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Photocopies of biographical information on Peter and Emma (Van Sickle) Cameron of La Crosse, Wisconsin, as compiled by the Fay family, descendants of Daniel Cameron, and local historical Myer Katz. Katz transcribed selected correspondence, 1845-1854, when it was in the possession of the Fay family of La Crescent, Minnesota. Contains one genealogical chart.

Abstract Cameron Family correspondence consists of 42 handwritten letters written by Peter Cameron, Jane Cameron, Daniel Cameron, Catherine McVeen, Jane McPherson, D. Richardson, Angus Cameron, Walter McArthur, S. F. Pamerson and G. M. Elliott. Letters were written largely from Prairie La Crosse and its successor La Crosse, Wisconsin; Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; Galena, Illinois; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Minnesota; and La Crescent, Minnesota.Two sons of the Daniel Cameron, Sr., family,...

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Photocopy of Eugene C. Whitney's autobiographical sketch includes the arduous journey of coming to La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in 1854 from New York State with his parents. At age 17, he enlisted with the 51st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. After the war, most of his adult life was spent in Oconto, Wisconsin, in the lumber industry. The sketch was written November 12, 1914.

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Copy of Pioneer Days of A. H. Bratferg [Andrew H. Bratberg], written by Sylvan Lee of Holmen, Wisconsin. This typed transcript forms part of the U. S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. The original transcript is housed as part of the Library of Congress' Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-1939. The correct spelling of the name is Bratberg, not Bratferg as transcribed by the Library of Congress.

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Copy of Pioneer Days of Barre [Borre] Stoen by Melvina Casberg of Holmen, Wis., ca. 1936-1939. This typed transcript forms part of the U. S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. The original transcript is housed as part of the Library of Congress' Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-1939.

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Photocopy of reminiscences written by Thomas Pederson in 1924 regarding pioneer life and social customs of the Norwegian community of Long Coulee near Holmen, Wisconsin in the 1860s.