Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-04-26

Being one of the early residents of
Baraboo and vicinity and having had
the pleasure of reading the contribu-
tions of others, I will try to tell some
of my recollections of pioneer days.
My parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra wy
man, started from School Crate, Mich.
for Baraboo some time in the latter
part OF July, 1347, by means of OK
teams and prairie schooners, and ar
rived in Baraboo on August Is, 1847.
The family at that time numbered
eight children as follows: Emory,
Eleanor, Elsie, Ethan and Elon, twins,
Edgar, Ellet and Erwin, the baby. I
might as we'll state that we had two
wagons, that all might ride. We
eamped out nearly all Of the time ex-
cept one time when in Illinois we
stopped for few days that the oxen
might rest There being a vacant
house we made use of it.
We crossed the Wisconsin river at
Prairie du Sac on ferry and stayed
over night near Hoover's, at the foot
OF the Baraboo bluffs, but the next
night we stayed in Baraboo at my
uncle's Levi Griswold, who with his
brother Charles worked at the carpcn-
ter trade in Baraboo.
Father soon found q place to live
and took us to the Archie Christie
farm, where we stayed that winter,
when we moved to our home in the
same neighborhood. Our. neishbors.
as remember theM were Tolof By
ron, Ed. Kingsley, family by the
name of Allen, one by the RaMe OF
Blood, Caldwell, whe had son, Dar
yid, Roswell Root Remington and
Uncle Harvey CanhsN. Pkege names
are as l remember hsm in eraer se-
ing from eur homs 10 town. A Mr..
Eddy lived just eff the ssaa
will Try and toll hsw MANY sasEsg.
hotels, etc, were in Barabes whsn
nEst came there, and Whs swAsa
them. John Thomas H@yisr swnsa
one and sold merchandise, JEAN ".
Sanford had general xtsSs. @Asfs
was another small SRssssy stare. sEs
have forgotten the nams Of the swm-
or. The stores ON the goatk side OF
the river | don't knew anything assxt.
hotel called the Briggs house was
run by a naA Of ths sane name.
remember of emily enc dester ssins
there at that time and his name was
Charles Cowles. DR.. Cowlss and my
self were not good friends. Possibly
this was because I would net let him
treat George Paddosk's child for eFcup
as he did Roswell Reminston's child,
which died, but I think Arthur Pea-
dock is still living, at least | hope ne
is
Among the lawyers were g. g. Rea-
ington, Daniel Ruggies and Lenuei
Stanley. Mr.. Ruggles ssnERt eur
school at one time. There was also
another whose name / cannot rseaA
at present.
Baraboo had gYist or feumns mills
owned by Brown and Maxwell. Ly-
ens had two cav mills, enc owned by
Clemans and the other By an old grey
headed man by the name of Hetcaif.
In Lyons man by The name Of Smith
| Ills nickname was By giRgs Adams
+, kept boarding Rouse FOR As maii
hands.
| Will return to nay hslme On ths
farm and the seheol days. When we
| first located Their, there were James
Christis's children, Sarah, Eliza and
Jimmie, Mrs. Weathsrby, widow
! who had two girls, Maria &aa Mary
Jane; I'd. KiRgsleyis children, Jassn
and Harriet; Tolof Byrea, sAildrea,
Sophia, Ener and Carlos and Andrew
twins; Lueretia and Eliza. The
! Jackets included Hannah, Densie
Sam and Partial. The Ryders family
were Waldo and Francis, the John
sans were Tom and William, and the