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ing. I am not aware that it ever did any business in that
location. Subsequently ALANSON SWEET, Esq., somewhere
about the year 1843-4, moved this building east to the river's
bank, nearly opposite the mouth of the old harbor, and graded
a street out to it. Here he and Mr. WILLIAM JERVIS, present
Superintendent of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad,
carried on the storage and forwarding business for a year or so,
but it was soon abandoned as a place of business. This build-
ing was destroyed a few years since by the burning of the
steamer Nile, which was moored by its side. Passing north,
there were at the Point, near the present Walker's Point
Bridge, two warehouses- one belonging to Col. WALKER, and
the other known as the Hollister Warehouse. The latter was
a large and commodious building. These were both burned at
an early day. Crossing the river, Mr. G~o. DOUSMAN'S new
house stood then as now. At the corner of Huron and East
Water streets, stood a warehouse known as the TALBOT DOUS-
MAN Warehouse, two stories high, and considered a large and
strong structure for that day. This building is still standing,
and is a part of the stores in that locality. On the site of the
Ludington Block, stood the Juneau Warehouse, which may
still be seen above Marlrot Square, on East Water street. On
the ground where we meet to-night, stood a warehouse known
as the Longstreet Warehouse. It was moved off from this
site in the spring of 1846, and is now a part of the Menomo-
nee Hotel, on West Water street. The Rilbourn Ware-
house, now a part of the La Crosse passenger depot, stood
then as now, with slight changes. These buildings were
mostly built during the speculative period of 1836 and
1837. With the exception of Mr. DOUS~J~AN'S, but little
storage and forwarding business was ever done in them'.-
But see, after all, those early settlers (and, as they were called
in that day, wild speculators,) were iiot so wide of the mark.
Ccpt. SANDERSON at the Kinnekinnic, and Mr. KILBOURN at
Chestnut street, nearly two miles apart, and now, behold ! the
space is filled.