BlockWaupaca Town
The complete chapter on this town from History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890. 360 words, covering 1 settlement. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
1 settlementWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this town: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Quarry (historical) | 128 | - | 2 | - |
Settlements in this township
1 placeEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. It is not named in the chapter: it was founded later or was never more than a post office.
The chapter
360 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Waupaca Town
Waupaca was incorporated as a city in 1875. The first city officers were : Mayor - Charles Wright; Aldermen - G. L.Lord,C. S. Ggden (First Ward), J. W. Evans, W. Wheeler (Second Ward) ; M. R. Baldwin, B. F. Brown (Third Ward) ; Clerk - F. F. Wheeler; Treasurer - Edwin Selleck; Assessors - George Howlett, A. H. Chandler; Chief of Police - Edgar Bangle; Police Justice - Samuel Bailey; Street Commissioner - K. T. Chandler.
The city is situated in the western part of the town, on the Wisconsin Central railroad, and on the Waupaca River, which furnishes excellent power. The water power is pretty well improved, though its capacity is far from being fully utilized. Business men are beginning to appreciate its great advantages.
The city is the County seat of Waupaca County, and the Court House and Jail are located here. It is lighted by electricity, has well made streets, numerous fine residences, and is in many respects a desirable location for the man of business or leisure.
The Wisconsin Veterans' Home, a State institution, the first of its class in the country, is located on the Chain of Lakes, in Farmington, three miles west of Waupaca.
Waupaca has 9 general stores, 5 grocery stores, 2 furniture stores, 3 drug stores, 3 hardware stores, 2 clothing and furnishing goods stores, 1 merchant tailor, 2 tailor shops, 3 harness shops, 4 jewelry stores, 3 meat markets, 3 barber shops, 1 bath room, 1 shoe store, 3 notion and confectionery stores, 1 bakerj^, 4 hotels, 3 restaurants, 3 livery stables, 3 pump shops, 3 farm machinery warehouses, 4 shoe shops, 6 blacksmith shops, 2 machine shops, 1 foundry, 3 wagon shops,
2 planing mills, 2 grist mills, 1 starch factory, 1 creamery and cold storage house, 1 marble shop, 1 woolen mill, 1 bottling works, 1 brick 3^ard, 2 photographers, 2 feed stores, 1 tannery, 1 brewery, 1 nursery and fruit farm, 1 green house, a dozen or more produce and stock buyers, 4 millinery stores, 2 temperance saloons, 6 saloons, 2 national banks, 7 churches, 1 high school, 2 newspaper and printing offices, 1 job printing office. The professions are well represented.
Provenance
Text from History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.