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History: Cassel Twp., Marathon Co., Wis. (1913)
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----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913, pg. 574 - 576.
----Township of Cassel, Marathon Co., Wisconsin 1913 History
THE TOWN OE CASSEL.
The town of Cassel was created November 12, 1891, and in the ensuing election John Werner was elected the first chairman and representative of the town in the county board. This town was settled by the Pittsburg settlers' club as much as the town of Marathon. The village of Marathon City was laid out on the east boundary line of this town, and when the settlers came, they located south and west of the proposed village. Eully as many of the first settlers located in the present town of Cassel, if not more, than in the town of Marathon. One look at the plat of this town shows the names of Schilling, Lemmer, Heil, Osterbrink, Bluhm, Lang, Burger, Langenhahn, and others, who all belong to the pioneer class. W hen set off it was a part of the town of Marathon, and numerically as strong as the old town.
The tide of emigration turned strong to Cassel after 1877. The newcomers were mostly of Polish nationality, and they constitute now at least half, if not more, of the population. Some of the first comers of this later group were the Kordus family, Michlig, Eons, and Pospychalla and others. and they settled on land which had been brought in market through the advertisement given to the lands by J. M. Smith and the Wisconsin Valley Railroad.
This town is now one of the most populous in the county, and the famis are in a high state of cultivation.
There is one saw mill in the town doing custom sawing only, which is for the farmers' interest; until lately it was owned by A. Bumann, but report has it that it was lately sold, but the new owner will operate the mill as before on the old place.
The town lies between Marathon City on the east, and Edgar on the west, and Fenwood on the southwest, each village with a cheese factory or creamery, still there are three cheese factories in this town, running the whole of the season, which shows that there is good stock and plenty of feed for the same in the town, and that farming is profitable.
Seven schoolhouses in as many districts are conclusive evidence that a new generation is growing up, and there is a parochial school besides. A Polish Catholic congregation has a fine solid brick church edifice built twenty years ago at the cost of $20,000; also a parsonage, and later a parochial schoolhouse with two departments, in charge of two school sisters, built of the same material, well finished inside and outside. Rev. John Miller is the resident priest.