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Author: RMunns7272
Surnames: Carleton, Hall, Drummond, Dane
Classification: biography
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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 745.
City of La Crosse
GEORGE T. CARLETON, merchant; is one of the pioneers of Wisconsin. He
was born in Newcastle, Lincoln Co., Me., Jan. 2, 1805; son of Thomas
and Hannah (Hall) Carleton; when about a year old his father removed
to Kennebec Co., and he grew up to manhood on his father's farm in
that county. At the age of 23, he engaged in the mercantile business,
which he has continued up to the present time. While in Maine he was
in business in Vassalboro and Waterville. In 1833, he married Eliza
Drummond, who died in 1840, leaving two children (since deceased). In
1841, he married Miss Mary Dane, of Skowhegan, Me., and came to
Wisconsin in 1843; was three days making the trip from Sheboygan to
Fond du Lac with an ox team, with no road but an Indian trail. In the
spring of 1844 he built the first sail-boat on Lake Winnebago, for
the Indians on the lake and up Wolf River. He carried on business in
Fond du Lac till 1851. About the 1st of July in that year he came to
La Crosse, remained a few days, then returned to Fond du Lac, and
came again in August. At that time he put up a building on Third
street, where Giles's pork house now stands, for a store and
dwelling. There was no lumber to be had in La Crosse at the time, and
he purchased his at Robinson's Mill, and run it down the creek into
Black River, thence into the Mississippi and to La Crosse. He burned
his lime on a pile of logs for the plastering, and thinks this was
the first plastered house in the county. After completing this
building he returned to Fond du Lac, and, in November, 1851, removed
with his family and a stock of goods to La Crosse; came with horse
teams, and was eleven days on the road. He continued in business on
Third street till 1869, then removed to Sauk Rapids, Minn., and came
to North La Crosse in the spring of 1877. He was three years Alderman
of the First Ward of La Crosse; has two sons - George T., born in
Waterville, Me., and Fred D., born in Fond du Lac, Wis.; both married
and engaged in mercantile business in North La Crosse.
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