BlockWeyauwega Town
The complete chapter on this town from History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890. 261 words, covering 2 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
3 sectionsThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
2 settlementsWhat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanswood | 138 | - | - | - |
| Gills Landing | 118 | - | - | - |
Settlements in this township
2 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. None of the 2 is named in the chapter: they were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
261 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.
Weyauwega Town
The first officers were: President - Louis Bostedo. Tobias Hutchinson was one of the trustees. Supervisors - First Ward, Louis Bostedo ; Second Ward, Tobias Hutchinson.
Weyau\\^ega is pleasantly situated on the line of the Wisconsin Central railroad. It is surrounded by a good farming country, has an intelligent, enterprising population, and is promised a pros- perous future. The Waupaca River furnishes good water power. There are 5 churches, 1 high school, 7 dry goods stores, 4 grocery stores, 3 drug stores, 2 jewelry stores, 3 hardware stores, 2 millinery stores, 2 furniture stores, 2 shoe shops, 1 harness shop, 1 tailor shop, 2 meat markets, 4 blacksmith shops, 1 wagon shop, 1 livery stable, 2 hotels, 2 lawyers, 2 physicians, 1 newspaper and printing office, 1 bank, 1 saw and planing mill, 1 grist mill, 1 basket factory, 4 saloons, 1 brewery. The population is about 650.
The First Paper
The first paper. The Weyauwegian, was started in July, 1855, by William C. Tompkins. It was afterwards The Herald, then The Times, which was owned and edited by F. W. Sackett. In March, 1877, J. C. Keeney started The Chronicle, which is now^ successfully edited by A. L. Hutchinson, present District Attome3^
Village Officers
The village officers for 1890 are : President - F. M. Chase; Trustees - W. H. Weed, Thomas Brett, Charles Goodenow, John Bomgesser, L. D. Post, G. Scheel; Clerk - John L. Rhode; Treasurer - Thomas F. Wilson; Police Justice - J. F. Corbett; Marshal - A. W. Balsley; Supervisor - Jerome Crocker ; Chief of Fire Department - John Borngesser.
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.