A Series of Firsts

 

 

September 18, 1892 Oshkosh Northwestern

 

All too often, the route to one thing leads to riches in another; I found this article while looking up something else.  Some of this has been covered before in this blog, but it's nice to see it all in one concise place.   The Mr. Harney referenced in the first paragraph has been mentioned numerous times here before.  Richard Harney authored the 1880 History of Winnebago County and included many of these facts in those pages,