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Passenger PigeonsScope and Content
Quoted from George Wilcox and Louis Spannagel about the mass population of pigeons in the Waupun area. Both these men are showing a sense of humor with use of exageration in story telling. The author of this piece is not known.
PASSENGER PIGEONS.
Quoting from George Wilcox - "Pigeons were everywhere. They used to nest in this section. We used to get the squabs by the bushel basketful. We have seen the pigeons so thick when they were flying we could not see the sun." Mr. Louis Spannagel told of the times when the Passenger Pigeons were so numerous, great clouds of them, that it was necessary for some one to watch the fields to keep them from eating the wheat. He added that Pigeon Pie was a great delicacy. An item from the Waupun paper of June 3, 1869 stated: "Thirty-five thousand pigeons were shipped from Oakfield Station last Wednesday, filling one hundred and sixteen barrels."Acquisition
Accession
2016.0083Source or Donor
Waupun Historical SocietyAcquisition Method
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