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September 6, 1836

The Caswell/Churchill party left Vermont by wagon for Wisconsin

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RegionSeptember 3, 1836

A treaty was made at Cedar Point with the Menomonees, ceding lands west of Green Bay and a strip on the upper Wisconsin; and describe these cessions as occurring in 1836, adding that the Chippewa and Ottawa ceded land east of Green Bay

RegionSeptember 9, 1836

Governor Dodge issued a proclamation ordering the first election for the Council and House of Representatives, and for a delegate to Congress, on the second Monday of October.

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The Caswell/Churchill party left Vermont by wagon for Wisconsin

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To resume the story of my people: We could not stay and listen to the echoes of the rocks and hills of Vermont and be satisfied with small crops, long winters, and deep snows when there was a garden of Eden within reach. So we began to box our goods and pack our trunks, and gather together our small hard earned belongings and on the 6th day of September, 1836, got into a wagon drawn by two horses, turned our backs upon the state that had given us birth, and started for the far off territory of Wisconsin. We reached the village of Highgate, near the Canadian line, the first night, and there stayed till morning.

Caswell, Lucien Bonaparte. The Reminiscences of the Hon. L. B. Caswell. Written at Fort Atkinson, Wis., 1914–1916; four-column newspaper reprint, newspaper and date unidentified. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.PDF pp. 3–27

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September 6, 1836

The Caswell/Churchill party left Vermont by wagon for Wisconsin

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Nation & worldSeptember 6, 1836

The Caswell/Churchill party left Vermont by wagon for Wisconsin

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To resume the story of my people: We could not stay and listen to the echoes of the rocks and hills of Vermont and be satisfied with small crops, long winters, and deep snows when there was a garden of Eden within reach. So we began to box our goods and pack our trunks, and gather together our small hard earned belongings and on the 6th day of September, 1836, got into a wagon drawn by two horses, turned our backs upon the state that had given us birth, and started for the far off territory of Wisconsin. We reached the village of Highgate, near the Canadian line, the first night, and there stayed till morning.