Beaver Township History

Clark County, Wisconsin

 

 

First Owners of Beaver Township (T27N- R1W)

1853

Original Land Entries

Beaver Township, Clark Co., WI

Transcribed from the 1918 History of Clark Co., WI by Janet Schwarze.

 

Township 27, Range I West (Beaver). Land in this town was first taken on Dec. 28, 1853, when Cyrus Woodman made a selection in Sections 7 and 30. Samuel P. Weston, May 2, 1854, in Sections 29, 30, 31 and 32. The next entries were in 1855, by Levi D. Brown, in Section 4. On April 5 Hiram S. Rountree took land in November 2, in Sections 6, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 17. September 11, Jacob M. Hackett, in Section 6. December 21, Charles W. Marshall located in Sections 7, 17, 19 and 20. June 28, Nathan H. Ambler secured land in Section 15. April 5, Burt Brett, in Section 16. On June 25, Elias K. Whitcomb secured land in Sections 19, 27, 28 and 30. John French, September 24, located land in Sections 19, 20 and 27; October I I 30, in Section 34. Andrew Shepperd and John Valentine located in Sections 21, 28, 32 and 33, September 24. September 13, James Hathaway made a selection in Section 29; October 31, in Sections 30, 32 and 33. June 8, William H. Lockwood, in Section 30. Charles Chase, June 5, in Section 30. June 5, Lucius G. Fisher located in Section 33. J. A. Butrick and Allen B. Butrick took land in Sections 34 and 35, on September 5. In 1873 the Wisconsin Central Railway selected land in Sections 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 25, 27 and 35. Survey was made in 1848.

 

Beaver Township, Baseball

 

1890

"Clark County Illustrated" History of Beaver Township, Clark Co., WI; by Saterlee, Tifft & Marsh.

1905

Beaver Township Improvements (1905)

Historical Publications

1918 History of Clark Co., WI--Coxie, Shilling

1920

Beaver Township, May 13, 1920

Coxie

 

Schilling--was a railroad station on the Fairchild and Northeastern Railroad, and was located on the border between Sections 19 and 30 of the Town of Beaver.  The railroad operated here from about 1906 - 1926.  We do know Shilling had a cheese factory, but are in need of additional information concerning it.  Please contact Helen Blaha if you have more details.  Notes: #1, #2

 

Terro--Terro had a post office from 1884-1886.

 

West Beaver--May 12, 1906

 

 

 

Beaver Township Changing Times

Clark County, Wisconsin

 

 

First Airplane to fly over Beaver Township (May 13, 1920)

 

 

 

 

 


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