Edward Salomon, WI Governor
Edward Salomon, WI Governor

The Salomon brothers, Edward, Frederick, Charles, and Herman, hated slavery and sided with the Union cause at the start of the Civil War. Three Salomon brothers joined the Union army and in 1861 the Republican Party chose Edward as its candidate for lieutenant-governor. He was elected, and when Gov. Louis P. Harvey accidentally drowned in April 1862, he succeeded him as the eighth governor of Wisconsin. At thirty four-years-old, he was the youngest Wisconsin Governor and the first who was not born in the United States.

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Manitowoc County Historical SocietyCivil War, Salomon Brothers, Manitowoc, Riots, Politics
The legend of Manitowoc’s Phantom Hallow
The legend of Manitowoc’s Phantom Hallow

It was rumored that after her death, "a figure in white had nightly been seen hovering about her former abode, and that sweet strains of music had softly floated from there, borne of the midnight air. However that may be, certain it is that this spot ever held something for mystic for the passerby, especially in the sway of the moon when rising vapors from the river bottoms, assuming fantastic forms, lent flights to one’s imagination.”

“Hence the derivation of the name, that of Phantom Hallow.”

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Manitowoc County Historical SocietyHalloween, Phantom Hallow, 1850s, Manitowoc