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Ebenezer Brigham

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Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn, and mercantile establishment. He was born in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on April 28, 1789. Brigham came to Illinois in May of 1818, and to Wisconsin in August of 1822. He settled at Blue Mounds in 1828.

Date Created:
1856

Publication Information

Contributor Mills, Simeon, 1810-1895
Date Created 1856

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 photograph
Dimensions 16 x 21 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection [Wisconsin souvenir from Johnson and Fuller.]
Call Number PH 60.3
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999465627902121

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W0145J0
Legacy ID
WHi 28023

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