Many people helped make this book possible. Special thanks to: James Oberly, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire; Leah Miller and Nathalee Kristiansen at the Arvid E. Miller Memorial Library and Museum in Bowler, Wisconsin; Joe Hermolin at the Langlade County, Wisconsin, Historical Society; the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council and Historical Committee; Jeremy Mohawk of the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe; Margaret Daun of New Holstein, Wisconsin; Jeffrey Siemers; Dorothy Davids and Ruth Gudinas of Muh-he-con-neew Press; Mary Schroeder of the United Methodist Church, Wisconsin Conference, Archives in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; Loretta Metoxen and Nicolas Reynolds of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin; Erin Dix at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin; the Appleton Public Library; Christopher Densmore at the Friends Historical Library in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; John Finley at the Missouri United Methodist Archives; Dick Williams and Moses Foote at the Clinton, New York, Historical Society; Beverly Mosman and Bill Weige at the Oklahoma Historical Society; Victoria Sheffler at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Christina Wolf at Oklahoma City University; Reverend Homer Noley; Tom Mooney at the Cherokee National Historical Society in Park Hill, Oklahoma; Ann Schillinger at the Cornwall, Connecticut, Historical Society; Robert Dunkelberger, archivist at Bloomsburg University; Deborah Wood at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield in Republic, Missouri; the Norman Rockwell Family Agency; United Methodist News Service; the staff of the Wisconsin Historical Society Library and Archives; Tessa Claire Photography in Deerfield, Wisconsin; the staff of the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, especially Andrew White and Bobbie Malone; the Pierce family, who inspired me to write about a Wisconsin Indian; the Reisner and Kandler families, for my northeast Wisconsin roots; Jennifer Frickelton, who pre-read the manuscript; Eric, Geoff, and Meghan; and Electa, who, I am certain, has been guiding this process every step of the way.