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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface  ........................................ 6
Introduction  ................................... 7
Immigration of Irish to Dane County .............. 9
Transportation  Routes .......................... 15
Irish  Arrive in  Fitchburg ........................ 29
Fox  Settlem ent ................................ 43
Irish  Lane Settlement  .......................... 49
Stoner Prairie Settlement  ....................... 57
Frontier W orship  .............................. 63
Departures from Fitchburg ...................... 69
Fitchburg  in  the  1990's ......................... 75
Appendices
A. Population  Tables ............................... 79
B. Town Officers 1847, 1860 .................... 81
C. Territorial Roads ................................ 82
D. Irish- 1846  Census ............................. 83
E. Irish- 1860  Census ............................. 84
E  Schools  1848-Present ............................ 85
G. Plat Maps of 1873, 1890, 1940, 1993 .............. 86
H. Gravestone Inscriptions from St. Mary's Cemetery,
Fitchburg  ...................................... 90
N o tes  ................................................ 9 1
Bibliography  .......................................... 97
In d ex  ...............................................  100