Once Upon a House

1850

The wheat crop partially failed in Wisconsin.

The regionGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “The year 1850 to the agriculturist of Wisconsin was not one of unbounded prosperity,. owing to the partial failure of the wheat crop. In the other branches of agriculture there were fair returns.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/02-wisconsin-as-a-state.md, PDF p. 54

    Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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