1854
The county having been set
apart and the county seat located, it was determined to lay out a
village and perfect arrangements for projecting the improvements. At
that time, as will be remembered, the county contained but one
township--Pine Valley. Since that date the domain has been
apportioned as follows: Levis Township in 1857; Weston in 1859;
Lynn, 1862; Loyal, 1863; Mentor, 1867; Grant, 1868; Eaton, 1870;
Beaver, 1871; York, Hixon and Sherman, 1873; Colby, Unity, Mayville
and Washburn, 1874; Sherwood Forest, Hewett and Warner, 1875; Thorp,
1876, and Withee, in 1880.
1881 History of Clark
Co., Wis.
1869
November, 1869--Pork and
salt for sale; by the barrel, by seeing Uncle Dan Gate’s flour and
feed store. Hewett & Woods are building at their new mill on the
Humbird road, two new houses, one to be used as a warehouse and the
other for a hotel. The travel on that road is constantly increasing
and it is deemed practicable to start a hotel at his place for the
accommodation of travelers. (That later was called Hewettville, by
the Wedges Creek Dam.),
Clark County Press
1880
Samuel Calway has completed
the new school house in District No. 1, town of Hewett. It has been
examined by the committee, found to be in accordance with the
contract and accepted.
Clark County Press
1898
Columbia--A newly established
postoffice in Hewett Twp., Clark County, Wis., 8 miles southwest of
Neillsville. It is a dairy and agricultural section. Turner's
Hand Book and Gazetter of Wisconsin by Lura J. Truner, Paul Samuel
Reinsch, 1898
1900
----Source: Racine Journal
(Racine, Wis.) August 8, 1902
At the Columbia, Wis., fair this fall will be exhibited a quilt
worth $3,000, made up of 300 pieces cut from old dresses, ties,
etc., worn by famous men and women, and all with autograph letters
attached. (perhaps this is Columbia Co., Wis.?)
1904
History: Neillsville, Wis. Hewett
Dairy Company (1904)
1922
October, 1922--Atty James Moran and his clerk, George Strachan of
Tomah, camped for a few days in Schuster Park last week. Mr.
Moran is attorney for the Braddock estate, which has an interest in
what is known as the Marvin farm in Hewett and which will soon to be
offered for sale. Mr.
Moran is a grandson of Martin Moran, who ran the first store in
Neillsville and carried mail to and from Stevens Point.
Clark County
Press
1934
September, 1934--News is that
Elgar King has bought a wild 40 in Section 2 of the Town of Hewett
and will start to build on it soon. At present they will live on the
place lately vacated by Bill Millu.
1941
November, 1941--Hewett Game
Refuge of 3,520 acres is set up. The Hewett game refuge, comprising
an area of approximately 3,520 acres of land in the Towns of Hewett
and Mentor, has been established by order of state conservation
commission, effective Nov. 22. It will remain a game refuge for a
period of five years. As a game refuge, it will be unlawful for any
person to set traps or have in possession or under control any gun
or rifle unless it is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case.
Clark County
Press
1952
November, 1952--Lewis Streidl has bought from Ernest H. Snyder and
his wife, Jessie, all the southwest quarter lying south of highway
10 in section of 11 of the Town of Hewett; also a part of the
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter in section 10. This
property is across the highway from Snyder’s Dam. Clark
County Press
1956
April, 1956--George Mashin and
Henry Steimke were appointed as "Clark County Dance Inspectors" for
the year. Marshfield
News Herald
1957
William C. (Bill) Ambelang was
chairman of the Town of Hewett for 23 years. His term as chairman
started in 1933 and when he took over, the town was broke. “We had a
bill from the Neillsville Public Schools for more money than we had
in the treasury,” stated Ambelang. So his first task was to seek
some ready cash with which to keep the town going. He approached two
banks with a “Nope” response to borrowing money. The third banker,
Homer Root, offered to help. He loaned Ambelang $200, and that tided
the town over until they had some income. “For the first three years
we raised the taxes and haven’t raised them since,” Ambelang
recalled. Ambelang said he would miss activities of the chairman’s
position for awhile.
Clark County Press
Hewett Township, Clark Co., Wis. Tragedies
1878
In 1878, local men organized the Black River
Railroad Company to build a road from Merrillan to Neillsville. The went as far
as having the road surveyed and stacked (staked) out by Charles Reed, a Clark
County man. The incorporators were Daniel Gates, James Hewett, N. H. Withee, J.
L. Gates, f. D. Lindsay and others whose names were not given in the early
records. These men contributed their time as well as some of their own money in
getting initial work done. The Town of Pine Valley issued its corporate bonds
for $10,000 to help along; the Town of Hewett gave $1,000 in bonds. The Towns of
Grant and Weston voted bonds, but those bonds were never earned and were not
issued. Clark County
Press
1886
During the month of August,
1886,
destructive forest fires took place, in the pineries of
Clark county, and in northern Wisconsin. The village of Hewettville,
six miles west of Neillsville, was completely destroyed, and large
amounts of pine, and other standing timber was consumed.
1887
Joe Silsbey informed us Tuesday that there was
a big log jam on Wedges Creek below Hewettville Dam some two miles long, and one
some distance above the dam; in three sections, extending to the vicinity of the
stave mill. Ed Bruley has been at work on the big jam with a crew of men for
Bright, while Brillion and his men have been tussling with the upper blockage
for Hewett. Flooding doesn’t budge things at all with the present stage of water
and everybody waits hopefully for rain.
Clark County Press
1899
Columbia--Conductor & Brakeman Injured
