Cassell Prairie
A Wisconsin Neighborhood
By Robert S Babinton
The numbers refer to the pages in the scrapbook
(Babington), Bruce, 122
(Patterson), Jack, 133
“Adam Bede”, 107
“The Battle of Hasting” from Dickens, 86
“The Hoosier School master”, 107
“The Leather Stocking Tales”, 107
“The Mill on The Floss”, 107
“The Scottish Chiefs”, 107
Abel Phil, 109
Abel, 145
Abel, Bill, 109
Adams, Elder, 91
Adams, Louisa, 76
Allen, Frank, 110
Ambler, 145
Ambler, Fisher, 11, 50, 66
Ambler, George, 66, 109, 111
Ambler, Roxie, 78
America, 133
Anderson, Ben, 114
Anderson, Bill, 27
Anderson, John, 114
Anderson, William, 12, 114
Ansdell, Fred, 12
Ansdell, Mr., 105
Appleby, Bruce, 42
Appleby, John, 41, 42
Appleby, Mr., 42
Archna, 73
Arena, 22, 25, 68, 91, 98, 109, 135, 137
Arnold, Mary, 78
Ashmore, Marcus, 66
Babington (Robert S.) mentioned but not by name, 120
Babington College, 35
Babington Cottage, 145
Babington, 144
Babington, Bruce, 109, 111, 113, 120
Babington, John, 12, 23, 78,
Babington, Kate Bentley, 13
Babington, Lottie, 78
Babington, Mrs. R.S., 78
Babington, Pearl, 13
Babington, R.S, 9, 11, 97, 135
Babington, R.S. farm, 71
Babington, Robert, 109, 111, 113
Babington, Samuel, 12, 50, 66, 78, 115
Babington, William, 26
Badger Slough, 138
Badger Valley, 47, 111
Baier, Carl, 11
Balzer, 145
Balzer, Bill, 50
Balzer, John, 12, 43, 78, 114,
Balzer, Julius, 50, 89, 99, 113
Balzer, Mary, 99
Balzer, William, 99
Baptist, 91
Baraboo River, 16
Baraboo Township, 20
Baraboo, 16, 71, 72, 105, 109, 121
Barker Lake, 11, 69, 108, 116, 118, 121, 125, 134
Barker, 145
Barker, Fitch, 11, 23
Barker, James, 11, 78
Barker, John, 78
Bear Creek Township, 20
Becker, 145
Becker, Bill, 50
Becker, Henry, 12
Becker, William, 12
Bell, John, 12
Bentley Island, 134
Bentley, 145
Bentley, Jessie, 78
Bentley, Kate, 78
Bentley, Russell Mrs., 77, 78
Bentley, Russell, 12, 34, 91, 133
Bentley, Stephen Mrs., 77, 78
Bentley, Stephen, 11, 14, 23, 32, 39, 69, 114, 133
Bentley, Steve, 27
Bible, 86
Bickford, A.M., 35
Big Ed, 51
Big Island, 66
Bill’s Corner, 23
Billington, Elmer, 110
Bills, 145
Bills, Corey, 73
Bills, Stephen Farm, 42
Bills, Stephen, 12, 73
Black Earth, 109
Black Hawk- Cassell & No 60 Highways, 132
Black Hawk Evangelical Church, 91
Black Hawk, 67, 92
Black Smith Shop, 23
Blue Mounds, 128
Bolton, Don, 111
Braun, Alfred, 13, 142
Braun, Minnie Diehl, 14
Brewer, Charles, 89
Brewer, Charlie, 109
Brisbane, D., 66
Brooklyn Township, 20
Broumschruber, Mrs. Irene, 78
Brown, Isabella, 93
Brown, Roy, 111
Bruhn, AJ, 35
Buckley, Martin, 78
Buelow, Edward, 114
Buelow, George, 114
Buffalo Pitts, 49
Building The Nation, 89
Burchall, Walter, 11, 35
Burkhart, 12
Butterfield, 11
Butterfield’s History of Sauk County, 13
Bywater, John, 114
Cadwell, Edward, 12, 78
Canfield, W.H, 13
Carey, Ichabod, 12, 16
Carncross, Ralph, 111
Carver, Jonathan, 16
Case, J.I “Advance”, 49
Cass, Lewis, 16
Cassell Praire, 9, 10, 16, 19, 34, 39, 47, 66, 67, 71, 93, 97, 109, 114, 134, 137, 144, 145, 147,
Cassell, 71, 73, 95, 105, 109, 111, 114, 127, 138, 144,
Cassell, Dr James N., 9, 18, 19
Cassell, Dr, 11, 19
Cassell, Sarah, 18
Cassell—Spring Green, 110
Cedar Island, 67
Cedar Pocket, 18
Chamberlain, 145
Chamberlain, Hattie, 89
Chamberlain, Lalu, 89
Chamberlain, T.C., 24
Chamberlain, Thomas C., 71
Chamberlain, Thomas, 11, 78,
Chamberlain’s Bluff, 72
Charles Coffin’s Boys, 89
Chesire County, N.H., 93
Chester Field, 93
Child’s History Of England, 86
Chrisler, Elmer, 110
Civil War, 23, 28, 68, 114, 123
Clark’s Grammar, 89
Coal Pit Island, 24, 69
Codwell, 145
Codwell, Edward, 73
Cole, H.E, 13
Commonwealth Telephone Company, 75
Coolpit Island, 134
Cooper Farm, 76
Cooper, 145
Cooper, Joseph, 11
Corwith, Major, 12
Cosper, Claire, 111
Crawford County, 20
Crocker, Daniel, 18
Davey, Tom, 109
Davidson, 11
Davies Common School Arithmetic, 83
Davis, 110
Deacon’s Lake, 22, 108, 132, 135, 143
Dells, 31
Dickerson, Glen, 111
Diehl Brothers Farm, 97
Diehl Brothers, 136
Diehl, 144
Diehl, Hank, 50
Diehl, Henry, 12, 27, 79
Diehl, James Mrs., 78
Diehl, John Peter, 114, 133
Diehl, Mrs. Henrietta, 141
Diehl, Peter, 13, 50
Dresen, Farm, 35
Dresen, Francis, 11, 69
Durward, Mr., 105
Eagle Township, 20
Emery, Edgar, 67
England, 22
Evans, Mary, 78
Evansville, 91
Falkenstein, 111
Farris, 144
Farris, Evan, 12, 128, 137
Farris, Herbert, 114
Farris, John, 66
Farris, Marion, 11, 27, 69, 113
Farris, Pierson Sr., 11
Federal Government, 16
Fellows, Sid, 110
Fifth Regiment U.S. Infantry, 16
First Day Adventist, 91
First School House, 77
Flanders, 111
Flynn, Billy, 111
Fourth of July, 104
Fourth Reader, 85
Fox River, 16, 132
Foye, George, 13
Foye, Harian, 111
Foye, William, 111
Franklin (town of), 47
Franklin Township, 20
Fuchs, Charles , 12
Fuchs, Edward, 114
Fuchs, George, 1373
Fuchs, Julius, 13, 113
Fuchs, Robert, 13
Fuchs, Theobald, 13, 73, 114
Fuchs, Will, 73
Fuchs, William, 13
Galena Ill, 29
Gasser, Edwin, 73
Gasser, Glarner, 78
Gates, Mr, 97
Genz, John, 11, 18, 132
Genz, Mrs. Norman, 78
Genz, Nellie Braun, 13
Genz, Norman, 11, 18, 19, 132
Geology Of Wisconsin Volume I, 82
George, Karl, 111
Germany, 133, 137
Glarner, Anna (Mrs Gasser), 78
Glarner, Anna, 77
Goodyear, Harold, 115
Goodyear, Lawrence, 67
Grace Church, 92
Graff, Mary, 78
Green Bay, 16
Grovsner, David, 105
Grovsner, Lemuel, 105
Gunderson, 110
Hahn, 145
Hahn, Frank, 12, 50
Hahn, Mary, 78
Harold the King, 87
Harold the Saxon King, 86
Harpers Geography, 83
Harrisburg, 47
Harvey Readers, 83
Hazeltine, Farm, 41
Hesselgrave, Claude, 111
Honey Creek Township, 20
Honey Creek, 16, 19, 75, 121
Hoppe, Ferdinand, 13, 67
Hoppe, Mr., 68, 69
Hoppe, Robert, 113
Hottman, Frank, 110
Hottman, Rube, 110
Huckleberry Ridge, 141
Huerth, Theodore, 11
Huggin’s Landing, 69
Iowa County, 18
Irish Valley, 109
Johnson, 145
Johnson, Ebenezer, 11, 98
Joliet, 143
Joliet, Louis, 16
Jones, Alfred, 105
Jones, Arita, 78
Jones, Mary, 78
Kaufman, Clifford, 115
Kaufman, Frank, 12, 115
Kaufman, Lyle, 115
Kelley, John, 12
Kelly, John, 114
Kingston Township, 20
Kleiner, Charles, 24
Kleinert, 144
Kleinert, Charles, 11, 14, 94, 135
Kleinert, Chas, 23
Kleinert, Henry, 11, 113
Ladd, Mose, 33
Lake De Monies, 124
Lamberty, Nic, 11
Lamberty, Nick, 78
Laws, Bert, 113
Laws, Euqenie, 78
Laws’ Landing, 22
LeGate, Charles, 18
Leorpabel, Clare, 78
Leorpabel, George, 113
Leykauf Bluff, 18, 141
Leykauf Farm, 135, 143
Leykauf P.E., 141
Leykauf, 144
Leykauf, Connie, 50
Leykauf, Conrad, 12, 41
Leykauf, John, 16, 41, 50, 113
Leykauf, Johnnie, 50
Leykauf, Michael, 12, 41
Leykauf, Mrs Peter, 78
Leykauf, P.E., 12
Leykauf, Walter, 12
Leykauf’s Bluff, 16, 39, 41, 81, 105, 143,
Linley, 110
Little Bull Falls, 33
Lloyd, Bob, 110
Lodde’s Mill, 47, 97
Lodi, 109
Loether, Earl, 111
Lokauf, John Jr., 114
Lone Rock, 19, 109
Loy, 110
Luetscher, 145
Luetscher, Ed, 109
Luetscher, Fred, 109
Luetscher, George, 109
Luetscher, Thomas, 11
Madison, 37, 42
Manton, Joseph, 129
Marathon County, 33
Marquette, Father James, 16
Marquette, Father, 143
Marsh Harvester, 40
Mason, John, 12
Mazomanie, 22, 25, 27, 41, 69, 109
McCally, Jack, 111
McCormick Binder, 42
McCready, Moude, 78
McCutchin, 110
Meiqs, Rev. Byron, 91
Mellentin, Fred, 67
Mellentine, Fred, 13
Meng, Henry, 12, 79
Meng, 145
Mensch, Art, 35
Merrill, 28
Meyer, 145
Meyer, Conrad, 109
Meyer, Elmer, 109
Meyer, George, 109
Meyer, Jake, 109
Meyer, John, 109
Meyer, Merton, 111
Meyer, Sr. John, 11
Meyer, Tom, 109
Meyer, Wesley, 111
Meyer, Will, 109
Mill Creek, 32
Miller, John, 11, 98
Miller, Luella, 78
Milwaukee, 40, 42
Minnesota Chief, 48
Mississippi River, 16
Mississippi, 28, 31
Mosinee, 33
Mounds Creek, 67
Mr. Y., 48
Muskrat Slough, 134
Neuheisel, Lewis, 111
New York City, 37
New York, 129
Newport, 97
Norman, Duke William Commander, 86
O’Neill, 145
O’Neill, Jim, 109
O’Neill, Mary, 78
O’Neill, Michael, 11, 77
O’Neill, Pete, 109
Ohio, 132
Old Age Story, 85
Old Arena, 65
Old Settlers Association, 13
Old Times In the Colonies, 89
Oregon, 133
Orison Thomas Home, 93
Ott, Elmer, 109
Ott, 141, 144
Ott, Charles, 12, 23
Ott, Cyril, 111
Ott, Dan D., 115
Ott, Dan, 12, 24, 99, 113
Ott, Gottliab, 27, 137
Ott, Gottlieb, 12, 24, 50
Ott, LaVerne, 12, 79
Ott, Laverne, 23
Ott, Mr., 138
Ott, Reymard, 111
Ott, Reynard, 99, 113
Ott, Dan, 111
Over and Over Again Poem, 83
Paepke, Herman, 115
Paepke, William, 79
Paepke, Wm., 12
Pallerson, Henry, 97
Palterson, John B., 78
Patchen, 145
Patchen, Elijah, 12, 23, 78
Patchen, Elva, 77
Patchen, Orson, 12, 23, 114
Paterson, John, 98
Paterson, Mark, 136
Patterson Jack, 48
Patterson Valley, 63, 133, 135, 141, 144
Patterson, Will, 122
Patterson, 141, 145
Patterson, Henry, 12
Patterson, Jack, 27, 53, 109, 113
Patterson, John B, 12, 78
Patterson, John, 12, 37, 78,
Patterson, Mark, 12, 26, 50, 78
Patterson, Robert, 50, 129
Patterson, William, 12, 113
Paxton Massachusetts, 94
Phillips, Rev Daniel, 91
Pieper, Albert, 13
Pieper, John, 11, 23, 76
Pierce, 145
Pierce, Abram and Priscilla (pic), 21
Pierce, Abram, 11, 35, 78, 80
Pierce, Ada, 78, 89, 93, 95
Pierce, Bill, 27, 50
Pierce, Mary, 95
Pierce, W. A., 73
Pierce, Will A., 67
Pierce, Will, 50
Pierce, William S., 71
Pierce, William, 12, 78, 79, 95,
Pierce’s Slough, 108
Plum Boy’s, 133
Plum, 12
Plum, 145
Plum, Elihu, 12, 34, 78, 105, 132
Plum’s Landing, 34, 67, 122
Portage County, 32
Portage, 71, 72, 97
Porter, Allen, 110
Porter, Frank, 110
Porter, Ot, 110
Porter, Rube, 110
Post Office, 19
Postoffice and Postmaster, 74
Powers, 12
Prairie Du Chien, 16
Prairie Du Sac Cemetery, 95
Prairie Du Sac Township, 20
Prairie Du Sac, 9, 16, 18, 35, 37, 71, 78, 91, 98, 105, 110, 111
Presbyterian Church, 91
Preston, Dave, 41
Preston, John, 41
Proctor, Dick, 11, 12, 27, 49
Puerto Rico, 69
Quimby, Jessie, 78
Quimby, John, 77
Raschein, 13
Redel, 144
Redel, Adam, 60
Redel, August, 11
Redel, Julius, 12
Reeve, Melvin, 115
Reynard, Dan, 109
Riches, Robert, 72
Riches’ Corners, 72, 73
Richland Center, 109
Robson, Sam, 22
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, 114
Rosenberry, Charlotte, 12
Rudolph, Elizabeth, 133
Rumley, 49
Ryan, Will, 111
Sailor Jack, 33
San Juan Hill, 114
Sauk- Black Hawk, 73
Sauk City, 27, 35, 71, 73, 92, 97, 109, 111, 120
Sauk City-Black Hawk Stage, 72
Sauk County News of Prairie du Sac, 9
Sauk County Old Settlers Association, 94
Sauk County, 10, 13, 18, 19, 20, 76, 111, 130
Sauk Prairie, 16
Sauk Villages, 64
Sauk, 24
Schaefer, Christina( Teenie), 51
Schauer, Jake, 12
Schlough, Roy, 110
Schmidt, Ruth Babington, 14
Schofield, 28
Schoolhouse, 80
Schumacher, Rob, 42
Seymour, Arba, 18
Shakespeare, 86
Shawl, Thomas, 114
Skillet Creek, 13
Sleeping Lion, 143
Smith’s Ditch, 69
Snow, Benjamin, 11
Snow, Carlos, 11
Snow, Emma, 77
Sorg, Eldon, 111
Sorg, John, 109, 113
Spanish- American War, 114
Spencerian Copybook, 83
Sprecher, John, 109
Spring Green Township, 20
Spring Green, 18, 65, 71, 104, 105, 109
St. Louis, 28
Stage Coach and Tavern Tales, 13
State Highway No 60, 22
State Historical Museum, 42
Stevens Point, 28
Stewart, Alexander, 72
Still Water, 48
Sweeney Family, 18
Swinton’s Language Lessons, 86
Swinton’s Language, 83
Swinton’s Speller, 83, 87
Talbot, 145
Talbot, Big Hank, 50
Talbot, E.D, 53
Talbot, Ed, 27, 50
Talbot, Edward, 24, 114
Talbot, Edward, 48
Talbot, Edwin, 11
Talbot, Hank, 51
Talbot, John, 11, 13, 27, 49, 50, 53, 113,
Talbot, Oscar, 109
Talbot, Welcome, 11, 23, 132
Taylor, Theophilus, 11
Tennant, William, 67
The Boys and the Frogs story, 83
The Setting Hen, 133
The Spencerian Copy Book, 87
Third Reader, 83
Thomas, 145
Thomas, Deacon, 24, 68, 105
Thomas, Gus, 27, 114
Thomas, Mr., 94, 95
Thomas, Orison (Deacon), 11
Thomas, Orison, 23, 71, 76, 78, 93
Thomson, Rufus, 89
Thornberry, John, 98
Townsend, Mr., 76
Township Library Law, 88
Troy- Honey Creek Telephone Company, 75
Troy Township, 20
Troy, 18, 50, 75, 76, 109
Turner, Rev W.J., 91
Turner, Rev. George, 91
Twin Bluffs and Cemetery, 101
Twin Bluffs, 143
Van Valkenberg, Dan, 11, 19
Villemont, Roy, 110
Von Behren, Carl, 12
Von Behren, Chris, 13
Washington, 24
Wausau Mac, 33
Wausau, 28, 32
Wenzel, Julius, 11, 111
West Point, 109
West Point—Lodi Coalition, 110
White Water, WI, 42
Whitehead, Hampton, 138
Whitney Rapids, 31
Whitney, Daniel, 27
Whitt, Roy, 110
Wildrick, Pat, 97
Wilson Creek, 47, 71, 72
Winke, 145
Winke, Gus, 13
Winke, William, 13
Winnebago Indians, 16
Wisconsin Archeologist, 13
Wisconsin Dells, 97
Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey, 123
Wisconsin Magazine (May,1928), 35
Wisconsin Magazine of History, 9
Wisconsin Rapids, 27, 28, 30
Wisconsin River Valley, 16
Wisconsin River, 10, 16, 27, 34, 124, 125, 126, 132, 134, 137,
Wisconsin Valley, 9
Wisconsin, 19, 24, 28, 94, 121, 143,
Wiswall, Elvin, 77, 78
Witwen, 75
Worcester, Massachusetts, 93
WW1, 114
Yentsch family, 42
Yentsch, Fred, 12
Yentzsch, 145
Yentzsch, Fred, 78
Young, Ethel, 78
Youngstown, Ohio, 91
Ziemke, Louis, 12