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Looking Back in Ripon

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Newspaper clipping showing the demolishing of the Long House. The man on the right is believed to be M.V. Adkins, son of Chester Adkins, the last survivor of the Fourierite community.

Date Created:
March 24, 1983

Publication Information

Date Created March 24, 1983

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 16 x 16 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Wisconsin place file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s
Call Number PF Ripon.3c

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W014F3L
Legacy ID
WHi 39687

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Photographs
Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

1910

View of "Long House," one of the buildings in the experimental communal colony of the Fourierites. Caption reads: "The 'Long House,' home of the Fourierites, in the communistic colony established i...

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Photographs
Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

1910

Exterior view of "Long House," one of the buildings in the experimental communal colony of the Fourierites.

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Photographs
Long House Dorm, Ripon, Wisconsin

Long House Dorm, Ripon, Wisconsin

1903

Long House Dormitory at Ceresco, the Fourierite community, used as a "Poor" house in the 1930's.

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Newspaper Article/Clip...
Adkins, Chester

Adkins, Chester

1822 to 1904

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Postcards
Home of the Fourierites

Home of the Fourierites

1907

Text on front reads: "Home of the Fourierites, Ripon, Wis. Established May 27, 1844 by followers of Charles Fourier in Ceresco Valley, now a part of Ripon. The community numbered about 200 at its b...

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Property Record
26-38 WARREN ST

26-38 WARREN ST

29491

Located in Ripon, Fond du Lac County

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