HISTORIES: "Sources of Material" for this history of Barron, Barron Co., WI

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				Sources of Material

The History of Barron County was published in March, 1922. This book was 
edited by Newton S. Gordon then the editor of the Barron County News-Shield, 
and compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge. A prodigious amount of work was 
required to produce this history. Those who own a copy of this work have a 
priceless possession. By far most of the material for the first sixty years 
of the centennial history came from this source.

The Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin 
was edited by George Forrester and published by A. Warner, Chicago, 
Illinois in April, 1892. A limited amount of material came from this work.

In 1901 Orville D. Edgbert published a 68 page booklet of pictures and 
printed material entitled, Barron County, Wisconsin. This publication 
furnished some material for our history.

Mrs. Charles S. Taylor came to live in Barron in 1876. She used to speak 
to Barron High School Students once each year on her recollections of 
early days in Barron. It was our good fortune to have heard her speak once 
or twice. Fortunately her recollections have been preserved in typewritten 
form and some of these memories were used in our history.

The files of the Barron County News-Shield were searched for some of the 
history of the past fifty years. Newspaper files are always a very 
important source of historical items in every community where newspapers 
have been published.

The business meeting records of various organizations have been consulted 
to get brief histories of those groups.

Some of our older citizens have been interviewed for facts which enter 
into our history during the past sixty years and more.

The present day clergymen of our local churches have been very helpful in 
giving us the predominating items which enter in to each church history.

--From the Souvenir Historical Album of the Barron Centennial-1960
(used by permission)