journals

Early Western Travel Accounts in 32 Volumes

Books, Collections / explorers, journals, Northwest Territory, travel

This 32-volume collection of journals and accounts by explorers and travelers in the American west was published over a 3-year period beginning in 1904 by Reuben Thwaites, as Secretary of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Accounts of travel to the Great Lakes region are included in:: Volumes 1-5Volume 6 (Brackenridge)Volume 8 (Evans)Volumes 9 -12Volume 19 (Ogden […]

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Magazines for Farmers 1850 – 1900s

Periodicals / 1850s, agriculture, domestic arts, history, Illinois, Indiana, journals, Ohio, Wisconsin

We have links to four magazines or journals for farmers that began to appear in the Great Lakes states about 1850. They offer news, analysis of current events, agricultural science, and advice for men and women living on farms. Several years’ issues are available for each of these titles. Ohio Periodicals page Under “Journals” The

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