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Maps
1904
PLAT MAP
Township of
Springbrook
(Township
40, Range
11W)
*With
approximate locations of the early
settlers homesteads*
"Spooner
Register," 30 January 1904 -- This
week we publish a map of township 40-11 giving the names of the actual
settlers as near as we have been able to learn them and the locations
of
the land which each owns. In company with S. W. Haggard a few
weeks
ago we visited portions of this township but the day was a stormy one
and
we failed to see very many of the settlers. Mr. Haggard has
away
of so speeding his team that he arrives at a good place just about meal
time. In this instance it was at the residence of G. G.
Zimmerman
and at dinner time. Mr. Haggard ate so heartily that he did
not
feel
like facing the wind and snow storm so Mr. Zimmerman and the editor
spent
two or three hours trying to locate the settlers of the township on a
piece
of paper with a little assistance from Mr. Haggard when he was not
visiting
Mrs. Zimmerman.
We
learned that most of the settlers of this
township with the exception of those living in Springbrook came from
near
Brodhead, Green County, (WI) about four years ago.
The
first settler in this township was Joseph
Trepania, father of Chairman Alfred Trepania, who settled on Section 14
and erected the first house in what is now known as Springbrook, in
1883.
The house is still standing and is used by the Omaha for a ticket
office
and by Alfred Trepania as a residence.
The
next settlement was made shortly after
on Section 28 by a Mr. Ames at a place then known as Ames station, the
Ashland branch of the Omaha having been built thru the township the
preceding
year. The new settlers were few in number until about seven
years
ago when this section began to attrack (sp) home seekers.
The
soil in the north-western, the southern
tier of sections and in the south-eastern part of the township is a
clayey
loam. The remainder of the township is sandy or sandy loam
especially
so along the Namekagon which flows across the township diagonally
entering
section 1 and flowing south-west with the exception of that part known
as the "big bend". The Omaha railroad also crosses the
township
approximately
parallel to the river.
Springbrook
is a thriving business point
and furnishes what some of the larger towns in the county to not -- a
good
market for everything that the farmer has to sell. In the one
item
of cord wood alone several thousand dollars cash have been distributed
among the farmers from this point.
INDEX
OF NAMES
(names spelled as found on the above map)
| NAME
& SECTION |
NAME
& SECTION |
NAME
& SECTION |
| ALLISON,
Frank - 33 |
HART,
Walter - 28 |
PREMO,
Oliver - 14 |
| BAXTER,
George - 20 |
HAYNES,
Ed - 8 |
REED,
Clarence - 20 |
| BINGHAM,
F L - 11 |
HAYNES,
Lon - 6 |
RICE,
Albert - 4 |
| BINGHAM,
F L - 3 |
HIMROD,
C - 32 |
RUSSEL,
John - 12 |
| BISCKE,
Frank - 31 |
HUNT,
Wm - 8 |
RUSSELL,
Joseph - 12 |
| BROKAW,
Geo - 13 |
IDDINGS,
B W - 25 |
SAHL,
Jacob - 18 |
| BUCHANAN,
Robert - 4 |
JORDON,
Wesley - 28 |
SCOTT,
? - 32 |
| BUDRO,
E J - 31 |
KENT,
Miss - 11 |
SERGEANT,
Arthur - 23 |
| BUMGARTNER,
Geo - 27 |
KNISS,
John - 22 |
SMITH,
Archie - 10 |
| BUMGARTNER,
George - 34 |
LANG,
Wm - 10 |
SMITH,
Frank - 22 |
| CARLSON,
John (deceased) - 18 |
LARSEL,
John - 36 |
SMITH,
Frank - 26 |
| CARPENTER,
Wm - 7 |
LARSON,
Andrew - 24 |
SMITH,
Henry - 13 |
| CLARK,
Jacob - 2 |
LEFFINGWELL,
Albert - 8 |
SMITH,
John H - 8 |
| CLARK,
John - 20 |
LESTER,
Chris - 28 |
SMITH,
Walter - 34 |
| CLEMONS,
Henry - 25 |
LINK,
E J - 30 |
SPEAR,
C C - 32 |
| COOK,
Ferdinand - 30 |
LOSTERBACH,
J - 30 |
Spring
Lake - 25 |
| CORRELL,
James - 31 |
LUMBAR,
Charles - 14 |
Springbrook
- 14 |
| DANIELS,
Albert - 18 |
McINTOSH,
? - 20 |
STIFFNER,
Hal - 34 |
| DANIELS,
Jay - 18 |
McKEE,
Emmett - 30 |
STIFFNER,
Harry - 27 |
| DAVIS,
Fred - 11 |
McKEE,
Joseph - 18 |
THOMPSON,
J H - 29 |
| DENICK,
Mrs - 14 |
McKEE,
L A - 30 |
THORHAUG,
Andrew - 4 |
| DOWNS,
S W - 24 |
McKEE,
R E - 32 |
TREPANIA,
Alfred - 14 |
| DURECHIE,
Geo - 25 |
McNITT,
U J - 6 |
TREPANIA,
Joseph - 14 |
| DURGES,
Fred - 2 |
McTAGGERT,
Edward - 33 |
TURNER,
John - 8 |
| ELLIOTT,
Thomas - 7 |
MILES,
Almon - 34 |
VOLKEMER,
Frank - 36 |
| FERGUSON,
W S - 24 |
MILES,
Archie - 20 |
WADE,
James - 14 |
| FERTURCH,
Wm - 27 |
MILLER,
Mrs - 24 |
WADE,
Lawrence - 10 |
| FOGERTY,
Martin - 36 |
MILLER,
P K - 31 |
WARNER,
John - 30 |
| GLENN,
Wm - 10 |
MISHLER,
J - 26 |
WATTS,
Richard - 6 |
| GREGERS,
Emil - 21 |
MISHLER,
John - 26 |
WEAVER,
Joseph - 26 |
| GROVE,
John Jr - 32 |
MURPHY,
P H - 23 |
WEBSTER,
Daniel - 21 |
| GROVE,
John Sr - 33 |
MURPHY,
Timothy - 22 |
WEIR,
D S and J - 33 |
| GUNN,
William & Henry - 5 |
NEST,
Louis - 22 |
WEIR,
Joseph - 34 |
| HAGGARD,
N W - 25 |
NEWMAN,
S F - 22 |
WELSCHON,
Wm - 12 |
| HAGGARD,
S W - 10 |
OLESON,
Ole - 7 |
WELZEIN,
Wm - 15 |
| HAGGARD,
S W - 14 |
PAYNE,
Ed - 11 & 14 |
WILDER,
T J - 19 |
| HARMON,
Charles - 32 |
PAYNE,
Winson (2) - 3 |
WILSHON,
Wm - 11 |
| HARRIS,
Charles - 4 |
POTTER,
A B - 36 |
ZIMMERMAN,
G G - 6 |
| HART,
Clyde - 33 |
POTTER,
Mrs B F - 36 |
ZIMMERMAN,
John S - 6 |
| HART,
Thomas - 33 |
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