The Good Old Days in Gays Mills Wisconsin
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| Dorothy Callaway Coleman Brightest White Sheets in Town! |
| The Coleman Family...George Coleman on right with mother and sisters? |
| Sunday get together with the Coleman Family |
| 'Big Jim' , Dorothy Callaway Coleman and family |
| Dorothy, Dehlia and Mother Callaway at the Gays Mills Fair |
| Historical Gays Mills when the train used to go through |
Michael and Anna Dolan (Lavin). They were the first Irish family in
Vernon and Crawford County (1850). Michael's older brother Patrick
Dolan served under Captain Morgan in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War. Patrick sent Michael letters telling him how much the area
around Rising Sun looked like their home in Ireland near
Roscommon.
These letters continued until Patrick decided to head out west to
California and make it rich in the gold rush. The letters stopped as
Patrick did not make it to California, Patrick was believed to be the
first person to succumb to illness in the Donner party. Patrick is also
believed to have been the first person consumed.
Michael and Anna who were married in LaPorte Indiana in 1848
made the trip and settled in Rising Sun WI. The two had a family of 13
children. Relatives of the family are up and down the Mississippi
river, Viroqua, Sparta, Madison, Fox Cities and Chicago.
Vernon and Crawford County (1850). Michael's older brother Patrick
Dolan served under Captain Morgan in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War. Patrick sent Michael letters telling him how much the area
around Rising Sun looked like their home in Ireland near
Roscommon.
These letters continued until Patrick decided to head out west to
California and make it rich in the gold rush. The letters stopped as
Patrick did not make it to California, Patrick was believed to be the
first person to succumb to illness in the Donner party. Patrick is also
believed to have been the first person consumed.
Michael and Anna who were married in LaPorte Indiana in 1848
made the trip and settled in Rising Sun WI. The two had a family of 13
children. Relatives of the family are up and down the Mississippi
river, Viroqua, Sparta, Madison, Fox Cities and Chicago.
In that time, girls weren't allowed to wear pants. Shocking oats on Wisconsin Farm