[2] Of whom England, Ireland, Scotland, and Canada combined furnished 1920, Germany 460, and Norway 340.
[3] Wisconsin Domesday Book, General Studies, I. History of Agriculture in Wisconsin, chap. 2.
[4] William Dames, Wie Sieht Es in Wiskonsin Aus (Meurs, 1849).
[5] For example, see William Dames, Wie Sieht Es in Wiskonsin Aus.
[6] See J. F. Diederichs, Diary. Translated by Emil Baensch. Account of a trip from Milwaukee to Manitowoc.
[7] Those who filed with von Rohr and on the same day (Nov. 5, 1839) took up most of sections 17, 18, 19, and 20. All of these lands were described by the surveyor as “second rate” and all had a heavy forest covering consisting of sugar maple, lynn, birch, alder, black and white oak, ash, elm, ironwood, etc., together with some cedar in the swamps. The land lay on both sides of the creek, along which was some meadow, but the big marsh was farther east.
[8] William F. Whyte, “Settlement of Lebanon,” in Wisconsin Historical Society, Proceedings, 1915, 105.
[9] MS. translation by Emil Baensch.
[10] Page 29 in printed German edition.
[11] This farm, located in the town of Greenfield, Milwaukee County, was afterwards divided among Kerler’s three sons. A portion of it, at least, is I believe still in the possession of the family. Louis F. Frank, Pioneer Jahre (Milwaukee, 1911).