Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

By Matthew Good Day! My name is Jake and I live at Wade House. I came to Wade house to get rested and healed from being in the Civil War like my friend Mike. In the winter if 1863 I came here to get away from the war. I got a room on the second [...]

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By Matt I am a worker at wade house. I work as the Blacksmith. A Blacksmith’s main job was to make farming tools. Like pitch forks, horse shoes, oxen shoes, chains, and axes. It is fun being a Blacksmith because if you don’t like how it looks it’s fine it just has to work. Also [...]

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By Kenadee Hello, I am Kenadee and I recently had a trip to the Wade House. I was on my way from Ohio on a really rainy stormy night. I was on my way on my way with my husband and 5 kids. When we first arrived there they greeted me and my family with [...]

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By Ka-Ron 1865 Dear Cameron McKinney, I’m working as a blacksmith I worked for about17 years also I ain’t never complain cause I know everything I make just has to work it doesn’t have to be cute. I have 0 kids no life so I’m letting it off easy paying $0.25 for a room. I [...]

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By Joslin Pleased to meet you, I’m Betsey Wade, I hope planning on stayin’ at the Wade house. I’ll give a tour around if you like. First things first ya always gotta go around to the back door ‘cause the front door leads to the barroom and ya don’t want to get caught there do [...]

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BY Jordan My name is Joe Ridden and I was in the civil war on the confederate side until I got shot in the leg. My war friends took me to this town called Greenbush they left me there at an inn called The Wade House so I could recuperate. Before I ate some good [...]

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By Haley July 12, 1865 Dear Diary, After my mother, father, and I had moved in to the Wade House, my mother explained why this place happen to be our new home. She said” That since the was going on around where we live, she asked father if we could live here.” When I approached [...]

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By Grace Hello my name is Grace, I am 24 and I work as a maid at the Wade House in Greenbush, Wisconsin. My family used to live in Missouri. But during the war I had to find a place to stay. I had $1.00 so I had enough to get a room and a [...]

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By Eve Hello! I am a blacksmith working for the Wade family. Being the only blacksmith is very important. I can make or fix almost anything. Here’s my story. I was looking for a place to stay, coming from Massachusetts. War was going on and it isn’t too safe to at those times. I saw [...]

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By David B Good day my name is Sam. I come from Ohio. Where I had a wife named Susana and two children John and Kate. We where making a very good life with me working while Susana was staying home taking care of the children. When the civil war started. I got drafted and [...]

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By Betsy “Hello, my name is Sophia Warren. I am seventy-three years old, and live in Greenbush, Wisconsin. I am here at the Wade House renting a single room for fifty cents a night. I have two sons and a husband, who all are sadly fighting in the war. That is actually the reason why [...]

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By Alice I have been traveling for about a week now, my husbands in war and I have a daughter named Cindy. My horses are getting tired and I am running out of food, thank goodness I see the wade house up ahead. I’m not sure how long I am going to be here but [...]

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By Ali Hello my name is Ali, I am from Brazil and am headed to Canada. After I crossed the lake I knew I needed a brake. I decided to take the stagecoach to the Wade House and stay for one week. Once I got to the Wade House Mr. Wade shoed me around. I [...]

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By JJ “Hello. My name is Ronald Owake and I work at the sawmill here at the Wade House. I am fifty-four years old and I moved here to get away from the war. I am from U.S.S.R. (what is now Russia). My wife died from malaria on the way here. I have no kids.” [...]

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