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TITLE MR. JONEIS LIFE IN LA CROSSE COUNTY
AUTHOR'S NAME MISS DOROTHY LARSON
AUTHOR'S AGE 13 YEARS
NAME OF SCHOOL WEST SALRM PUBLIC SCHOOL
AUTHOR'S ADDRESS WEST SALEM, wIscoNsra
SIGNATURES OF TWO ADULTS
Hannah Janes
W. E. Janes
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MR. JONEIS LIFE IN LA CROSSE COUNTY
Mr. Jones was born May 20, 1833 in Canada. In 1853 he
and his father, stepmother, and four brothers left Canada, in
search of good land. They had read of the large La Crosse County
prairies and so decided they mould immigrate to that place.
Mr. Jones and his family, also Mr. Tower and family
started from Canada with a team of horses. Mhen they reached
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, they bought a pair of oxen which took
them to the little village of Bangor.
Mr. Tower had one cow which helped them a great deal.
It gave them cream and milk and from the cream they made butter.
The may they made their butter was to put the cream in the churn
and attach the churn to the rear of the wagon. By the churn,
jarring constantly made the cream turn to butter.
Mr. Jones was 20 years of age when he landed in Bangor.
The first hotel keeper was Mr. Johnson. Mr. Bolough was the
first real estate man in La Crosse County. Mr. Jowls father
bought land for one dollar and twenty-five cents up to one
dollar and fifty cents an acre which was a high price in those
days. He bought 160 acres.
2 --Mr. Jonels Life in La Crosse County
Mr. Jones helped his father raise one or two cows, some
chickens, potatoes and wheat. The wheat was sold for thirty-five
cents a bushel in La Crosse. The few people that lived in the
little village of Bangor had to take their products to La Crosse
and get all the necessary things they needed. This was one long
days journey. There were no bridges in those days so they had
to cross the streams by wading through horses and all.
Mr. Jones helped construct the first railroad in this
part of the country. It was built in the year of 1858.
In the year of 1862, Mr. Janes went back to Canada to
get his bride, whose name is unknown. He returned that same
year. They then moved to West Salem and located near where the
asylum now stands.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones bought their first necessary
furniture at a furniture store, in La Crosse, which was owned
by Mr. Anderson.
Their were six children born into this union, two are
still living. Mr. Janes is still living in the house which
they moved into in the year of 1901. He is living with his
daughter Rannph Jones. Mr. Jones is now 94 years of age and
has very good health.
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