Following the Subject Index is a People and Place Name Index. Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations.
A
Abiah (brig), 99
accidents, 182, 259–261, 264, 276, 281, 289
American Railroad Journal, 172
American Traveler, 15
Army Ordinance Bureau, 8
B
Badger (steam launch), 25
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 5, 25
Beaver Dam Railroad, 57
Belmont and Dubuque Railroad, 34–35, 40, 44, 45
Beloit and Madison Rail Road, 157, 163, 189, 198, 206, 221, 283, 290
Beloit and Taycheedah Railroad, 141–143. See also Rock River Valley Union Railroad
Beloit Journal, 140–141, 142, 177
Best Friend of Charleston (locomotive), 5
Black Hawk War, 17, 21, 29, 32, 35
Bob Ellis (locomotive), 100. See also No. 1
Burlington Gazette, 289
C
C. K. Watkins (locomotive), 207
Camden and Amboy Railroad, 5, 25
celebrations (railroad), 175, 235
Charleston and Hamburg Railroad, 5
charters, 31, 33–34, 47–49, 55–58, 170
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, 294–295
Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad, 199, 199–200, 206, 208, 210, 218–223, 219, 221, 225–226, 229, 236, 239–241, 246, 253, 262–263, 270–272, 272
Chicago and Galena Railroad, 86, 246
Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad, 176, 217
Chicago and North Western Railway, 271–272, 279–282, 280, 282, 282, 283, 290
Chicago and Sheboygan Railroad, 283
competition with other transportation, 5, 54–55, 67–68, 75–76
consolidations (railroads), 297–299
construction (railroads), 70, 81–85, 102, 180, 306–307
D
depression (economic), 42, 45, 47, 58, 251, 268, 288, 291
Detroit and Pontiac Railroad, 10, 12
Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad, 17, 26
Detroit (steamer), 274
Dubuque and Belmont Railroad, 160
E
E. Corning (locomotive), 166
Eastern railways, 88, 142, 157, 193
Emigrants Handbook and Guide to Wisconsin (Freeman), 111
Enterprise (steamboat), 212
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad, 142
Erie Railroad, 88
expansion (railroads), 37, 206–221, 230–247
F
farm mortgages, 75–76, 93, 95–96, 119, 230, 266, 284, 293–294
farming/farmers, 4, 15, 53–55, 58–59, 119, 139, 284, 290
First Steam Passenger Train in America (Brown), 15
Fond du Lac and Beaver Dam Railroad, 57
founding of Milwaukee, 18, 22, 23–25, 24
founding of Madison, 37–39, 38
Forest Queen (propeller vessel), 279
Fort Atkinson Standard, 279
Fountain City (locomotive), 173–174
Fox River Valley Railroad, 171, 245
Fox-Wisconsin (waterway), 6–7, 13, 22, 27, 35, 39, 41
Fox (tribe), 18
G
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, 77, 89–90, 112, 118, 136, 139, 144, 155–157, 171, 177, 198, 207, 245, 263–264, 288–289
Geneva Express, 210
Genoa (locomotive), 217
Granite Railway, 34
Grant County Herald, 55
Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Chicago Railroad, 148, 176,200–201, 207, 234
Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad, 171
(keen Bay Intelligencer, 18
Green Bay Intelligencer and Democrat, 22
H
Herald (schooner), 218
Hetton Rail-Road, 15
Historic Sheboygan County (Buchen), 146
History of the Territory of Wisconsin (Strong), 57
Ho Chunk (tribe). See Winnebago
Home League (weekly), 293
horse-powered railroads, 5
Hudson River Railroad, 77
I
Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad, 144, 156, 188, 199
Illinois Central Railroad, 144, 154, 161, 188, 201, 245, 246
immigrants, 6, 25, 53, 91, 93, 284
Ithaca and Oswego Railroad, 129
Indian Removal Act of 1830, 4
Iowa (locomotive), 100. See also No. 1
Ithaca and Oswego Railroad, 129
J
John C. Freemont (locomotive), 234
K
Kenosha, Rockford & Rock Island Railroad, 263–264, 268, 278–279, 283, 291–293
Kenosha and Beloit Railroad, 170, 172, 175, 221, 231, 283
Kenosha (locomotive), 217, 218
Kenosha Tribune and Telegraph, 203, 279
Kilbourn City Mirror, 209
L
L. B. Rock (locomotive), 202
La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad, 149–155, 163, 175, 186, 204, 205, 208, 221, 223–230, 237, 238, 246, 252–256, 255, 267–268, 282, 290
La Fontaine Rail Road, 35, 39, 44
Lady Franklin (steamboat), 275
Lake Michigan and Mississippi Railroad, 56, 57
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, 201
Lake Shore Line. See Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Chicago Railroad
Lakeshore Railroad, 221, 246, 283
land grants, 70, 90, 222–229, 154, 222–229
lead mining, 7–13, 18, 20–21, 28, 32, 44; map
of mines, 7
locomotives, 99–100, 305. See also individual
locomotives
Luther A. Cole (locomotive), 202
M
Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, 26
Madison and Beloit Railroad, 141–143, 143, 156. See also Rock River Valley Union Railroad
Madison and Prairie du Chien Railroad, 167.
See also Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad
Madison Argus and Democrat, 181, 253
Madison Daily Patriot, 208
Manitowoc and Mississippi Railroad, 158, 246
“Meeting of the Waters” (Moore), 212
memorials to Congress, 27–28, 41, 45–46
Menomonee (locomotive), 133, 180
Menomonee Locomotive Works, 133–134, 180, 202
Menomonee (tribe), 6
Michigan Militia, 17
Michigan Territorial Council, 10, 12, 26
Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, and Green Bay
Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley
Railroad, 277–278, 283, 283, 294. See also
Milwaukee and Western Railroad
Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Mississippi River Railroad, 161
Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, and Madison Railroad, 171
Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, 167, 168, 178, 180, 206, 235–236, 236, 242, 256, 275, 284–288, 287, 288, difficulties of, 242–245, 256–259, 261–262; expanded routes of, 193–200; to Madison, 179–189; map of, 189, 221, 246, 283; reorganization of, 273–276. See also Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad; Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway
Milwaukee and Beloit Railroad, 266
Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad, 234, 234. See also Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Chicago Railroad
Milwaukee and Fond du Lac Railroad, 175
Milwaukee and Horicon Railroad, 148–149, 176, 186, 208, 221, 233, 267–268, 283, 291
Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad, 282, 283
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad, 35–37, 39, 41, 44–46, 48–49, 51–53, 56, 95, 103, 111, 127–129, 131–136, 135, 159, 166, 167, difficulties at, 115–124, 125–127, 129–131; expanded routes of, 163–170; first train on, 99–104; funding of, 53, 93–99. See also Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad;
Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway, 286–288. See also Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad
Milwaukee and Rock River Canal, 48–49, 49–51, 56, 65, 67, 70, 74, 119, 150
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, 202
Milwaukee and Superior Railroad, 36, 265, 266
Milwaukee and Watertown Railroad, 148, 174, 182, 189, 202, 202–203, 223, 224, 246, 268, 272
Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad, 57–58, 63–72,73–80,81–91, 95
Milwaukee and Western Railroad, 294. See also Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad
Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 292, 295
Milwaukee Daily Wisconsin, 75, 82, 97
Milwaukee Free Democrat, 258
Milwaukee Sentinel, 46, 82, 85–86, 91, 99–100, 125–126, 152–153, 196, 200, 210, 274
Milwaukee Sentinel and Gazette, 67, 75–76, 86, 98, 101, 103, 112–113, 133, 144
Milwaukee (steamer), 274
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, 16, 18, 22, 27, 35–37, 39, 147, 160–162
Mineral Point (locomotive), 234
Mineral Point Railroad, 160–162, 175, 187–188, 201–202, 214, 215–216, 221, 233–234, 245,260–261
Minnie May (schooner), 218
Mississippi River, expansion to, 37, 59, 230–247
Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, 5, 15, 16, 25
Monroe Sentinel, 233–234, 242–244, 256–257
N
N. K. Wheeler (locomotive), 271
name changes (railroads), 297–299
Native Americans, 3–4, 6. See also Chippewa, Fox, Menomonee, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Sauk, Winnebago
New York and Erie Railroad, 88, 157
Niles Locomotive Works, 203, 217
No. 1 (locomotive), 99–101, 101, 110, 275, 305
Norris Locomotive Works, 99–100
Northern Pacific Railroad, 209
O
Ohio Railroad, 25
Ojibwa (tribe). See Chippewa
Orinoco (steamboat), 212
Ottawa (tribe), 8
P
Pacific Railroad Convention, 90
Panama Rail Road, 91
Patrick Henry (schooner), 99, 101
Pekatonica and Mississippi Railroad, 48, 49, 161
Prairie du Chien Leader, 275
“Project for a Railroad to the Pacific” (Whitney), 90
R
Racine, Janesville, and Mississippi Railroad, 159, 176–177, 185
Racine Advocate, 185
Racine and Mississippi Rail Road, 185–186, 189, 202, 208, 277, 221, 246, 266, 267, 278, 289
Racine (propeller vessel), 279
Rail-Road Journal, 15
Railroad to the Pacific: Northern Route (Johnson), 172
Rainhill Trials, 16
Ransom and Saratoga Railroad, 157
reorganization (railroad companies), 269–283
Ripon and Wolf River Railroad, 291
Rock County Badger, 82
Rock River Valley railroads, 139–146
Rock River Valley Union Railroad, 68, 118, 130, 135, 143–147, 156, 158–159, 163, 171–174, 185, 188, 189, 198–200, 208, 251
“Rocket” (Stephenson), 16
Rockton and Freeport Rail Road, 185
Rockton (locomotive), 217
Root River Rail Road, 47, 158–159
S
Savanna Branch Railroad, 208
Schenectady Locomotive Works, 166
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad, 56, 57, 157, 158
Sheboygan and Mississippi Railroad, 174, 198, 216, 277, 283, 290, 294
Sheboygan Democrat, 94
Sheboygan Evergreen City Times, 216, 277
Sheboygan Gazette, 157
Sheboygan Lake Journal, 198–200
Sheboygan Times, 216
Silver (locomotive), 217
Southern Michigan Railroad, 136
Southern Wisconsin Railroad, 135, 136, 159–160, 163, 166, 172, 194
Spring Green (locomotive), 305–306
St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad, 223, 224, 237
statehood, 66
stocks, 34, 63–64, 85–87, 89, 95–96, 188
Stockton and Darlington Railroad, 5
Sugar Valley Railroad, 223
surveys (railroad), 47, 73–78, 86–87, 155
T
Taunton Locomotive Company, 173
Tift (steam-tug), 201
Tom Thumb (locomotive), 5
Treatise on Rail-Roads Compiled from the Best and Latest Authorities (Earle), 15
Treaty of Rock Island, 17
transportation: plank roads, 67–68; stage
coaches, 51, 68; tramways, 20–22; wagons, 4, 7–8, 34, 54; waterways, 4–7, 13, 22, 27, 35, 39, 41
Troy and Schenectady Railroad, 157
U
Utica and Schenectady Railroad, 25
V
View of the Lead Mines of Missouri (Schoolcraft), 10
W
W. B. Walton & Co. See Menomonee Locomotive Works
Walter S. Gurnee (locomotive), 271
Warren (locomotive), 234
Watertown and Berlin Railroad, 171
Watertown and Madison Rail Road, 207, 232, 232, 246, 267, 267, 277
Watertown Chronicle, 82
Watertown (locomotive), 203
Westward Ho (locomotive), 186
Winnebago (locomotive), 68, 173, 306
Winnebago (tribe), 6, 8, 17, 195
Winnebago War, 8
Wisconsin and Superior Railroad, 226–227, 228, 229, 239
Wisconsin Centennial Mural, 9
Wisconsin Central Railroad, 171, 210, 268
Wisconsin Historical Society, 140, 299, 304
Wisconsin State Journal, 181, 236
Wisconsin Territory, 17, 25, 29–32; capital
selection for, 26–27, 32, 37–39, 41; map of, 43; statehood of, 66