I have written previously about the difficulties I encountered in researching the history of “Old Princeton” for my book. A combination of mistaken “oral traditions,”
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THE RUSSELL BROTHERS
Today we are tracing the steps of another set of brothers – Marion and Oliver Russell – who walked the streets of “Old Princeton” in
THE PRINCETON MESSIAH
On Christmas Eve 1890, just nine days after reservation police killed the famous Sioux chief Sitting Bull and five days before the U.S. Army’s Seventh
PRINCETON POPULATION CHART
The largest population increases in the history of the village/city of Princeton occurred from 1870-1880 and 1890-1900: 22.1 and 21.9 percent, respectively. The largest population
ELAINE REETZ’S FIRST ARTICLES
Anyone who has even the most basic knowledge of Princeton history knows the name Elaine Reetz. Reetz published articles about history of the Fox River
PRINCETON PIONEERS
I spent a couple of hours Friday skimming through copies of the Badger History newsletter, a Wisconsin Historical Society publication featuring the work of “Junior