The History of the Belgian Settlements in Door, Kewaunee and Brown Counties: ... a legacy in 10 parts
Edition: 5th
Publisher: Peninsula Belgian-American Club
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Wisconsin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Notes: Reprinted from series of articles which appeared in the Algoma record-herald.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Four generations of Belgian people have lived and toiled in area; once there were a few who remembered early days.; title: Part II: Rhe antwerp departure: search for land in a strange, new land, first reach Milwaukee,; title: try Sheboygan, then head for Green Bay.; title: Part III: Death delays emigrants, and bay settlement is chosen; first winter hard; cholera strikes.; title: Part IV: Letters from america draw more; despite hardships, many new families in 1856-1857;; title: loneliness, wilderness engulf them.; title: Part V: Brussels soil adaptable to wheat; by 1860 living becomes easier; Civil War takes some; title: of new citizens, women work hard; ship building at Gardner.; title: Part VI: Gardner's enterprise influences Brussels, road building: Pierre arrives in '61 , builds; title: half-way house.; title: Part VII: Wayside Chapels: an apparition in Robinsonville; early churches built in; title: Namur, Brussels, Rosiere, Misere; discontinue home for crippled children.; title: Part VIII: End of Civil War revives business, boosts prices; ashes of great fire hardly cool,; title: before rebuilding begins.; title: Part IX: Belgians bring along their customs, including Kermiss, with Belgian pie, chicken; title: 'boyoo,' and 5-piece local band.; title: Part X: Political influence of Belgians was slow developing, but, not their self-reliance; William Moore elected first Brussels town chairman in 1859.