. Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin . s line being dull, andhaving saved a few dollars, he thought itwould be a good opportunity to revisit hisnative land; so, in company with threeother Hollanders, he set out on the journeyvia New York, where the party tooksteamer for Southampton, landing therein thirteen days from time of that port they proceeded by rail toLondon, thence down the Thames andacross the North Sea to Rotterdam, Hol-land, and from there our subject soonreached his old home and friends. In thefollowing spring he r
. Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin . s line being dull, andhaving saved a few dollars, he thought itwould be a good opportunity to revisit hisnative land; so, in company with threeother Hollanders, he set out on the journeyvia New York, where the party tooksteamer for Southampton, landing therein thirteen days from time of that port they proceeded by rail toLondon, thence down the Thames andacross the North Sea to Rotterdam, Hol-land, and from there our subject soonreached his old home and friends. In thefollowing spring he returned to the UnitedStates by steamer, via Rotterdam andNew York, thence by rail to Chicago andAppleton, at which latter point (the rail-road terminating there at that time) hetook boat down the Fox river to GreenBay, where, after a few weeks rest, he re-commenced carpentry work with his oldemployer. Soon after coming to GreenBay Mr. Broeren built himself a smallboat—sixteen feet in length, with a wheelpaddle-in the rear—the craft, which waspropelled by a crank turned by hand, being. ^irmA ^^r^ti^
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