History of Neenah (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from History of Neenah This work was undertaken with a view of furnishing a brief sketch of "early day" Neenah history. The fact that but few remained to tell the story of pioneer times, made it desirable that such interesting and valuable reminiscences as alone could be given by the first settlers, should be secured before those who had taken an active part therein, had passed to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. No attempts have been made at fine writing, the object being to present, in a matter-of-fact way, the history of Neenah in its various phases, to trace the same from the earliest date to the present time, and place all on permanent record. We have experienced considerable difficulty in securing authentic dates on early day occurrences, as three men generally have as many different versions of the same story, but we are satisfied that in the main, where positive assertions are made, they may be relied upon as substantially correct. The portion "Neenah in the Rebellion, " we think will make the book a welcome guest in many homes, containing as it does the only complete and combined record of Neenah's part in that great conflict, and of the many incidents of the time. The General and Business Directory will also prove an invaluable feature, not only interesting at this time, but doubly so in the long years to come, when a glance will show every man at this time a resident of the city or engaged in business therein. We are well aware that the book contains many imperfections, prepared amid a press of professional duties, and under many disadvantages for mechanical aids, it could not be otherwise. Still, as a whole, we offer the work to our friends and neighbors with the least little flush of pride, as we doubt if as complete a local history has yet been written of any Wisconsin town About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.