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Waupaca
Contributor(s): Heltemes, Kim J. (Author)
ISBN: 1531624111     ISBN-13: 9781531624118
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
OUR PRICE:   $28.79  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2006
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
- History | United States - State & Local - General
Dewey: 977.538
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 130 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Cultural Region - Upper Midwest
- Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin
 
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Publisher Description:
In 1849, the Native American lands of central Wisconsin were opened, by way of treaty, for land claims by settlers. The area of eastcentral Wisconsin was a favorite to men from Vermont. Vermont men had settled the wild country from Poy Sippi to Waupaca--a stretch of about 15 miles. That year, the county's earliest pioneers set out from Sheboygan to stake a claim for their homesteads. Told of a place called "the Falls," now known as Waupaca, they mapped out three 80-acre plots after their arrival. As more settlers came to the area, Waupaca was formed into a village and incorporated in 1857. The accumulation of vintage photographs that appear in Waupaca depict the town's old way of life in a vivid manner.