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CHAPTER ONE- .....JUST A PLACE THAT USED TO BE?        ........................................... 1
CHAPTER TWO- WORDS AND MEMORIES OF OTHERS               ............................ ............. 5
CHAPTER   THREE- THE  BEGINNING      ..................... .................................................  7
       Wisconsin Territory * Land Settlement Chart
CHAPTER    FOUR- FIRST  ARRIVALS     ........................................ ..........................  11
       Land Speculators * C.C.Washburn * A. Anfinson * M. Palmer * B. Viets
       First Marriage, Child, Death * Norwegian Immigrants * C. Larson
CHAPTER    FIVE- THE COMMUNITY   .......................................... .....................   ... 19
       Patterns Of Settlement * Men Of Experience
       Neshonoc Mill, Mill-Site, Mill-Pond * Dam * Thomas Morrill
       Bridge At Neshonoc
       Communication * L. Osborne * Mail-Route, Post Office, Postmaster E. F. Edwards
              First School * Wm. Van Zandt
       Early Tavern * McEldowney * B. Viets * M. Palmer * Wm. Kentner
       Name Neshonoc * Neshonagra * Lost Mocama * Irish Potato * "No Other Like It"
       Winnebago Indians * Lewis Valley Indian Scare * Winneshiek and Walking Cloud * The
              Decorah * Peace And Friendship Medal
C H A PTER S IX -  1853 ........................... ................. ........... ... ......... .............................  45
       Neshonoc Township
       Newspaper Items * Railroads and Stage Route * Advertisement * Travelers * Victor
              & Hector Adams * Land * Winnebago Indians * E. F. Edwards * New
              Winnebago Treaty * Mail Stage * County Convention
       Rail Road * Subscriptions * Neshonoc * Farm Mortgages
       Neshonoc Mills
CHAPTER   SEVEN- 1854-55      .................. ..... ...................................  53
       Palmer's Authorization For Dam
       Township Changes * Size * La Crosse & Milwaukee R. R. * Population
       County Seat* In The Limestone Valley * Palmer's Mills * Controversy
       Railroad * Wisconsin State Census
CHAPTER    EIGHT- THE  VILLAGE   ........................................... ....................... .. 63
       Setting * Hamlin Garland * Anna Palmer Smith * Stirling Brown * Partial Plat and
              Aerial Photo * Neshonoc Falls
       Neshonoc Village * Founding Father- Monroe Palmer * Original 1855 Plat
              Surveyors Certificate * Initial Purchases * B. S. Howe * J. S. Serviss
              First Blacksmith- Obed Lindsey * First Store-Keeper- Edward Walker
C H A PT ER N IN E-  1856  ............................ ... ........ ................ .............. ....................  77
       Assessment Tax Roll And Plat * Railroad * La Crosse Valley * La Crosse &
              Milwaukee R. R. * Stirling Brown
       Women * Early Store-Keepers * Tourtellotte * James Mckinley
CHAPTER TEN- HOME OF THE OCTAGONS ............................... .................... 85
       M. Palmer House * Architectural Mystery * House Of J. Richards * A Home For All
              * Closets: Clothes and Water * Octagon House In Hudson * H. Palmer House
C HA PTER  ELEV EN- 1857   .................................................................. ........................  92
       Assessment Tax Roll And Plat * Lo! The Poor Indian. * La Crosse & Milwaukee
              Railroad * Collins Family * Horace Palmer * Singular Discovery * Railroad
              Surveys * The Dark Days Have Come At Last * The Panic
CHAPTER   TW ELVE-  1858   ............................................................... ....................  99
       Tax Roll And Plat * Town Of Salem * La Crosse Valley
       Railroad * Villages On The La Crosse Railroad * Cheer First Train * Depression *
              Worst Scandal * Bankruptcy
CHAPTER   THIRTEEN-   1859   .................... ............................................... .............   108
       Tax Roll And Plat * Church And Schoolhouse * Financial * Neshonoc Cemetery