. History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc. ... $13 per month. The next Spring he went on the logdrive, and stayed with it until the logs were rafted out at the Bay, twelve miles above Oshkosh. For the Summers hard work he was to receive$ a day, but he never received it, as the man he worked for ranaway and did not pay
. History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc. ... $13 per month. The next Spring he went on the logdrive, and stayed with it until the logs were rafted out at the Bay, twelve miles above Oshkosh. For the Summers hard work he was to receive$ a day, but he never received it, as the man he worked for ranaway and did not pay any of his men. These were about the first logsthat were ever driven down the Wolf River from Shawano. Mr. he learned that the man for whom he had worked so long and hardhad run away, hailed the first steamboat that came up the river, and tookpassage for New London, which was as near Shawano as the boats ranat that time. When the captain called for his fare, he was informed ofthe situation, but only remarked that he did not carry passengers fornothing, and the young boy was put off at landing and compelledto make his way along the bank of the river as best he could. Hemanaged, however, to get home, and went to work again. From thattime on, for the next five years, he worked by the month in Su. m^A^^ time, and went to school in the Winter. He thus obtained experiencewhich was valuable, and a fair education. When he was twenty yearsold, he began to do business for himself, putting in logs in the Winter,and doing public work, such as building bridges, roads, etc., in the Sum-mer time. He continued in the lumber business on the Wolf Riveruntil 1874, when he closed up his business, which was very large, andremoved to Jenny, on the Wisconsin River, with a view to engaging inthe same business there. He did not, however, engage very extensivelyin business at that place until after the completion of the WisconsinValley Railroad. Then he formed what is known
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