Descendants of the original settlers of Wisconsin’s Cheyenne Valley gathered at Cardinal Stritch University last year to talk about their childhoods in and around Hillsboro, once Wisconsin’s largest African American settlement. We heard the voices of Wilbur Arms, Claude Bugbee, Barb Stanek, Rita Marie Witter, Iva Mae Roberts Storey and Mike Thompson. Jane Hampden produced our feature, which originally aired in 2008.
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Settlement at Hillsboro, WI
1 of
Cheyenne Valley Reunion
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2 of
Otis & Blanch Arms1979
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3 of
Samuel Arms Farmstead
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4 of
Shivers Home
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5 of
Shivers Farm
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6 of
Algie and Flora Shivers Home
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Wesley Barton was one of the first black pioneers to settle in the Cheyenne Valley area.
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8 of
Shiver Bros. Barn Building
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9 of
Greene
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10 of
Glen Bass and Free Methodist Church
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11 of
Multi-racial Baseball Team
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12 of
Arms Family
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13 of
Eastman School
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14 of
Bass Homestead
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15 of
Round Barn
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16 of
Bernard, Nellie & Iona
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17 of
Flora Shivers
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