After the Civil War broke out in spring 1861, federal officials had neither the time nor resources to devote to Stockbridge-Munsee affairs. Francis Huebschman was to blame for not taking the first step in the allotment process, the survey of the two townships into 1,152 separate parcels of forty acres each. Instead, the Stockbridge-Munsees informally […]
Dan Tousey and Indian Liquor Laws Read More »
The first white settlers came around 1848 – the Hyde, Young and Hills families. Lewis Hyde is often credited as the first, arriving from Oshkosh by following an Indian trail. The land he built his home on would later be owned by Arthur Yankee (Jahnke?) in 1923. A post office may have been set up
History of Dale (Outagamie County) and the Explosion Read More »
Fred Crawford born around 1853 in Canada, son of Irish immigrants John Crawford (1808-1891) and Margaret Forsyth (1808-1902). John was a contractor and built “the fortresses” at Kingston and the Junction Canal. He did a variety of government work in Canada, and a bit in Ogdensburg, New York. The fortresses, built in the 1840s, were
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(This is a draft I submitted for the 2025 City of Kaukauna Parks. I have no idea what changes were made after this. It’s a bit more Eurocentric than I would have liked, but that was unfortunately the smoothest way to tell a linear story in the word count provided.) As the name implies, the
From Grignon Mansion to Ahlstrom and Beyond Read More »
July 31, 1909: Mary Ann Bieber was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was baptized Catholic but was not raised in the Church. Her childhood was an unhappy one and she was repeatedly beaten by her father. Several of her later messages from Mary appear to allude to this abuse. Regarding one message, Mary Ann stated,
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Frederick Thomas Price born May 10, 1879 in Neenah, Wisconsin. The family lived on Center Street and his father, Joseph Henry Price, was a factory worker and passed on May 27, 1895 at 46 years old. Frederick, our subject, would have been without a father at age 16. September 3, 1894, Frederick Price beat Mrs.
Mary Fridley Price: Accident or Murder? Read More »
William A Doxtator was born 1936 in Fond du Lac, and bounced around between Hilbert, Oshkosh and Menasha 1955, graduated from Hilbert High School. He went to work at the Fred Rueping Leather Company in Fond du Lac. August 12, 1958, he was pulled over for speeding in Kaukauna. He was pulled over again two
Wayne Pratt suspect: William Doxtator Read More »
Terry Lloyd Caspersen was born in Minnesota, possibly Duluth. His family seemed to move back and forth between there and Wausau, Wisconsin. In early 1963, Caspersen was at the Winnebago State Hospital to undergo mental health testing after a suicide attempt. He was released after 10 weeks. While out in June 1963, he was arrested
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This story was brought to my attention by a listener named Toby. Unfortunately, the Chilton newspaper is not online anywhere to my knowledge and I have not had the opportunity to view the microfilm. However, someone transcribed the two key obituaries and put them online. That forms the core of this story, and I’ve fleshed
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Father Theophilus Riesinger’s story is not well known in Appleton today, and seems to have not been very well known in the area even in his lifetime. The first thorough look at him from local sources is from Post-Crescent writer Maija Penikis on March 4, 1973, more than 30 years after his passing. But now,
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