History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . in the Firstregiment, two years of the time as first lieu-tenant of Company C, at St. Paul. He isalso an active member of several societiesand fraternal organizations. He was mar-ried, April 21, 1900, at Rushford, Minn., toMrs. Calista Bentlev Retel. HALLAM. Oscar, bears the surname ofone of the most distinguished writers of his-tory. He does not, however, depend uponthe fame of the illustrious author of theHistory of the Mid
History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . in the Firstregiment, two years of the time as first lieu-tenant of Company C, at St. Paul. He isalso an active member of several societiesand fraternal organizations. He was mar-ried, April 21, 1900, at Rushford, Minn., toMrs. Calista Bentlev Retel. HALLAM. Oscar, bears the surname ofone of the most distinguished writers of his-tory. He does not, however, depend uponthe fame of the illustrious author of theHistory of the Middle Ages, for the posi-tion Avon at the bar and in forum of thestates of Wisconsin and Minnesota. OscarHallams father was a farmer at Linden,AYis. He married Miss Mary Wood. Thename indicates English ancestry. Oscarwas born at Linden, Wis., in 1865. Here hereceived his start in climbing the ladder;the district school furnished the mastered the primary branches ofeducation, he entered the Dodgeville HighSchool and prepared for college, and forhis higher education he chose the Wis-consin University at Madison. Here heimmediately showed more than common. OSCAR HALLAM. HISTORY OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST. ability. He became active in the variousorganizations of the university designedfor literary culture, joining the AthenianLiterary Society and the Phi Delta Thetacollege fraternity. In the great joint de-bate in 1886 between the literary societies,an event always of great interest andimportance, and one of the established pub-lic contests, Mr. Hallam was elected asone of the best speakers, to represent his so-ciety. It proved to be a good choice, for hisside was successful. He appeared on variousother public occasions, and always acquittedhimself with such credit as to give promiseof a successful professional cai^eer. He grad-uated in 1887, as one of the honor men of theclass. He then chose law as his professionand entered the law department of the uni-versity, and graduat
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