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

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----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913, pg. 577.

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

THE TOWN OF FLIETH.

This town was set off from the town of Weston as a separate town January 6, 1905, to consist of all of township 28, north of range 6 east, lying west of the Wisconsin river. The town when set of by the county board on that date was given the name of "Erickson," from George Erickson, who was afterwards elected as the first chairman of said town. This act of the county board was ratified and confirmed by the Legislature in the session of 1905, but the name of the town was changed to "Flieth."

The town is bounded on the east by the Wisconsin river, and Rib river flows near its north boundary line and empties in the Wisconsin at the foot of Rib Hill. There are several quartz quarries which furnish the material for the Wausau sandpaper factory, and the Wausau quartz mill.

There are two school districts each with a good schoolhouse in that district, and one German Evangelical Lutheran church, which is a mission to the Evangelical Lutheran church of Wausau, Reverend Schroedel of the Zion's congregation holding religious service. The church was originally a schoolhouse, but was purchased by the small congregation for their church about twelve years ago.

The town claims to have a larger number of registered cattle than any town in Marathon county, considering the population. In 1902 J. J. Bean introduced the first registered stock in the town of Flieth, and at this date there are five registered herds of Guernsey, two of Holstein, and one of Jersey in that town. It is the plan of the fanners of that town to make it famous in the county for its registered stock.