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Vernon County (Wis.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

"An Emigrant's Voyage" Translated Typescript Concerning the Emigration of Michael Rentz

 Collection — Box MISC 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: MISC MSS 163
Abstract

Translation of "An Emigrant's Voyage," originally written in Norwegian by Michael Rentz in 1868, providing an account of Rentz's emigration from Esofea, Norway to the Town of Coon in Vernon County, Wisconsin.

Dates: undated

Josephine Sedevie "Memories" Autobiographical Booklet

 Collection — Box MISC 26, Folder: 7
Identifier: MISC MSS 212
Abstract

Photocopy of a booklet titled "Memories," written by Josephine Sedevie in 1982. This booklet recalls Sedevie's memories of her time living in Vernon County and La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and in North Dakota. Sedevie lived from 1894 until 1988.

Dates: 1982

Mabel Markey Brasda Papers

 Collection — Box MISC 10, Folder: 7
Identifier: MISC MSS 082
Abstract

The Mabel Markey Brasda Papers include newspaper clippings and other items on Brasda and her family; correspondence and clippings related to the Red Mound Museum and Brown Schoolhouse in Vernon County, Wisconsin; and other items related to the history of De Soto, Wisconsin. Materials range in date from 1960 to 1963.

Dates: 1960-1963