ISBN: 9781153923347

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrat… Meer...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX BROWN COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR The year 1860 and the one following--the first year of the great war--were spoken of at the time and afterwards as the golden years. Industries along all lines were booming; large crops of wheat (both spring and winter) oats, barley, corn and peas were harvested in abundance and excellent profits realized. Brown county shared largely in the fat of the land and throughout her borders was peace and plenty. The grain elevator built by I. G. Beaumont and A. Pelton was finished at Green Bay, Hathaway and Penn, lessees, with an aggregate storage capacity of forty thousand bushels, and was found absolutely inadequate from the first to meet the required demand. The grain trade in 1860 promised to be larger than ever before. In preparation for the heavy shipments from the Green Bay port the New York Central placed two new screw steamers, Rocket and Comet on the Buffalo line, and these with the steamer Michigan made the tri-weekly trip with regularity. On the river the most important addition in transportation facilities was the Elwood belonging to D. M. Loy, De Pere, which carried ten thousand bushels of wheat at a speed of six miles an hour. The greatest crops of wheat ever raised in Wisconsin were during the years of 1861 and 1863, when the yield was respectively twenty to twenty-five million, and twenty-five to thirty million bushels. The price per bushel ranged from $1.75 to $2.00. On July 28, 1860, Portage City called a meeting to consider running a steamboat from Portage to Green Bay. The purpose for which this meeting is called is one of vital interest to every farmer in Columbia county. We believe that with united effort at least one good boat can be put in immediate operation and if so we are informed that responsible... Deborah Beaumont Martin, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, History Of Brown County, Wisconsin (volume 1); Past And Present Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction, General Books LLC<

1913, ISBN: 9781153923347

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned… Meer...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1 Original Publisher: The S.J. Clarke publishing company Publication date: 1913 Subjects: Brown County (Wis.)Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 322 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=18mm, Gew.=472gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen]… Meer...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 322 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=18mm, Gew.=472gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Literature - Classics / Criticism], Kartoniert/Broschiert<