![]() ![]() It turns off forty barrels of fine flour each day, and has a capacity of twenty-five tons of feed. Price, in 1880, who still operates the mill. Seger, in 1878, who sold it to William T. There is a flouring-mill, built by Stewart & Hoffman, in 1874. This is a village of seventy-five inhabitants, on the railroad, and near the head waters of the Trempealeau River, about twelve miles west of Merrillan. Warren, proprietor Winfield Warren, clerk.Īlma Center House - Mr. Chapman & Co.īlacksmiths - George Hall, Harry M. Amount received for freight forwarded, $1,000 per month passenger fares, $50. There was formerly a graded school, but the house having burned, two were built, and they are in good condition. The Methodist Church has had a foothold here for twenty-five years, but the society is just now building a church edifice. The village is well situated and in appearance in remarkable contrast, on account of the absence of stumps, with other villages to the east.Ĭhurch. At first the lumber was hauled there, but the creek was subsequently improved as a highway to the Black. The only avenue to market was the Black River. Jones, went into the lumber business, establishing mills with the Wright Brothers. ![]() At this time, Peter Hall and his brother Thomas (from whom the creek was named), J. From Green Bay to Alma was uninterrupted forest, and the line is sharply defined on the east, heavy timber, on the west, boundless prairie. This village is on the edge of the vast prairie lands, which are only interrupted as they extend toward the Pacific Ocean by the Rocky Mountains. ![]() Cities and Towns History in Jackson County Wisconsin ![]()
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