Introducing
"All
Miracle"
A Four Volume Series of Poetry
By
Elizabeth Rooney
Ebenezer Brigham
Ebenezer Brigham (1789-1861) was the first permanent European settler in Dane County, Wisconsin. Born in Massachusetts, he came to the area in 1826 in search of lead. He established a lead mining operation in Blue Mounds and opened an inn and general store to serve his miners, as well as travelers and native peoples. He also served as a colonel in the Black Hawk War and was prominent in Wisconsin territorial and early statehood affairs. A replica of his general store is on display at the Mt. Horeb Historical Society Museum in Mt. Horeb, WI.
 Charles Ilsley Brigham |
Ebenezer's great nephew, Charles
Ilsley Brigham(1862-1948) began farming on the Brigham land in
1886. He became a leader in dairying and soil conservation in the
area. In 1939, The Cave of
the Mounds was discovered accidentally by workers quarrying limestone
on the Brigham Farm. Charles's daughter, Elizabeth Brigham was still
in high school at the time of the discovery. In 1972, Elizabeth and
her husband, Rev. Edwin Rooney, moved back to the Brigham Farm to
manage the Cave operation. When she died in Feb.1999, the Elizabeth
B. Rooney Memorial Poetry Fund was established to help fund the publication
of her poetry. Brigham Farm Publishing was started by Elizabeth's daughter Patricia Rooney in 2001 to facilitate the publishing. The poems themselves belong to the Elizabeth B.Rooney Family Trust. It was Elizabeth's request that all royalties from the sale of her poetry be divided equally between two organizations, namely, The Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross, and the Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern, England
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