The chronology
1824
Overview
In the surrounding region, lead ore in the southwestern part of Wisconsin began to attract attention, a good-sized two-story house on Vandermark creek was enclosed, and Henry S. Baird of Brown county was appointed district attorney. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗
At the national level, Congress granted quarter sections of land to counties for seats of justice or county buildings (with sources giving different approval dates), Major Long's expedition took place, and the Sacs and Foxes sold to the General Government all their lands in Missouri north of the Missouri river, receiving one thousand dollars that year and an annuity of one thousand dollars for ten years. ↗ ↗ ↗
A few deaths are also recorded, including a man with 'profound religious views' in March and a man who lived in Vermont and later Colebrook, N. H., about this year. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+39 more)
Month by month
- May 2, 1824Congress granted quarter sections of land to counties for seats of justice / county buildings; the two passages give different approval dates.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
During 1824
Events the sources date only to the year.
- 1824Henry S. Baird, of Brown county, was appointed district attorney.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1824The lead ore in the southwestern part of Wisconsin began to attract attention.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1824Thiebault, a Frenchman, established himself at the Turtle village, probably about this year.The propertyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1824A good sized two-story house on Vandermark creek was enclosed.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source