Dictionary of Wisconsin History
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Term: Kinzie, Juliette Augusta, 1806-1870
Definition: b. Middletown, Conn., married John Kinzie in 1830, and moved to Fort Winnebago the same year. After moving to Chicago, she was the author of several books based on her experiences in Wisconsin: Waubun, the Early Day in the Northwest related Mr. and Mrs. Kinzie's experiences at Fort Winnebago; and two novels, Mark Logan the Bourgeois, and Walter Ogilby, both based on her memories of life at Fort Winnebago. J. A. Kinzie, Waubun (reprint, Chicago, 1932); Wis. Mag. Hist., 14; Colls. State Hist. Soc. Wis., 20 (1911); F. C. Dexheimer, comp., Sketches of Wis. Pioneer Women [Ft. Atkinson, 1925]; WPA field notes. View a related article at Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives. View newspaper clippings at Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles.
[Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin biography]
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