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History: EauPleine Twp., Marathon Co., Wis. (1913)

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----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913, pg. 563 -  564.

----Township of EauPleine, Marathon Co., Wisconsin 1913 History

THE TO^^"N OF EAU PLEINE.

The town of Eau Pleine was set oft' from the town of Brighton on November 14, 1884, and in the election the following spring, the town elected its first officers with Edw. Lessig as chairman. The territory of this town is township 27, range 3 east.

Two large saw mills were running in this town before its organization and have been in operation ever since. One, the "Stadts" mill, so-called, is situated on the Northwestern railroad, about two miles southwest from Stratford; the other owned by the firm of Dowd, Sons & Co., is situated at the little village of March Rapids nearly in the center of the north boundary line of the township.

A logging railroad extended from the village of McMillan six miles into this town, hauling the logs to the McMillan Brothers' mill at the village of McMillan. This mill has shut down for good for want of timber. There are two cheese factories in this town.

The farm settlement in this town was very weak in numbers when the town was organized. The town is now fairly well settled, especially the western part. The religious services were held sometimes in private houses under the lead of a visiting minister. In the year 1899 an organization was effected and the services were held in a schoolhouse in the village of March Rapids. In 1899 the congregation was incorporated and a church building was erected, 34x52 feet in dimensions in the year 1900. The resident minister of the Evangelical Lutheran church of the town of McMillan ministered to the spiritual needs of the congregation, consisting of thirty-one families. The present pastor is Rev. August Paetz, resident minister of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter's congregation in the town of McMillan.

There are five school districts and five school houses in good state of efficiency. A few Catholic families in this town erected a chapel over 20 years ago at a place called "Weber town," which is now a mission of the Catholic parish in the village of Stratford.