A Nineteenth Century
Photojournalist's
report on the
City of Medford
Taylor County Wisconsin
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In the United States, most BOEHLENs trace their roots to the state of Wisconsin.
Peter Boehlen immigrated from Prussia in 1862 with his wife and settled in the County of
Fond du Lac in Wisconsin. His son John took a wife, Elizabeth Neumes. The newspaper editor wrote in Elizabeth's obituary: "They moved to Taylor County in 1882 and settled on a farm two and a half
miles west of the village of Stetsonville. Nine children were born to them. |
On the next several pages, you will be able to take an interesting journey back into their world. A rough and rugged world, centered around the logging industry, which made farmland out of vast portions of the Northwoods of Wisconsin. As the photographs show, logs were not the only product of this wilderness. Out of it grew churches, schools, law, a railroad and industry. The common thread in all of these where the hearty and dedicated people like John and Elizabeth Boehlen.
There is no story or narrative in the original pamphlet. It contains only photographs with captions in both English and German. I believe it was printed in the 1890s, however that is speculation as there is no mention of a publisher or date.
