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Robert Fargo papers, 1891 and 1907
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Autobiography by Robert Fargo of his youth in the dairy farming community of Churchville, Conn., and in Genesee County, New York; his travel by train to Wisconsin in 1847; and his years in Lake Mil...
Autobiography by Robert Fargo of his youth in the dairy farming community of Churchville, Conn., and in Genesee County, New York; his travel by train to Wisconsin in 1847; and his years in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, as a merchant, farmer, banker, and telegraph operator, and an 1885 trip by train to California; plus a historical sketch of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lake Mills, written by Fargo for the semi-centennial celebration. The autobiography makes frequent reference to Fargo's brother Lyman and long-time friend George Savage.
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- Format
- Mixed Materials; Microforms
- Language
- English
- Physical Details
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- 0.1 cubic foot (1 folder) and
- 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
- OCLC
- ocn122423635
- An edited version of the autobiography was published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. X, No. 2-3, 1926-1927. The church history was published in The Lake Mills Leader, August, 1891
- The autobiography is Also available on microfilm.
- Autobiography presented by Mrs. Robert Fargo, Los Angeles, Calif., 1921; historical sketch presented by the Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society, Feb. 28, 1942. Microfilm version of the autobiography loaned for filming by Mary Wilson, Lake Mills, Wis., 1959.
Subjects
- Fargo, Lyman.
- Savage, George.
- Methodist Church -- Wisconsin -- Lake Mills.
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Lake Mills, Wis.)
- Businessmen -- Wisconsin -- Lake Mills.
- Dairy farming -- Connecticut.
- California -- Description and travel.
- Churchville (Conn.)
- Genessee County (N.Y.)
- Lake Mills (Wis.)
- Lake Mills (Wis.) -- Church history.