Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . per, but itis probable that she did not care to recall the promise,which in the hurry of affairs, at that time, mighteasily have been forgotten by Judge Doty. Boardinghouses must have been expensive and troublesomeinstitutions to run, in the early days, as we find thatflour fetched $17 a barrel in Milwaukee in 1838, irre-spective of the cost of freight, in the days when trav-elers made their own routes, and carried axes along tocut down the timber that blocked their course.
Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . per, but itis probable that she did not care to recall the promise,which in the hurry of affairs, at that time, mighteasily have been forgotten by Judge Doty. Boardinghouses must have been expensive and troublesomeinstitutions to run, in the early days, as we find thatflour fetched $17 a barrel in Milwaukee in 1838, irre-spective of the cost of freight, in the days when trav-elers made their own routes, and carried axes along tocut down the timber that blocked their course. Porkcost as high as $33 per barrel, and potatoes $3 perbushel; add thereto the cost of transfer, and the profitsincidental to boarders must have been whittled downconsiderably. Some courage was wanted then to openan establishment, such as the Peck family meant torun, when Indian villages were the only habitationsnear, and deserted wigwams along the borders of thelakes and streams told of the red men who had flour-ished and faded in this locality. Until now the cabinof Michel St. Cyr had served all the purposes of a. FfRST M@OSI UNI MftBIS©!1837. HISTORY OF MADISON. 45 hostelry, and the old man had not grown rich by en-tertaining his few and scattering guests. There was certain to be a much greater demand forhotel accommodation, because the capitol had to besoon erected, and visitors were sure to become morenumerous as the works advanced, but the workmen,as the event proved, would build their own lodgingsbefore long, and make arrangements among them-selves about cooking provisions. Travelers who cameto see the country, to visit the mines, or to see thespots made famous by engagements during the BlackHawk war of five years before, seldom failed to visitMadison, which had charms of its own sufficient tojustify a detour. Before long there were numeroushotels doing a prosperous business on the groundwhich had at first been exclusively possessed by-EbenPecks log house; and hundreds
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