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De Pere of Yesteryear
Catalog ID: 9780978953003
$29.95
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De Pere of Yesteryear
By Mary Kay & Dan Milquet
De Pere of Yesteryear is a must have for any De Pere history buffs or area genealogist.
Cover: 1871 Panoramic map of De Pere, viewed from the north.
The Milquet's have spent years researching the pioneers, individuals, families and businesses that helped shape early De Pere into what it is today. Mary Kay's historical articles have been featured in the De Pere Journal since May 2003. De Pere of Yesteryear - Volume 1, combines information featured in many of those articles, plus additional details and stories behind what makes De Pere the community it is today. De Pere of Yesteryear blends historical accounts of De Pere life and genealogical information related to featured families.
Snippets of De Pere's history are told through 75 short stories, which include The First De Pere Land Patents, Early Mail Carrier, First East Side Settler, First West Side Settler, Bank of the Fox River Hydraulic Company, Brown County Courthouse in De Pere, The De Pere Advertiser Newspaper, First Marshal, Daughters of Revolutionary War Soldiers, First National Iron Company, The First Photographers, Sorenson Shipyard, The Forgotten Church - St. Ignatius, Pratsch Hardware Store, Sharp - The Furniture Maker, The Mayor of Nicolet, The Transit House, The First St. Joseph’s Church, H. R. Jones Bank, Arent Drug Store, The Lee Store, The Brick School, Hickory Grove Sanitarium, Allouez Land Improvement Company & the Bicycle Factory, Fox River Driving Park, The Saengerfest Excursion Train, West De Pere High School, The Old Stone School, De Pere’s First Automobile, Nicolet High School Band, De Pere Polo, The First Bridges, Sweet’s Island, Heesacker – Kid Stack, Tobey’s Beach, The Interurban Line, The Fire of 1882, The 1919 Champions of Northern Wisconsin Game between the De Pere City Team and the Green Bay Packers, plus many more.
Featured families include Armstrong, Bingham, Bowring, Call, Clermont, Collette, Dickinson, Dunham, Handeyside, Hopkins, Hunt, Hurd, Jackson, Jones, Laborde, Lawe, Lee, Lenfestey, Lessey, Mailer, Marsh, McGeehan, Merrill, Outhwaite, Pratsch, Reid, Sharp, Smith, Stewart, Thiele, Touhey, Vande Walle, Van Dyck, Van Gemert, and Wilcox. De Pere of Yesteryear is packed with loads of genealogical information including family obituaries and articles related to the family that were published in the local newspaper.
The comprehensive index makes it easy to find the names of families, businesses and places highlighted in this 288-page book.
A perfect holiday gift for that hard to buy for person from De Pere!
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