. 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. ... Howard E., born Sept. 22, 1875,in Mishawaka, while his parents were there temporarily. Mr. Mitchellwas engaged in the manufacture of carriages in Ripon for two years, andstill owns shops and an elevator there. LUDWIG P. MOEN, merchant. Stevens Point. Came to Stough-ton, Dane
. 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. ... Howard E., born Sept. 22, 1875,in Mishawaka, while his parents were there temporarily. Mr. Mitchellwas engaged in the manufacture of carriages in Ripon for two years, andstill owns shops and an elevator there. LUDWIG P. MOEN, merchant. Stevens Point. Came to Stough-ton, Dane Co., Wis., in the Spring of 1872, and remained there until 754 HISTORY OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN. December of that year, when he came to Portage County, working on afarm, in the town of New Hope during the Winter, and in the Springgo-ing as cook on a lumber fleet. The following Fall, he began the clerkingfor Hoeffler & Andrae, and afterward with G. F. Andrae, continuing asclerk until Aug. l6, 1S79, when he established himself in mercantile busi-ness, in partnership with Christian Haagensen. They deal in generalmerchandise, and sell passage tickets to and from Europe, via the StateLine of European steamers. Mr. Moore was born in Konigsberg,Norway, Nov. to, 1858, and came to Wisconsin, when he first came /t^/{-J)^U^ THOMAS H. McDILL, proprietor of saw mill at McDill, two andone-half miles south of Stevens Point. His saw mill was erected in1852, but has since been rebuilt. The capacity is 30,000 in elevenhours, also 25,000 shingles and from 5,000 to 10,000 lath. Mr. McDillfirst settled at Mill Creek in the Fall of 1840. At that time there wereabout 300 inhabitants north of Portage City in Columbia County alltold. There were no buildings in what is now Stevens Point, or any-where in that vicinity. He followed lumbering on Mill Creek until theWinter of 1842, at which time he went to the Eau Claire River in thevicinity of Wausau, and built a saw mill and operated the same unt
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