Kaukauna

by Gavin Schmitt

Book Overview

Explorer Jean Nicolet traveled down the Fox River in 1634 and explored an area of three waterfalls. Settlers arrived and began trading at this natural way station in 1760, establishing what became Kaukauna--one of the oldest settlements in the state. In fact, the first land deed ever recorded in Wisconsin happened here. The first state road followed in the 1820s, connecting Kaukauna with Green Bay, and people trickled in to work at the sawmills. Locks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467110906
• ISBN13: 9781467110907
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"