-5GDD-X?cc=1849782&wc=MX62-DMW%3A165759201 : 21 May 2014), > image 565 of 869; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/castle-garden-immigration-station.jpgcastle-garden-immigration-stationCastle Gardens did not operate as an Immigration Station until the years 1855-1890. ~ Castle Clinton National Monument2025-03-07T18:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2017/01/02/memoirs-of-doodooshaboo-joseph-austrians-migration-to-mackinac-1850-1851/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1856-republic.jpg1856-republic"Woodcut engraving of the propeller REPUBLIC towing the Michigan Southern Railroad Company's steamboat NORTHERN INDIANA into Pigeon Bay as she burned on Lake Erie on 17 July 1856." ~ MaritimeHistoryoftheGreatLakes.cahttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1850-michigan-central-railroad.jpg1850-michigan-central-railroad"Map from 1850 of the Michigan Southern and connecting railroads. The Michigan Central is also shown, with its then-western terminus of New Buffalo. The Detroit & Pontiac, soon to become the Detroit & Milwaukee, is not shown." ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/a-atlantic2.jpga-atlantic2"SS Atlantic, built 1848, courtesy of Institute for Great Lakes Research, Bowling Green State University." ~ Øyergenealogyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/isaac_newton_steamboat_05.jpgisaac_newton_steamboat_05"State-room saloon of the Isaac Newton (Hudson River steamboat)" ~ New York Public Library digital collection, image WWM9814-012008f2017-01-03T00:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/05/24/memoirs-of-doodooshaboo-joseph-austrian-after-la-pointe-1852-54/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1852-joseph-austrian-land-patent-detail.jpg1852 Joseph Austrian land patent detailhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1852-joseph-austrian-land-patent.jpg1852 Joseph Austrian land patentasdfhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1849-cliff-mine.jpg1849 Cliff MineSketch of the Cliff Mine, 1849. (image courtesy of Michigan Tech Archives) ~ The Cliff Mine Archeology Project Bloghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ancient-keweenaw-mine-pits.jpgAncient Keweenaw mine pitsOutline Map showing the position of the ancient mine-pits of Point Keweenaw, Michigan </br> ~ Ancient Mining on the Shores of Lake Superior, by Charles Whittleseyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/usm-steamer-atlantic.jpgUSM Steamer AtlanticU.S.M. Steamship Atlantic, James West, Commander. ~ Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1853-austrian-ship-manifest.jpg1853 Austrian ship manifestJulius Austrian; Hannah Leopold Austrian (Wife); Amelia Austrian (Mother); Marx Austrian (Brother); Solomon Austrian (Brother); Mina Austrian (Sister); Henry Goodman (Cousin) ~ New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," index and images, FamilySearch.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/simon-mandelbaum1.jpgSimon Mandelbaumasdf2017-01-01T07:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/12/28/memoirs-of-doodooshaboo-joseph-austrian-in-bavaria-1833-1847/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wittelshofen-synagogue-1843-1939.jpgwittelshofen-synagogue-1843-1939"Sitting in front of the synagogue in Wittelshofen."<br> ~ US Holocaust Memorial Museum, 25821.2016-12-30T01:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/02/02/an-interesting-family-history/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/the-jews-of-illinois.pngthe jews of illinois2016-12-29T22:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/12/22/bayfields-early-days/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/john-baptiste-bonneau.jpgjohn-baptiste-bonneauJohn Baptiste Bonneau (Bono) ~ FinaGrave.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/matilda-davis-bono-labonte.jpgmatilda-davis-bono-labonteMatilda Davis ~ FindaGrave.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nazaire-labonte.jpgnazaire-labonteNazaire LaBonte ~ FindaGrave.com2016-12-23T03:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/12/18/1855-yom-kippur-at-la-pointe/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1844-julius-oestreicher-immigration.jpg1844-julius-oestreicher-immigrationJulius Austrian (Oestreicher) immigrated with his sister Babette and brother-in-law Henry Leopold (Freudenthal). ~ New York Passenger Lists, September 5th, 1844; FamilySearch.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/83-238-347a-mrs-austrian.jpg83-238-347a-mrs-austrianPhotograph of Hannah Leopold Austrian from the Madeline Island Museum.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1849-austrian-leopold-marriage-license-application.jpg1849-austrian-leopold-marriage-license-applicationMarriage license application for Julius Austrian and Hannah Leopold. ~ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013; FamilySearch.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1851-austrian-and-roy.jpg1851-austrian-and-royNewspaper clipping featuring Austrian and "his man" Vincent Roy, Jr. ~ Minnesota Pioneer, January 30th, 1851; republished in The Daily Crescent (New Orleans, LA), Feburary 24th, 1851.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/83-238-347b-julius-austrian4.jpg83-238-347b-julius-austrianJulius Austrian ~ Madeline Island Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1850-austrian-la-pointe-home.png1850 Austrian La Pointe home"This represents the home of Julius and Hannah Austrian, after their marriage in the spring of 1848. Premises located at La Pointe, Madeline Island, Lake Superior. Resided there 19 years, happy and contented among Indians, Half-breeds and two Missionaries who represented the inhabitants of the island. Photograph taken summer of 1850." Julius Austrian Papers (Madeline Island Museum)2016-12-19T05:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/11/29/ashland-wisconsin-its-early-days/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1893-houghton-point-prentice-brownstone-quarry.jpg1893-houghton-point-prentice-brownstone-quarryPortrait of Prentice's brownstone quarry at Houghton Point. ~ Ashland Daily Press, circa 1893.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1850s-prentice-addition-to-ashland.jpg1850s-prentice-addition-to-ashland1850s survey of Frederick Prentice Addition of Ashland at/near the ancient Wiikwedong village site. "It is in this addition, that, the Chippewa River and the St. Croix Indian trails reach the Bay." ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mag-of-western-history-vol-8-no-1.pngmag of western history vol 8 no 1Magazine of Western History Illustrated Volume IX No.1 Pages 12-172021-02-05T12:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/11/26/an-incident-of-chegoimegon/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/whs-collections-volume-8-title-page.jpgWHS Collections Volume 8 title pageReport and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. For the years 1877, 1878 and 1879. Volume VIII., pages 224-226.2016-11-27T02:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/07/19/barber-papers-prologue-stuntz-surveys-superior-city-1852-54/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/more-proprietors-of-superior.jpgmore proprietors of superiorMore Proprietors of Supeior from The Eye of the North-west, pg. 9.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/stinson-thompson.jpgstinson thompsonEye of the Northwest, pg. 82016-11-25T23:12:34+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/07/11/sandy-lake-letters-sherman-hall-to-the-wheelers/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130711-160041.jpg20130711-160041.jpghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130711-160019.jpg20130711-160019.jpg2016-11-21T00:30:55+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/11/29/the-enemy-of-my-enemy-the-1855-blackbird-wheeler-alliance/2017-07-24T20:36:46+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/06/09/sandy-lake-tragedy-letters/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/warrenletters1.jpgWarrenLetters1chttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/warrenletter2.jpgWarrenletter2Perish?2021-01-26T09:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/25/land-office-frauds/2016-11-20T22:39:06+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/05/17/john-sayers-winter-journal-snake-river-1804-1805/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sayer2.pngsayer2ghfhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sayer3.pngsayer3hgbhj2019-09-16T03:05:31+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/05/28/among-the-otchipwees-i/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/hangingcloud.jpgHangingcloudNo Princess Zone: Hanging Cloud, the Ogichidaakwe is a popular feature here on Chequamegon History.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1840-cram-map-lac-vieux-desert.gif1840 cram map lac vieux desertMap of Lac Vieux Desert from Thomas Jefferson Cram's 1840 fieldbook. ~ School District of Marshfield: Digital Time Travellershttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1842-menominee-village-whs.jpg1842 menominee village whsA Menominee village in "Village of Folle-Avoines" by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, 1842. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1840-cram-wiskonsan.jpg1840 Cram WiskonsanThe Bad Water Band was first documented by Captain Thomas Jefferson Cram in his December, 1840, report to Congress.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/butte-des-morts.jpgbutte des morts"A view of the Butte des Morts treaty ground with the arrival of the commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenney in 1827" by James Otto Lewis. ~ Library of Congresshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/475px-black_hawk_life_cast.jpg475px-Black_hawk_life_castPlaster life cast of Black Hawk reproduced by Bill Whittaker, original was made ca. 1830, on display at Black Hawk State Historic Site. ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pierre-jean-c3a9douard-desor.jpgPierre Jean Édouard DesorPierre Jean Édouard Desor, Swiss geologist and professor at Neuchâtel academy. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/keokuk.jpgkeokuk"Ke-o-kuk or the Watchful Fox" by Thomas M. Easterly, 1847. ~ Missouri History Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/yellowthunder.jpgYellowThunderDetail from "Among The Winnebago Indians. Wah-con-ja-z-gah (Yellow Thunder) Warrior chief 120 y's old." by Henry Hamilton Bennett, circa 1870s. ~ J. Paul Getty Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1831-mah-kee-mee-teuv-grizzly-bear-by-george-catlin.jpg1831 Mah-kee-mee-teuv Grizzly Bear by George CatlinMah-kée-mee-teuv, Grizzly Bear, Chief of the [Menominee] Tribe by George Catlin, 1831. ~ Smithsonian Institute2016-11-20T19:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/04/17/wisconsin-territory-delegation-the-copper-region/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/little-girls-point.jpglittle girls pointTopographic map of the gorge at Little Girls Point County Park. ~ United States Geological Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/copper-silver-halfbreed.jpgcopper silver halfbreed"The remarkable copper-silver "halfbreed" specimen shown above comes from northern Michigan's Portage Lake Volcanic Series, an extremely thick, Precambrian-aged, flood-basalt deposit that fills up an ancient continental rift valley." ~ Shared from James St. John under the Creative Commons licensehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ontonagon-rock.jpgontonagon rockEngraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/detail-of-chequamegon-bay.jpgdetail of chequamegon bayDetail of the Montreal River and Chequamegon bay from from Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/detail-of-porcupine-mountains-and-ontonagon-rock.pngdetail of porcupine mountains and ontonagon rockDetail of Ontonagon River, “Paul's Cabin,” the Ontonagon Boulder, and the Porcupine Mountains from Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/keweenaw-point-detail.jpgkeweenaw point detailDetail of Eagle River along the Keweenaw Peninsula's copper range from the from Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/boston-mining-company.jpgBoston Mining CompanyBoston Mining Company stock issued by Joab Bernard. ~ Copper Country Reflectionshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1845-map-of-the-mineral-lands.jpg1845 map of the mineral lands<strong><a href="http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/13969/rec/1" target="_blank">Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians</a></strong>.<br /> ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/douglass_houghton_post_card2.jpgDouglass_Houghton_post_card2Painting of Douglass Houghton by Robert Thom. Houghton first explored the south shore of Lake Superior in 1840. Houghton died on Lake Superior during a storm on October 13, 1845. The city of Houghton on Chequamegon Bay was named in his honor.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1845-daily-union-header.jpg1845 daily union header2019-12-20T07:29:44+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/04/23/wisconsin-territory-delegation-la-pointe/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1850-mail-route-map.jpg1850 mail route mapDetail of the mail route between La Pointe and St. Croix falls. ~ A new map of the State of Wisconsin, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/charles_deas_the_voyageurs.pngCharles_Deas_The_VoyageursThe Voyageurs (1846) by Charles Deas. ~ Commons.Wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1880-moccasin-game.jpg1880 moccasin gameStereographic view of a moccasin game, by J. H. Hamilton, circa 1880. ~ University of Minnesota Duluthhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/thunderbird-pouch.jpgthunderbird pouch"Ojibwe shoulder pouch depicting two thunderbirds in quillwork, Peabody Museum Harvard." ~ Commons.Wikimedia.org2016-11-20T07:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/08/22/barber-papers-come-up-here-winter-of-1855/2016-11-20T06:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/12/29/barber-papers-the-gardens-fall-of-1856/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/friderik_baraga_restoration.jpgFriderik_Baraga_restorationThis appears to be Bishop Frederic Baraga. His Catholic Priest was not identified; was this the same Catholic Priest featured in the BlackBird-Wheeler Alliance? (image from WikiMedia).https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/t48n-r2w-survey-contracts-completed1.jpgT48N R2W survey contracts completedContract awarded by La Pointe Indian Agency to Joel Allen Barber on October 12th, 1856. These survey notes are not available from the General Land Office or the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/t47n-r2w-survey-contract-completed1.jpgT47N R2W survey contract completedContract awarded by La Pointe Indian Agency to Joel Allen Barber and George R Stuntz on October 12th, 1856. Survey partially completed by Barber Stuntz during December, 1856. These survey notes are not available from the General Land Office or the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/t47n-r3w-white-river.jpgT47N R3W white riverDetail of White River omitted from Barber's second survey during 1858.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/t47n-r3w-bad-river-falls.jpgT47N R3W bad river fallsDetail of Bad River Falls omitted from Barber's second survey of 1856.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/t47n-r3w-survey-contracts-completed.jpgT47N R3W survey contracts completedContract awarded by La Pointe Indian Agency to Joel Allen Barber and George R Stuntz on October 12th, 1856. Survey partially completed by Barber Stuntz during December, 1856. These survey notes are not available from the General Land Office or the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1856-10-12-contract.jpg1856-10-12 contractCopy of agreement between Henry C Gilbert and Joel Allen Barber, to be done under the direction of Leonard Wheeler. ~ Board of Commissioners of Public Landshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1856-odanah-omitted.jpg1856 odanah omitted"Note Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 & 36 having been previous surveyed by Mr George R Stuntz have been omitted by J. Allen Barber Dept. Surveyor, under Henry C. Gilbert, Indian Agent, so says Mr Barber but no evidence can be found to support his declaration either in the Gen'l L. Office or Indian Bureau. Secs 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 & 36 were recently surveyed by A.C. Stuntz so says the Comm'r Indian Affairs in his letter of Feb'y 6, 1865, inclosing a diagram thereof." ~ General Land Office Recordshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1856-odanah-town-plat.jpg1856 odanah town plat"For Plat of Townsite Odanah LaPointe Indian Reservation [...] See Large Plat Book [s]Next to last page[/s] Middle of Book" ~ Board of Commissioners of Public Landshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/elgin3.jpgElgin31860 photograph of the steamer Lady Elgin. ~ Ship-Wrecks.net2016-11-20T06:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/11/18/copper-creek-mining-location/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/copper-creek-mining-location-bookscanstation-2016-11-16-11-57-11-am-map-detail.jpgcopper-creek-mining-location-bookscanstation-2016-11-16-11-57-11-am-map-detailhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/big-manitou-falls.jpgbig-manitou-falls"Big Manitou Falls, the tallest waterfall in Wisconsin, in Pattison State Park just south of Superior, Wisconsin, USA." Photograph by Bobak Ha'Eri shared with a Creative Commons license. ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/copper-creek-mining-location-bookscanstation-2016-11-16-11-57-11-am-page-003a.jpgcopper-creek-mining-location-bookscanstation-2016-11-16-11-57-11-am-page-003aClick the map for a higher resolution image.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/copper-creek-mining-location-bookscanstation-2016-11-16-11-57-11-am-map.jpgcopper-creek-mining-location-bookscanstation-2016-11-16-11-57-11-am-maphttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1871-superior-st-croix-railroad-company-charter.png1871-superior-st-croix-railroad-company-charterJames O. Sargent may have been the same person as John O. Sargent of Cleveland, who was a co-founder of the Superior & St. Croix Railroad Company. ~ Private and Local Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, 1871.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/copper-greek-glo-patent-mckinzey.jpgcopper-greek-glo-patent-mckinzeyJames H. C. McKinzey was issued his patent to the Copper Creek Mining Location by the Willow River Land Office on August 1st, 1854. ~ General Land Office Recordshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/copper-creek-mining-location-bookscanstation-2016-11-16-11-57-11-am-page-004.jpgcopper-creek-mining-location-bookscanstation-2016-11-16-11-57-11-am-page-0042016-11-19T04:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/09/24/comic-book/2016-11-07T03:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/03/30/kah-puk-wi-e-kah-cornucopia-herbster-or-port-wing/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/steamboat.jpgsteamboatOfficial railroad map of Wisconsin, 1900 / prepared under the direction of Graham L. Rice, Railroad Commissioner. Library of Congress. Check out Steamboat Island in the upper right. According to the old timers, that's the one that washed away.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nicollet1.jpgNicollethttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/warren1.jpgWarren1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/warren2.jpgWarren2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/warren3.jpgWarren32020-11-12T05:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/04/14/maangozids-family-tree/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kohl3.jpgKohl3plhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kohl2.jpgKohl2plhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kohl1.jpgKohl1Placeholder2024-07-02T14:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/04/28/chief-buffalo-flat-mouth-and-tecumseh/2016-09-22T03:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/06/28/fun-with-maps/2016-09-22T03:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/01/the-story-of-chequamegon-bay/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1769-twelve-apostle-islands-jonathan-carver.jpg1769 twelve apostle islands jonathan carverDetail of "The 12 Apostles" from Captain Jonathan Carver's journal of his travels with maps and drawings, 1766. ~ Boston Public Libraryhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/la-pointe-beaver-money.jpgla pointe beaver moneyLa Pointe Beaver Money Northern Outfit, American Fur Company ~ Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters, volume 54, page 159.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/michael-cadot-headstone-1837.jpgmichael-cadot-headstone-1837Michel Cadotte ~ Findagrave.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1898-la-pointe.jpg1898 la pointe"The large building in the foreground is an old American Fur Company's warehouse. The mainland town of Bayfield rests in a hollow of the opposite hills, which appears to merge into the island. This La Pointe, early established as a French military and trading post, must not be confounded with the still earlier missions of La Pointe served by Allouez and Marquette, which is on the mainland on the southwest shore of Chequamegon Bay, between Washburn and Ashland." ~ Wisconsin Historical https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lapointe-from-wisc-hist-colls-xvi-pg-80.jpglapointe from Wisc Hist Colls xvi pg 80~ Wisconin Historical Collections, Volume XVI, page 80.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/friderik_baraga_restoration.jpgFriderik_Baraga_restoration"Bishop Frederic Baraga, three-quarter length portrait, facing three-quarters to right, seated, in clerical robes, holding his Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language" ~ Library of Congresshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1856-ojibwe-bible-shermal-hall.jpg1856 ojibwe bible shermal hallIu Otoshki-Kikindiuin Au Tebeniminvng Gaie Bemajiinung Jesus Christ, Ima Ojibue Inueuining Giizhitong: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Shermal Hall and Henry Blatchford, 1856. ~ Archive.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/leonard-hemenway-wheeler-from-unnamed-wisconsin.jpgleonard hemenway wheeler from unnamed wisconsinReverend Leonard Hemenway Wheelerhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/johnjohnston.jpgJohnJohnstonJohn Johnston ~ Homestead.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1744-belin-isle-de-ronde.jpg1744 Belin isle de rondeDetail of Isle de la Ronde from Carte des lacs du Canada by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, 1744. ~ Wisconsin Historical Society2016-09-22T03:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/04/08/fear-and-loathing-on-the-brule-river-or-how-lt-allens-canoe-skills-fail-to-convince-the-ojibwe-of-the-overwhelming-military-might-of-the-united-states-part-1/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/allen3.jpgAllen3Doc. 323, pg. 57 Allen's journal is https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/allen2.jpgAllen2Doc. 323, pg. 56https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/allen1.jpgAllen12016-09-22T03:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/03/08/perrault-curot-nelson-and-malhoit/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm8.jpgpcnm8https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm9.jpgpcnm9https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm7.jpgpcnm7https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm6.jpgpcnm6ncvbhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm5.jpgpcnm5https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm4.jpgpcnm4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm3.jpgpcnm3https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm2.jpgpcnm2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pcnm1.jpgpcnm1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/perraultcurotmalhoitnelson.pngPerraultCurotMalhoitNelson2023-08-03T18:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/01/18/19th-century-deer-in-the-headlights/2016-09-11T02:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/01/21/they-called-him-gray-devil/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lysander-cutler-woodcut.pngLysander Cutler woodcut(<a title="Lewiston Saturday Journal" href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o78gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iWoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1362%2C4798316" target="_blank">Lewiston Saturday Journal</a>, April 27, 1895, page 11)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lysander-cutler-portrait.jpgLysander Cutler portrait(History of Milwaukee)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cutlermail2.pngCutlermail2Cutler's contract ceased. <a title="United States Congressional serial set, Issue 1041, Part 2" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Qy02AQAAIAAJ" target="_blank">(United States Congressional serial set, Issue 1041, Part 2)</a>.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cutlermail1.pngcutlermail1Cutler was contracted for carrying the mails in 1858 <a title="United States Congressional serial set, Volume 1013" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=OmpHAQAAIAAJ" target="_blank">(United States Congressional serial set, Volume 1013)</a>.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bayfieldirontoncorrection.pngBayfieldIrontonCorrection(<a title="(Pioneer History of Milwaukee: 1847" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Q0IVAAAAYAAJ" target="_blank">Pioneer History of Milwaukee: 1847 </a>by James Smith Buck)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hercules-louis-dousman.jpegHercules Louis DousmanHercules Louis Dousman cosigned several treaties, including the <a title="1837 land cession treaties with the Chippewa and Dakota" href="http://treatiesmatter.org/treaties/land/1837-ojibwe-dakota" target="_blank">1837 land cession treaties with the Chippewa and Dakota</a> (<a title="Wikimedia Images" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_L._Dousman" target="_blank">Wikimedia Images</a>).https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/horatiohill.pngHoratioHill(<a title="Pioneer History of Milwaukee: 1847" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Q0IVAAAAYAAJ" target="_blank">Pioneer History of Milwaukee: 1847 </a>by James Smith Buck)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cutlers-schoolhouse.jpgCutler's schoolhouseLysander Cutler's store and school for a town plat. (Paul DeMain © 2013)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gray-devil-schoolmaster.pngGray Devil schoolmaster2016-09-11T02:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/09/10/an-old-time-trip/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/john-s-barry.jpgjohn-s-barryMichigna Governor John Stewart Barry ~ Commons.Wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/peterwhitemarquettec1865.jpgpeterwhitemarquettec1865Peter White, circa 1860's. ~ The Honorable Peter White: a biographical sketch of the Lake Superior iron country, by Ralph D. Williams, 1907, page 146.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1801-peace-and-friendship-medal.jpg1801-peace-and-friendship-medalReverse side of "Indian peace medals" from 1801 and 1825. ~ Smithsonian Institutehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1825-indian-peace-medal.jpg1825-indian-peace-medalJohn Quincy Adams "Indian peace medal" from the 1825 Treaty at Prairie Du Chien. ~ Smithsonian Institutehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/report-of-pioneer-society-of-michigan-volume-ix.pngReport of Pioneer Society of Michigan Volume IXReport of the Pioneer Scoiety of the State of Michigan together with Reports of County Pioneer Societies: Volume IX, 1886.2016-09-11T01:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/09/01/lake-superior-in-1840/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/douglass-houghton.jpgdouglass houghtonPortrait and biographic sketch of Douglass Houghton are available in Report of the Michigan Academy of Science, Volume 4, by Michigan Academy of Science Council, pages 160-162. Houghtonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bela-hubbard.jpgBela HubbardPortrait and biographic sketch of Bela Hubbard are available in Report of the Michigan Academy of Science, Volume 4, by Michigan Academy of Science Council, pages 163-165. Hubbardhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/jechiikwiio1.jpgJechiikwii'oPossibly a photo of Jechiikwii'o in 1856 at St. Paul. ~ Minnesota Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hubbard-pere-marquette-page-61.jpghubbard pere marquette page 61https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hubbard-falls-at-mouth-of-montreal-river-page-57.jpghubbard falls at mouth of montreal river page 57https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hubbard-view-from-the-cliff-ranges-page-51.jpghubbard view from the cliff ranges page 51https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hubbard-la-chapelle-inside-view-page-47.jpghubbard la chapelle inside view page 47https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hubbard-la-chapelle-from-the-lake-page-45.jpghubbard la chapelle from the lake page 45https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hubbard-the-gothic-rock-page-43.jpghubbard the gothic rock page 43https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hubbard-la-portaille-page-41.jpghubbard la portaille page 412023-01-23T00:06:45+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/07/30/steamboats-celebrities-soo-shipping-and-superior-speculation-joseph-r-williams-account-of-the-1855-payment/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/steam.pngsteamStereotypical 1855 Lake Superior booster advertisement with derogatory language regarding Irishmen and Indians.2016-08-28T01:08:20+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/07/25/historic-sites-on-chequamegon-bay/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/220px-alexandre_de_prouville_de_tracy.jpg220px-Alexandre_de_Prouville_de_TracyMarquis Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/john-baptiste-denomie.jpgJohn Baptiste DenomieJohn Baptiste Denomie ~ Noble Lives of a Noble Race, A Series of Reproductions by the Pupils of Saint Mary's, Odanah, Wisconsin , page 213-217.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/reverend-edward-jacker.jpgReverend Edward JackerReverend Edward Jacker ~ FindAGrave.com2016-08-26T03:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/05/21/two-months-in-the-copper-region/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/william-austin-burt.jpgWilliam Austin BurtWilliam Austin Burt ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/isle-royale-company.jpgIsle Royale Company<em>"Isle Royale Company"</em><br /> ~ <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6c0QAAAAIAAJ" target="_blank"><strong>Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard</strong></a>, by J. Houghton Jr and T. W. Bristol, 1846, pages 94.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/massachusetts-company.jpgMassachusetts Company<em>"Massachusetts Company"</em><br /> ~ <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6c0QAAAAIAAJ" target="_blank"><strong>Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard</strong></a>, by J. Houghton Jr and T. W. Bristol, 1846, pages 101.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/new-york-and-lake-superior-company.jpgNew York and Lake Superior Company<em>"New York and Lake Superior Company"</em><br /> ~ <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6c0QAAAAIAAJ" target="_blank"><strong>Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard</strong></a>, by J. Houghton Jr and T. W. Bristol, 1846, pages 93-94.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pittsburgh-and-boston-copper-harbor-company.jpgpittsburgh and boston copper harbor company<em>"Pittsburgh and Boston Copper Harbor Company"</em><br /> ~ <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6c0QAAAAIAAJ" target="_blank"><strong>Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard</strong></a>, by J. Houghton Jr and T. W. Bristol, 1846, page 92.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lake-superior-company.jpgLake Superior Company"Lake Superior Company" ~ Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard, by T. W. Bristol, 1846, page 92.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/james-hall-jr.jpgjames hall jr~ JAMES HALL JR. 1811–1898 A Biographical Memoir by Robert H. Dott Jr., 2005https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/algonquin-company.jpgAlgonquin Company"Algonquin Company of Detroit." ~ Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard, by T. W. Bristol, 1846, page 97.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/jonathan-carver-lake-superior-detail.jpgjonathan carver lake superior detailDetail of Lake Superior from <a href="http://maps.bpl.org/id/n51931" target="_blank"><em><strong>Carver [Jonathan], Captain. Journal of his travels with maps and drawings, 1766</strong></em></a>.<br /> ~ Boston Public Libraryhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/henry-wolsey-bayfield.jpghenry wolsey bayfieldBayfield, Wisconsin, was named in honor of Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield surveyed Lake Superior between 1823-1825. His map of Chequamegon Bay is available online here. Photograph from Dictionary of Canadian Biography.2016-08-15T03:02:17+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/08/08/samuel-stuart-vaughn/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vaughn-residence-in-ashland.jpgVaughn residence in AshlandVaughn family residence in Ashland. ~ The Northwest Magazine, October 1890, page 20.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/emeline-vaughn.jpgEmeline VaughnEmeline Vaughn ~ The Northwest Magazine, October 1890, page 19.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vaughn-memorial-library.jpgVaughn Memorial LibraryVaughn Memorial Library ~ The Northwest Magazine, October 1890, page 18.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vaughn-building-ashland.jpgvaughn building ashlandThe Vaughn Building ~ The Northwest Magazine, October 1890, page 18.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vaughn-ad-from-bayfield-mercury-august-22-1857.pngVaughn ad from Bayfield Mercury August 22 1857Vaughn advertisement from the August 22nd, 1857, issue of the Bayfield Mercury newspaper.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vaughn-patent-page-001.jpgVaughn patent-page-001Vaughn was issued his patent to 40 acres in Ashland on June 1st, 1859. ~ General Land Office Recordshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/samuel-stuart-vaughn.jpgSamuel Stuart VaughnPage 16.2016-08-10T02:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/08/07/edwin-ellis-m-d/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ellis-patent-page-001.jpgEllis patent-page-001Ellis received his title from the General Land Office to 125.72 acres of land in Ashland on July 15th, 1858. ~ General Land Office Recordshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/daniel-a-j-baker.jpgDaniel A J BakerPortrait of Judge Daniel A. J. Baker ~ The Eye of the North-west, page 9.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/edwin-ellis-md.jpgEdwin Ellis MDEdwin Ellis, M.D., died in Ashland on May 3rd, 1903. This portrait and a posthumous biography of Dr. Ellis is available on pages 16-18 of Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Lake Region by J.H. Beers & Co., 1905.2016-08-07T15:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/08/03/early-trails-and-water-routes/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/michael-bright-trading-post.jpgMichael Bright trading postDetail of Michael Bright Sr.'s trading post on Saint Louis Bay near Oneota (West Duluth). ~ General Land Office Recordshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fedisles.jpgfedisles1820 Cass Schoolcrafthttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wpa_main_image1.jpgWPA_Main_Image1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/325px-archives_of_american_art_-_employment_and_activities_poster_for_the_wpas_federal_art_project_-_11772-26u2upm.jpeg325px-Archives_of_American_Art_-_Employment_and_Activities_poster_for_the_WPAs_Federal_Art_Project_-_11772-26u2upmhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/houghton-coast.pngHoughton coastHoughton was a small settlement at what is now the City of Washburn. (Detail from A.H. Barber's survey during August of 1855)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/superior-chronicle-april-14-1857-murder-on-grand-footpath.pngSuperior Chronicle April 14, 1857 - Murder on Grand FootpathSuperior Chronicle April 14, 18572024-02-13T18:09:19+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/07/20/among-the-otchipwees-iii/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/john-beargrease-the-younger.jpgJohn Beargrease the YoungerJohn Beargrease the Younger was the first mail carrier on the North Shore of Lake Superior. ~ Smithsonian's National Postal Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/220px-josephgranvillenorwoodportrait.png220px-JosephGranvilleNorwoodPortraitJoseph Granville Norwood ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/220px-tcorwin.jpg220px-TCorwinOhio Governor Thomas Corwin ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mag-of-western-history-no-4.jpgmag of western history no 4Magazine of Western History Illustrated No. 4 February 1885 as republished in Magazine of Western History: Volume I2016-07-20T15:16:00+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/06/11/indian-records-of-ontonagon-and-bad-river/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wrhs-tract-41.jpgWRHS Tract 41Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society Tract 41 Ancient Earthworks - Northern Ohio by Charles Whittlesey, circa 1877 as published in Western Reserve Historical Society Publication, Volume 2, Issues 37-72https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/picto5.jpgpicto5https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/picto4.jpgpicto4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/picto3.jpgpicto3https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/picto2.jpgpicto2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/picto1.jpgpicto1Charles Whittlesey documented the pictographs of Bad River.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kundickan-autobiography.pngKundickan autobiographyCharles Whittlesey also reproduced Okandikan's autobiography in Western Reserve Historical Society Tract 41.2016-06-11T23:35:21+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/11/16/reisen-in-nordamerika-from-ontonagon-to-the-mouth-of-the-bois-brule-part-2/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plate_jos_austrian_up_a_tree.jpgPlate_Jos_Austrian_up_a_treeJewish-immigrant brothers, Julius and Joseph Austrian, were prominent La Pointe residents at this time.2016-05-31T04:02:20+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/03/14/penokee-survey-incidents-number-vi/2016-05-31T04:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/04/11/wisconsin-territory-delegation-copper-harbor/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wi-territory-seal-original1.jpgWI territory seal original"The Wisconsin Territorial Seal was designed in 1836 by John S. Horner, the first secretary of the territory, in consultation with Henry Dodge, the first territorial governor. It features an arm holding a pick and a pile of lead ore." ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wi-territory-seal.jpgWI territory sealSecond territorial seal of Wisconsin. "CIVILITAS SUCCESSIT BARBARUM" is Latin for "Civilization Succeeds Barbarism." ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/siskowit.jpgSiskowitThe Siscowet, or Fat Trout, is a subspecies of Lake Trout.  Drawn by David Starr Jordan, and Barton Warren Evermann, 1911. <br /> ~<a href="http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/fishimages&CISOPTR=42868" target="_blank"><strong>University of Washington</strong></a>)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/copper-harbor.jpgcopper harborDetail of Porter's Island and Fort Wilkins at Copper Harbor along the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula from Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/anse.jpganseDetail of "Keewaiwona Bay" with "Anse" and an "Old Indian Village" from Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/william-hadley-brockway.jpgwilliam hadley brockwayReverend William Hadley Brockway: "The first Methodist minister licensed to preach in the State of Michigan." ~ Geni.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/grand-island.jpggrand island"Preliminary Chart of Grand Island and Its Approaches, Lake Superior, 1859" ~ Maritime History of the Great Lakeshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/grand-sable-dunes.jpggrand sable dunes"Grand Sable Dunes" ~ National Park Servicehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bridalveil-falls.jpgbridalveil falls"Bridalveil Falls" ~ National Park Servicehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chapel-rock.jpgchapel rockPhotograph of "Chapel Rock" by David Kronk. ~ National Park Service2016-05-31T03:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/07/29/missed-kisses-hedgehog-indigestion-and-a-wild-boat-chase-mystery-journal-1843-1844/2017-03-31T03:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/05/baash-ki-taa-go-zi-the-firecracker/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1883-german-american-bank-kanters.png1883 german american bank kanters"German American Bank, Detroit. Organized February 3, 1883." ~ Annual Report of the Commissioner of the Banking Dept By Michigan. Banking Dept, 1891, page 56.2016-05-31T03:22:55+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/08/15/gezhiiyaash-ogimaa-diplomat-and-grandmaster-of-the-freemasons/2019-01-06T02:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/19/tylers-fork-location-copper-lands/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/9999004989-l.jpg9999004989-l"Studio portrait of geologist Charles Whittlesey dressed for a field trip." Circa 1858. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/t45n-r2w-ashland-copper-mine-from-whittlesey-map.jpgT45N R2W ashland copper mine from whittlesey mapDetail of Township 45 North, Range 2 West, from Charles Whittlesey's 1860 Geological Map of the Penokie Range.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ashland-copper-mine.jpgashland copper mineDetail of the Ashland Copper Mine from 1873; now Copper Falls State Park.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0253-brownstone-falls.jpg0253 Brownstone FallsMap and Section Showing the Formations at the Junction of Bad River and Tylers Fork" by R. D. Irving, 1873. Published in the Geology of Wisconsin: Volume III.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tylersforklocation1-e1458339694578.pngtylersforklocation12016-05-31T03:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/05/21/fear-and-loathing-on-the-brule-river-or-how-lt-allens-canoe-skills-fail-to-convince-the-ojibwe-of-the-overwhelming-military-might-of-the-united-states-part-4/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/allen10.jpgAllen10plhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/allen11.jpgAllen11plhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/allen12.jpgAllen12pl2016-05-31T02:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/08/07/barber-papers-augustus-1854/2016-05-31T02:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/10/09/barber-papers-in-a-little-trouble-winter-of-1856/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fond-du-lac-mine.jpgfond du lac mineThe Fond du Lac mine was located near a small tributary of the Left Hand River. Augustus' claim may have also been located in this area of T47N R14W.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/stephen-bonga.jpgstephen bongaPortrait of Stephen Bonga ().https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1855-eliab-dean-nomination.jpg1855 eliab dean nominationEliab B. Dean was the https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/makak.jpgE278122Makak: a semi-rigid or rigid container: a basket (especially one of birch bark), a box (Ojibwe People's Dictionary) Photo: Densmore Collection; Smithsonianhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lower-black-river-falls.jpglower black river fallsGeology of Wisconsin: Volume 3, page 341.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/copper-creek.jpgcopper creekGeology of Wisconsin: Volume 3, page 345.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/upper-fall-of-black-river.jpgUpper fall of black riverGeology of Wisconsin. Survey of 1873-1879 ... Volume III, 1880, page 342.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/copper-diggings.jpgcopper diggings"J.H. Bardon, a Superior pioneer, stated that 'at Copper Creek and Black River Falls, twelve or fifteen miles south of Superior, and also near the Brule River, a dozen miles back from Lake Superior, Mr. Stuntz found evidences of mining and exploring for copper on a considerable scale carried on by the American Fur Company, under the direction of Borup and Oaks of La Pointe, in 1845-46. A tote road for the mines was opened from a point ten miles up the Nemadji River to Black River Falls.'" ~ Duluth and St. Louis County, Minnesota; Their Story and People: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development, Volume 1, by Walter Van Brunt, 1921.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/naagaanab.jpgnaagaanabNaagaanab of Fond Du Lachttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1856-02-10-left-hand-point.jpg1856-02-10 Left Hand PointBarber's sketch of his Left Hand Point land claim from the Winter of 1856.2016-05-31T02:38:24+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/05/first-sawmills-of-the-bad-river-reservation/2017-10-10T14:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/20/opinike-or-potatoe-river-property/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0258-potato-falls.jpg0258 Potato Falls"Map Showing the Succession of Layers Along Potato River" by R. D. Irving, 1873. Reproduced from the Geology of Wisconsin: Volume III.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/t47n-r1e-detail-of-upper-falls-on-montreal-river-property.jpgT47N R1E detail of upper falls on montreal river propertyDetail of the Upper Falls (Saxon Falls) on the Montreal River in Township 47 North, Range 1 East from Charles Whittlesey’s 1860 Geological Map of the Penokie Range.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/t46n-r1w-opinike-river-property-from-whittleseys-map.jpgT46N R1W Opinike River Property from whittlesey's mapDetail of Township 45 North, Range 1 West, from Charles Whittlesey’s 1860 Geological Map of the Penokie Range.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/opinike0.pngopinike02016-05-31T02:31:27+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/10/24/barber-papers-let-em-rip-spring-of-1856/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/view-on-montreal-river.jpgView on Montreal River<strong>Superior Falls</strong> at the mouth of the Montreal River, as featured in the stereograph <em>"View on Montreal River"</em> by Whitney & Zimmerman from St. Paul, circa 1870.<br /> ~ <strong><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_on_Montreal_River,_by_Whitney_%26_Zimmerman_crop.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a></strong>~ Wikimedia Commonshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/barber-grave.jpgbarber graveGravestone at Hillside Cemetery in Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin: "IN MEMORY OF AUGUSTUS H. BARBER of Cambridge, Vt. U.S. Deputy Surveyor who was drowned in Montreal River. Apr. 22. A.D. 1856 Aged 24 yrs. & 8 ms." ~ Detail of photograph from FindAGrave.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/augustus-barber-grave.jpgAugustus Barber Grave"IN MEMORY OF AUGUSTUS H. BARBER of Cambridge, Vt. U.S. Deputy Surveyor who was drowned in Montreal River Apr. 22. A.D. 1856 Aged 24 yrs. & 8 ms." ~ FindAGrave.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ironton-townsite-trail1.jpgIronton townsite trailIronton townsite claim at Saxon Harbor with trails to Odanah and the Penoka Iron Range. (Detail from Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records)2016-05-31T02:24:03+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/09/07/barber-papers-lake-superior-summer-of-1855/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/t47n-r4w-transcript.jpgT47N R4W transcriptThe Barbers' original field notes were rewritten decades later. Why? Where are the original field notes for this township?https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vermont-know-nothing-convention.jpgvermont know nothing conventionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vermont-whig-convention.jpgvermont whig conventionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/t47n-r4w-affidavit-2.jpgT47N R4W affidavit 2Chainmen: J. Allen Barber 2nd & George [I?]. Butler. <br /> Axeman: Bernard Hoppen. <br /> Affidavit signed by: John W. Bell, Justice of the Peace for Lapointe County. (not actual signatures)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/t47n-r4w-affidavit-1.jpgT47N R4W affidavit 1First page of affidavit; continued below.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/t47n-r4w-general.jpgT47N R4W generalGeneral description of Ashland (T47N R4W). "Springs are of a good quality and White River in the South East part of Township is a good mill stream. Native copper has been found in this Township, but the formation does not indicate a mining district."https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/t47n-r4w-title.jpgT47N R4W titleSurvey by: Augustus H. Barber, U.S. Deputy Surveyor.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/t47n-r4w-survey.jpgT47N R4W surveyOriginal survey map of T47N R4W. Details include: Ashland townsite; Fish Creek sloughs; Long Island Bay; and trails to Bad River, the White River, and the Penokee Mountains.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ashland.jpgAshlandDetail of Ashland City, LaPointe County (T47N R4W).https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/too-dark.jpgtoo dark2016-07-06T19:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/12/16/barber-papers-ironton-summer-of-1856/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1856-08-19-superior-chronicle-ironton.png1856-08-19 Superior Chronicle - IrontonSuperior Chronicle, August 19th, 1856.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/warner-lewis.jpgWarner Lewis"In 1845 [Warren Lewis] was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at Dubuque. In 1853 he was appointed by President Pierce Surveyor-General for Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota and at the expiration of his term was reappointed by President Buchanan." ~ The Iowa Legislaturehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lewiswarner.jpgLewisWarnerWarner Lewishttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1854-warner-lewis-map1.jpg1854 Warner Lewis mapDetail from Sketch of the Public Surveys in Wisconsin and Territory of Minnesota by the Surveyor General's Office (Warner Lewis), Dubuque, Oct. 21, 1854.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1854-warner-lewis-map.jpg1854 Warner Lewis mapDetail from "Sketch of the Public Surveys in Wisconsin and Territory of Minnesota" by the Surveyor General's Office, Dubuque, Oct. 21, 1854, by Warner Lewis.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ironton-townsite-claim.pngIronton townsite claimIronton townsite claim and Ironton trail to Penoka Iron Range (Detail from Norris survey during 1861)https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/the-ashland-press-1877.jpgThe Ashland press 1877The Ashland Weekly Press became the Ashland Daily Press.2016-05-22T18:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/03/biographical-sketch-of-vincent-roy-jr/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/vincent-roy-jr1.jpgvincent-roy-jrVincent Roy Jr. (From Life and Labors of Rt. Rev. Frederic Baraga by Chrysostom Verwysthttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/henry-c-gilbert.jpgHenry C. GilbertHenry C. Gilbert ~ Branch County Photographshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/geo.pnggeo~ The Superior Chronicle, July 7, 1860.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/brad.pngbrad~ Superior Chronicle, July 7th, 1860.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maple-sugar1.jpgmaple sugarMaple sugar in a birch bark container. ~ Minnesota Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1870-lapointe-catholic-church-zimmerman.jpg1870 lapointe catholic church zimmerman"Boardwalk leading to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe." Photograph by Whitney and Zimmerman, circa 1870. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1853-baraga-dictionary.jpg1853 baraga dictionaryA Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, Explained in English: this language is spoken by the Chippewa Indians, as also by the Otawas, Potawatamis and Algonquins, with little difference; for the use of missionaries, and other persons living among the above mentioned Indians, by Frederic Baraga, 1853.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/boyz.pngboyzTop: Frank Roy, Vincent Roy, E. Roussin, Old Frank D.o., Bottom: Peter Roy, Jos. Gourneau (Gurnoe), D. Geo. Morrison. The photo is labelled Chippewa Treaty in Washington 1845 by the St. Louis Hist. Lib and Douglas County Museum, but if it is in fact in Washington, it was probably the Bois Forte Treaty of 1866, where these men acted as conductors and interpreters (Digitized by Mary E. Carlson for The Sawmill Community at Roy’s Point).https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1839-official-register-la-pointe-agency.jpg1839 official register la pointe agency"War Department - Indian Agencies"<br /> Names of officers; Where employed; Where born; and Compensation ($).<br /> ~ Official Register of the United States, 1839https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/vincent-roy-jr.jpgVincent Roy JrVincent Roy, Jr., portrait from "Short biographical sketch of Vincent Roy, [Jr.,]" in Life and Labors of Rt. Rev. Frederic Baraga, by Chrysostom Verwyst, 1900, pages 472-476.2020-03-30T02:25:52+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/05/01/wisconsin-territory-delegation-copper-harbor-redux/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ontonagon_copper_boulder.jpgOntonagon_Copper_BoulderPhotograph by Ian Shackleford, 2011, of the Ontonagon Copper Boulder off display at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/polkpolk.jpgPolkpolkJames Knox Polk: 11th President of the United States. ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/william_l-_marcy_-_brady-handy.jpgWilliam_L._Marcy_-_Brady-HandyWilliam Learned Marcy was the 20th United States Secretary of War under Polk's presidency. ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/american_progress.jpgAmerican_progressAmerican Progress by John Gast, 1872. "This painting shows "Manifest Destiny" (the belief that the United States should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. In 1872 artist John Gast painted a popular scene of people moving west that captured the view of Americans at the time. Called "Spirit of the Frontier" and widely distributed as an engraving portrayed settlers moving west, guided and protected by Columbia (who represents America and is dressed in a Roman toga to represent classical republicanism) and aided by technology (railways, telegraph), driving Native Americans and bison into obscurity. It is also important to note that Columbia is bringing the "light" as witnessed on the eastern side of the painting as she travels towards the "darkened" west." ~ Commons.Wikimedia.org2016-05-22T13:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/joel-allen-barber-papers/2016-05-18T11:31:47+00:00weekly0.6https://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/05/11/wisconsin-territory-delegation-the-upper-mississippi-river/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/st-louis-1845.jpgst louis 1845"St. Louis Map circa 1845" ~ CampbellHouseMuseum.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maiden-rock-mississippi-river-by-currier-ives.jpgmaiden-rock-mississippi-river-by-currier-ives"Maiden Rock. Mississippi River." by Currier & Ives. Maiden's Rock Bluff. This location is now designated as Maiden Rock Bluff State Natural Area. ~ Springfield Museumshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/st-peters-river-st-anthony-falls.jpgst peters river st anthony fallsfrom Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River from Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information by Joseph Nicolas Nicollet, 1843. ~ David Rumsey Map Collectionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/800px-joseph_nicollet_001.jpg800px-Joseph_Nicollet_001Joseph Nicholas Nicollet ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/leech-lake.jpgleech lakeDetail of Leech Lake and Lake Itasca from Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River from Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information by Joseph Nicolas Nicollet, 1843. ~ David Rumsey Map Collectionhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/stephen_harriman_long_portrait_montage.jpgStephen_Harriman_Long_portrait_montageMajor Stephen Harriman Long ~ Commons.Wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/carver-detail-of-sault-ste-marie.jpgCarver detail of Sault Ste MarieDetail of Sault Ste Marie from <a href="http://maps.bpl.org/id/n51931" target="_blank"><em><strong>Carver [Jonathan], Captain. Journal of his travels with maps and drawings, 1766</strong></em></a>.<br /> ~ Boston Public Libraryhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/carver-detail-of-goddard-river-and-la-pointe.jpgCarver detail of Goddard River and La PointeDetail of "Goddard's River," La Pointe, and Ontonagon from <a href="http://maps.bpl.org/id/n51931" target="_blank"><em><strong>Carver [Jonathan], Captain. Journal of his travels with maps and drawings, 1766</strong></em></a>.<br /> ~ Boston Public Libraryhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/carver-detail-of-st-anthony-falls.jpgCarver detail of St Anthony FallsDetail of Saint Anthony's Falls from <a href="http://maps.bpl.org/id/n51931" target="_blank"><em><strong>Carver [Jonathan], Captain. Journal of his travels with maps and drawings, 1766</strong></em></a>.<br /> ~ Boston Public Libraryhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/carver-detail-of-prairie-du-chien.jpgCarver detail of Prairie du ChienDetail of Prairie du Chien from the 1769 Map showing Jonathan Carver's travels west of the Great Lakes. ~ Boston Public Library2016-05-11T23:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/10/19/an-indian-payment-mcelroys-description-of-the-1855-la-pointe-annuity-payments/2016-04-27T02:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/11/02/reconstructing-the-martell-delegation-through-newspapers/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/martellcongressspeech.pngmartellcongressspeech2016-04-27T02:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/11/09/chief-buffalo-picture-search-the-island-museum-painting/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/buffsatz.jpgbuffsatzljdhfkj2025-07-26T03:08:38+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/12/31/happy-chequamegon-new-year-1844/2017-03-31T04:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/01/20/blackbirds-speech-at-the-1855-payment/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/11594564393_f6e293a65f_h.jpg11594564393_f6e293a65f_h2016-04-27T02:27:36+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/05/12/no-princess-zone-hanging-cloud-the-ogichidaakwe/2016-04-26T00:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/12/chief-buffalo-picture-search-busted-again/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/beshekeewag.jpgbeshekeewaghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/beshekee.jpgbeshekee"Chippewa man in Washington, D.C." Carte de visite by Charles D. Fredricks & Co., 1862 10 cm x 6 cm From the Charles W. Jenks carte de visite collection Photo. 126.194 ~ Massachusetts Historical Society Collections Online2021-04-15T03:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/02/13/barber-papers-apostle-islands-summer-of-1857/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/josiah_whitney.jpgJosiah_whitneyLake Superior surveyor, American geologist, and Harvard University professor Josiah Dwight Whitney. ~ Portrait of Whitney by Silas Selleck, 1863.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1857-08-22-bayfield-mercury-header.png1857-08-22 Bayfield Mercury headerBayfield Mercury, August 22, 1857.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chequamegon-point.jpgChequamegon PointDetail of Chequamegon Point included in the Barber brother's survey of T47N R4W in during 1855.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/t52n-r5w-affidavit-2.jpgT52N R5W affidavit 2This survey contract was sealed in Lancaster, Grant County on July 1st, 1857.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/t52n-r5w-affidavit-1.jpgT52N R5W affidavit 1https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/t52n-r5w-assistants.jpgT52N R5W assistantsBarber's assistants were William W Ward, Alexander Aiken, and Louis Nevioux.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/t52n-r5w-title.jpgT52N R5W title"Commenced April 8th, 1857. Finished April 10th, 1857."https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/t52n-r5w.jpgT52N R5WJoel Allen Barber's survey of T52N R5W included most of Sand Island and "Steamboat Island" (Eagle Island).https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/t52n-r4w-title.jpgT52N R4W title"Commenced April 8th, 1857. Finished April 12th, 1857."https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/t52n-r4w-affidavit-2.jpgT52N R4W affidavit 2This survey contract was at Bayfield on May 30th, 1857, by Samuel Stuart Vaughn as Justice of Peace for LaPointe County.2016-04-24T20:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/04/16/penokee-survey-incidents-number-vii/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ashland-and-iron-mountain-railroad-company.pngAshland and Iron Mountain Railroad CompanyCharter of the Ashland and Iron Mountain Railroad Companyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/penokee-iron-range.pngPenokee Iron RangeJames Smith Buck described Sioux Mixed-Blood land fraud in his Penokee Survey Incidents memoirs.2016-04-24T20:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/02/15/penokee-survey-incidents-number-iii/2016-04-24T07:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/02/1848-la-pointe-annuity-payments/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/henry-hastings-sibley.jpghenry hastings sibleyHenry Hastings Sibley ~ Minnesota Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pierre_chouteau_jr.jpgPierre_Chouteau_JrPierre Chouteau, Jr. (January 19, 1789-September 6, 1865) (also referred to as Pierre Cadet Chouteau). Son of French Creole fur trader, merchant, politician, and slaveholder Jean-Pierre Chouteau. ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rice.jpgriceSenator Henry Mower Rice ~ United States Senate Historical Office2016-04-24T07:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/06/bayfields-beginnings/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1856-04-19-bayfield-surveyed-by-mcaboy.jpg1856-04-19 bayfield surveyed by mcaboyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bayfield-sketch.jpgbayfield sketchPortrait of Bayfield from History of Northern Wisconsin, by the Western Historical Company, 1881, page 80.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1856-map-of-bayfield.jpg1856 map of bayfield"Map of Bayfield situate in La Pointe County, Wisconsin." 1856. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/800px-bayfield_fish_hatchery_1.jpg800px-Bayfield_Fish_Hatchery_1"Elisha and R.D. Pike owned a private fish hatchery in Bayfield County from the 1860s to 1895. The Wisconsin State Legislature mandated the construction of a fish hatchery in northern Wisconsin in 1895, so R.D. Pike donated 405 acres (1.64 km2) from his hatchery to serve as the state hatchery. The state built the main hatchery building in 1897 using brownstone from nearby Pike's Quarry. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway built a siding to the hatchery, and a special railcar known as The Badger brought fish from the hatchery to Wisconsin waterbodies. In 1974, new buildings and wells were constructed to modernize the hatchery. The hatchery was renamed in honor of longtime Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources secretary Les Voigt in 2006, and the main building was named for R.D. Pike in 2011. The hatchery currently spawns five types of trout and salmon and also includes a visitor's center and aquarium." ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/north_star_steamboat_1854.jpgNorth_Star_(steamboat_1854)Portrait of the Steamer North Star from American Steam Vessels, by Samuel Ward Stanton, page 40. ~ Wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pike.jpgpikeCaptain Robinson Derling Pike ~ A gift that spawns Great Lakes fisherieshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1856-mcaboy-remarks.jpg1856 McAboy remarksDetail from McAboy's 1856 Map of Bayfield.2016-04-24T07:31:45+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/12/07/a-real-bona-fide-unmitigated-irishman/2021-09-20T22:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2014/05/31/leonard-wheeler-obituary/2016-04-24T04:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/12/14/reisen-in-nordamerika-from-ontonagon-to-the-mouth-of-the-bois-brule-part-3/2016-04-24T02:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/10/03/chief-buffalo-picture-search-the-armstrong-engraving/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mediaca0shniy.jpgmediaCA0SHNIYPhotograph of Jechiikwii’o and Naaganab on delegation to St Paul in 1856.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/plate_the_delegation_before_president_lincoln_1862.jpgPlate_The_delegation_before_President_Lincoln_1862https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/plate_encountered_on_the_tpip_sic_to_washington.jpgPlate_Encountered_on_the_tpip_sic_to_Washingtonfsdlhhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/plate_annuity_papment_sic_at_la_pointe_1852.jpgPlate_Annuity_papment_sic_at_La_Pointe_1852https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/plate_washington_delegation.jpgPlate_Washington_delegationBizhiki of La Pointe2016-04-24T01:37:57+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/10/16/reisen-in-nordamerika-from-ontonagon-to-the-mouth-of-the-bois-brule-part-1/2016-04-24T01:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/02/17/barber-papers-houghton-fall-of-1857/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1858-houghton-cheq-bay-detail.jpg1858 houghton cheq bay detailMap inset of Chequamegon Bay with Houghton, LaPointe, Bayfield, Ashland, and Bay City.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/echo-dells-at-houghton-falls-state-natural-area.jpgecho dells at houghton falls state natural areahttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1858-plan-of-houghton.jpg1858 plan of houghtonhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1858-brunsweiler-surveyor.jpg1858 brunsweiler surveyor"Survey & Drawing of the town of Houghton by G. L. Brunschweiler, T.E."https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1858-houghton-creek-falls.jpg1858 houghton creek fallsDetail of Houghton Falls State Natural Area within the City of Houghton.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1858-houghton-lapointe-county-plan-by-brunschweiler.png1858 Houghton LaPointe County plan by Brunschweiler1858 Plan of Houghton, La Pointe Co. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1858-houghton-agents.jpg1858 houghton agentsAgents for the Town of Houghton, LaPointe County, 1858:<br /> "A. W. Maddocks - Houghton, Wis.<br /> Charles C. Tucker - Washington, D.C.<br /> F. Prentice - Toledo, Ohio."https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1857-milwaukee-horicon-railroad-detail-of-chequamegon-bay.png1857 Milwaukee & Horicon Railroad detail of Chequamegon BayDetail from the 1857 Township map of Wisconsin showing The Milwaukee & Horicon Rail Road and its connections. The town-sites of LaPointe County shown here are Ironton, Old Fort ( mislabeled as La Pointe), Bay City, Ashland, and Houghton (mislabeled as Bayfield). ~ Library of Congresshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1855-houghton-point.jpg1855 houghton pointDetail of existing settlements and trails near Houghton Point from the Barber brothers' 1855 survey of Chequamegon Bay.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1872-carpetbagger.jpg1872 carpetbaggerWikipedia.com defines a carpetbagger as: In United States history, a carpetbagger was a Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War, during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877). White Southerners denounced them fearing they would loot and plunder the defeated South. Sixty Carpetbaggers were elected to Congress, and they included a majority of Republican governors in the South during Reconstruction. Historian Eric Foner argues: "... most carpetbaggers probably combine the desire for personal gain with a commitment to taking part in an effort "to substitute the civilization of freedom for that of slavery". ... Carpetbaggers generally supported measures aimed at democratizing and modernizing the South – civil rights legislation, aid to economic development, the establishment of public school systems." "Carpetbagger" was a pejorative term referring to the carpet bags (a form of cheap luggage at the time) which many of these newcomers carried. The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders. The term is still used today to refer to a parachute candidate, an outsider who runs for public office in an area where he or she does not have deep community ties, or has lived only for a short time.2016-04-24T00:53:50+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/08/26/chief-buffalo-really-did-meet-the-president-the-vincent-roy-papers/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cournoyer.pngcournoyerVincent Cournoyer and Vincent Roy Jr. c. 1880 (Charles Bell, Washington: Collections of the Smithsonian Institution)2016-04-24T00:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/21/marangoin-river-iron-property/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/marangoin-river-iron-property-shaft.jpgmarangoin river iron property shaftMine shaft found on the Marangoin River Iron Property.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0381-wisco-hill.jpg0381 Wisco HillDetail of Section 16, reproduced from the Geology of Wisconsin: Volume III.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0385-atkins-lake.jpg0385 Atkins LakeDetail of Section 20, reproduced from the Geology of Wisconsin: Volume III.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/detail-of-sibleys-mill-from-whittlesey-survey.jpgdetail of sibley's mill from whittlesey surveyDetail of Sibley's saw-mill on the Marengo River from Charles Whittlesey's 1860 Geological Map of the Penokie Range.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/t44n-r5w-detail-of-marangoin-river-property.jpgT44N R5W detail of marangoin river propertyDetail of Township 44 North, Range 5 West, from Charles Whittlesey’s 1860 Geological Map of the Penokie Range. https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/marangoin4-e1458596827298.pngmarangoin4https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/marangoin1.pngmarangoin12016-04-23T23:06:43+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/06/15/chief-buffalo-picture-search-the-king-and-lewis-lithographs/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/niles.jpgNiles1824 group2016-04-23T22:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/05/07/fear-and-loathing-on-the-brule-river-or-how-lt-allens-canoe-skills-fail-to-convince-the-ojibwe-of-the-overwhelming-military-might-of-the-united-states-part-3/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/allen9.jpgAllen9https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/allen8.jpgAllen8https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/allen7.jpgAllen7pl2016-04-23T21:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2013/04/19/fear-and-loathing-on-the-brule-river-or-how-lt-allens-canoe-skills-fail-to-convince-the-ojibwe-of-the-overwhelming-military-might-of-the-united-states-part-2/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/allen6.jpgAllen6plhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/allen5.jpgAllen5plhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/allen4.jpgAllen4Placeholde2016-04-23T20:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/04/07/wisconsin-territory-delegation-mackinac-and-sault-ste-marie/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/arch_rock_mackinac_island_7-26-2014.jpgArch_Rock,_Mackinac_Island,_7.26.2014Photograph of Arch Rock on Mackinac Island, by n8huckins, shared under Creative Commons license. ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/200px-henrydodge.jpg200px-HenryDodgeHenry Dodgehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/uss_wolverine_ix-31_001.jpgUSS MichiganThe USS Michigan was launched in 1843, and later renamed as the USS Wolverine in 1905. ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hudson-bay-fort.jpgHudson Bay Fort"Hudson Bay Fort, Sault Ste. Marie. By J.S. Hallam." ~ Sault Ste. Marie Public Libraryhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ojibwa_village.jpgOjibwa_village"Ojibwa village near Sault Ste Marie" by Paul Kane in 1845. ~ Wikipedia.org2016-04-11T13:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/04/04/wisconsin-territory-delegation-to-the-far-west/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/map_gwr_1879_1880.jpgmap_GWR_1879_1880"Map of the Great Western Railway of Canada, and Connections." Circa 1879. ~ TrainWeb.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1845-lake-huron.jpg1845 lake huron"A painting by Paul Kane depicts an encampment on the shores of Lake Huron in about 1845." ~ The Granger Collection, New Yorkhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pontiac-chief-artist-impression-414px.jpgPontiac-chief-artist-impression-414px"No authentic images of Pontiac [also known as Obwandiyag] are known to exist. This interpretation was painted by John Mix Stanley." ~ Wikipedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/steannes2.jpgSteAnnes2~ Ste. Anne Catholic Churchhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/fort-holmes.jpgfort holmes"Major Charles Gratiot visited Mackinac Island in 1817, using his trained engineer’s eye to carefully record the design of Fort Holmes in these detailed plans. The fort’s blockhouse, walls, and gun platforms are clearly visible on Gratiot’s drawings" ~ Mackinac State Historic Parkshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mackinac-i.jpgMackinac-iPainting of Fort Mackinac by Seth Eastman in 1761. ~ United States Army Center of Military Historyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/firstnationalbankdetroit1836.pngFirstNationalBankDetroit1836"Bank of Michigan Building, SW corner of Jefferson and Griswold, built 1836" ~ History of Detroit and Michigan, by Silas Farmer, 1890.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/thomas_douglas_5th_earl_of_selkirk.jpgThomas_Douglas_5th_Earl_of_SelkirkThomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish peer from the Royal Society of London, and established the Red River Colony along Hudson Bay (1811). This is neither the same person nor place as Alexander Selkirk's colony on Más-a-Tierra Island, Chile, which inspired Daniel Defoe’s fictional classic, Robinson Crusoe (1719).https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1856-niagara-falls.jpg1856 niagara falls"Niagara Falls Terrapin Point" by Ferdinand Reichardt, 1856. ~ Buffalo History Museumhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/78yo_andrew_jackson.jpg78yo_Andrew_JacksonPhotographic copy of an 1845 daguerreotype featuring 78 year-old Andrew Jackson (seventh President of the United States) shortly before his death. ~ commons.wikimedia.org2016-04-11T13:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/03/15/the-woman-in-stone/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1868-barnum-american-museum-fire-ice.jpg1868 barnum american museum fire ice"Barnum's Museum Fire, New York City, 1868 Incredible view of the frozen ruins of Barnum's 'American Museum' just after the March, 1868 fire. 3-1/4x6-3/4" yellow-mount view published by E & HT Anthony; #5971 in their series of 'Anthony's Stereoscopic Views.' Huge ice formations where the water sprays hit the building; burned out windows and doors. ~ CraigCamera.comhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/probable-site-of-cadottes-house.jpgProbable Site of Cadotte's House"Dirt trail passing log shack that was probably the home of Michael and Madeline Cadotte, La Pointe." ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wheeler-and-wood-families.jpgWheeler and Wood familiesPortrait of the Wheeler and Wood Families from the Wheeler Family Papers at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The woman dressed in white is Harriet "Hattie" Wheeler, according to the book Woman in the Wilderness: Letters of Harriet Wood Wheeler, Missonary Wife, 1832-1892, by Nancy Bunge, 2010.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/harriet-wood-wheeler.jpgHarriet Wood WheelerHarriet Wood Wheeler: wife of Leonard Wheeler, and mother of Harriet Wheeler. ~ Wisconsin Historical Societyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mary-warren-english.jpgMary Warren English"Mary Warren English, White Earth, Minnesota" ~ University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, NEMHC Collections https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/william-whipple-warren.jpgWilliam Whipple WarrenWilliam Whipple Warren (c. 1851) ~ Wikimedia.orghttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lore-dedication.jpglore dedicationhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wabigance.jpgWabiganceRare sighting of Wabigance at the Tyler Forks Gap. (M. Matusewic © 2013)2016-03-15T22:04:23+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2016/01/29/barber-papers-poor-mcewen-spring-of-1857/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/t51n-r2w-end.jpgT51N R2W end~Message of the President of the Untied States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress, 1858, page 119.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/t51n-r2w-affidavit-2.jpgT51N R2W affidavit 2https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/t51n-r2w-affidavit-1.jpgT51N R2W affidavit 1T51N R2W Affidavithttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/t51n-r2w-general-remarks.jpgT51N R2W general remarksT51N R2W General Remarkshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/t51n-r2w-assistants.jpgT51N R2W assistantsT51 R2W assistantshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/t51n-r2w-title.jpgT51N R2W titleT51 R2W title pagehttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/t51n-r2w-survey.jpgT51N R2W surveySurvey of T51 R2Whttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/imprisoned-with-two-bears.jpgImprisoned with two bearshttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/superior-chronicle-april-14-1857-murder-on-grand-footpath-detail.pngsuperior-chronicle-april-14-1857-murder-on-grand-footpath detailRead Poor McEwen for more details about Albert McEwen's supposed murder.https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/early-life-among-the-indians.jpgearly life among the indiansEarly Life among the Indians by Benjamin Armstrong, pages 2016-03-05T03:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/03/04/penokee-survey-incidents-number-v/2016-02-20T19:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/02/22/penokee-survey-incidents-number-iv/2016-02-20T18:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/02/08/penokee-survey-incidents-number-i/2016-02-20T18:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/02/12/penokee-survey-incidents-number-ii/2018-09-01T07:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/2015/09/04/barber-papers-i-shall-not-go-without-jo-spring-of-1855/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mother-dear-mother.jpgMOTHER Dear Motherhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/j-allen-barber-2nd.jpgJ Allen Barber 2ndThis letter appears to be written by Allen in the name of his Cousin Allen 2nd.2015-10-22T03:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://chequamegonhistory.com/about/https://chequamegonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/zones.jpgzonesZONE 1: Weird or interesting items of local interest. 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