Reminiscent letter, 1892 April 29.

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Reminiscent letter, 1892 April 29.

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Wolcott writes from Jacksonville, Illinois, to Joseph R. Carli in Stillwater, Minn., recalling a June 1840 trip with Lewis Hall of New York from Quincy, Illinois to St. Anthony Falls, Minn. He comments on the falls, Fort Snelling, a trip to Lake St. Croix, a trip with J. R. Brown to the Ojibwe settlement at Pokegama Lake, Wolcott's return to St. Anthony, and Hall's journey on to Lake Superior and then down the Bois Brule River.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Wolcott, E.

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Hall, Lewis W.

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Biographical note: Tucson contractor, Lewis Hall joined the Arizona Sons of Confederate Veterans organization in 1950. Soon, he led the organization coordinating activities between Arizona and the national headquarters in Mississippi. He later became chairman of the preparations for the centennial commemoration of the Civil War in Arizona between 1960 and 1964. From the description of Arizona Civil War Centennial collection, ca. 1950-1971. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizon...

Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870

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Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805-1870) was a Minnesota pioneer, fur trader, soldier, townsite and real estate developer, inventor, newspaper editor and publisher, politician and legislator. From the description of Joseph R. Brown collection, 1729-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42288192 In 1859 Joseph R. Brown of Henderson, Minnesota, designed a "steam wagon", which was manufactured in New York and shipped to Henderson, where he operated it for a time in 1860, before it becam...