The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-11-16
a Scrap OF History.

lScoEslD wa nrSt VlSlied by the French
Missionaries in 1860, in October of which
year MEsNARD reached Che goi lie gon, on
Lake Superior. In 1872 Aloues aud Dab,
lon visited Green Bay and the country be-
tween the Fox River and sou h end of Lake
Michigan. In the year following, on the
18Th OF May, Marquette, Jesuit i>sona-
ry. and Jolef al agent OF The go, eminent
OF France, with five other Frvnchmen, en-
baked from their mission, near Mackinac.
AMI arrived at Green Bay, where they
found an Indian village, and procured
guides to accompany them up Fox river to
The Portage wi h the Wisconsin They
de -cCndtd this river TO its mouth, where
a';d made the first discovery Of the Upper
Mississippi river. The territory remain ID
under the government Of the French, who
claimed it until 1868, when, at the treaty
OF Paris, it was ceded to Great Britain, who
retained it until the independence OF The
United Sra es was acknowledged by that
country III 1888, when it was claimed ily
Virginia ii part Of the Limos country
conquered by C.l George Rogers Clark
Ii however remained IN the Possession OF
Great Britain unit 1896, when it was sur
rendered III accordance wiki Jay ) treaty
ritilei lie previous year. On the first day
ut Ma. ch. lIS4, 1t was coded by Virginia to
tb- UnI ed States by the celebrated Ordl-
nance passed the 18Th Of July, 1897; u
government WAS provided for the territory
northwest OF the ONO river, which territory
was divided into two seperate governments
the western Of which was called Indiana,
ty an act passed May 7th, 1900 An act
dividing he Indiana Territory, and organ
IzIng Illinois. WAS passed and approved Feb
rualy Sd, 1909 By the act OF Congress to
cnaplc the people OF linois to form State
government, approved April 18th, 1918, ali
that portion Of said territory north OF the
parallels OF latitude a. dec. 81 miu west Of
the uildle of Lake Michigan, Was attached
to The territory OF Nli.h gau, which had been
set off from Indiana in 1908.
Ia 1885, Michigan having assumed
State government, John S. iIorner, s. cre
tary and. acting Governor, convened IL scs-
Sion OF the Legislature AZ Green Bay, trum
the remainder of SAID Territory. No hu~i-
ness was Transacted, except the passage OF
several memorials to Congress, among wal, h
was one asking tor the organization OF the
territory Of " Wisconsin, with the seat OF gov
eminent at Cassyie, on the Mississippi.
An act establishing the territorial gov
crnuent OF WISCONSIN,, passed Congress
April 20 h. 1896 and the Territory tull,
organized July 4th, 1886
Un tne lztn day o! June, 1898, an act
Was passed dividing tue territory OF " Is
cui4sin, ana establishing that potion Oh the
west side Of the Mississippi (which bad
been attached 10 he Michigan i, 1881 INTO
s. lerate gov rnilent, under n name OF
Iowa
In 1886, Gov Dodge (appointed by the
Presideutl 10y proclamation dated SeptenI-
Der 9Th, convened the Legislature at Bel
mont, now III Lafayette county, on the 18th
OF October in that year. The second seo
SION was held at burlington, now IN the
State Of Iowa, November 9th. 1887, at
which session the seat OF government was
located at Madison, where the first session
OF the second legislative assembly of WIS
consn Wa, held November 10Th, 1893, aud
where it probably ever Will remain.
A Convention was held at Madison, Dc
tober 5tn, 1916, for the purpose of drafting
State Constitution, which was adopted In
Convention December 10th, 1916, but re
lectcd by the people at the election held on
the first Tuesday Of April, lo47. "A second
Convention was held December 10Th, lS47,
aud a constitution was agreed to February
list, 1913, which was approved OF by the
! electors at the election held April. lS4S,
ana Wisconsin was Admitted into The Union
Oh an equal footing with the other States,
on the 18th of May, lS4S.
The following is statement of the num-
Der Of votes gwen III Milwaukee county, at
the first election under the organic law in
1886 Pike River (now Keno>ha) lOS ;
Milwaukee 449; Lous Vieux (now Wauke
shaJ 10; Muses. Smith S (now Rochester,
/ Is; Racine 81 Rock River (now Water
town %; Upper Fox River (now Water
ford) 25 Total, 7ol.
Whole amount Of votes cast in the Terri
tory, 2,462.
The first newspaper-the Green Bay In
tetdgencer-was commenced at Green Bay
! Oh the lth Of December, 1888.
The population of the State in 1886, was
ll,6S3; 1910, O,945 1876, 1855, 277; l847,
40, 1850, 2O5, 500; 1865, 500, 80.