THE HISTORY OF CLARK COUNTY
Thorp Courier, Clark County, Wisconsin
Written by R. J. MacBride and transcribed by Crystal Wendt.
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Table of Contents
I | HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY |
II | THE NAME OF THE COUNTY |
III | THE BATTLE FOR THE COUNTY SEAT |
IV | THE EARLY PIONEERS |
V | THE YEARS PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR |
VI |
EDITOR TOMPKINS TROUBLES--TREASURER’S TRIBULATIONS |
VII | THE EARLY SIXITES--THE BOYS IN BLUE FROM CLARK CO. |
VIII | FROM 1861 TO 1865--THE TOWNS OF CLARK COUNTY |
IX | THREE CITIES -- MORE TOWNS AND SUNDRY VILLAGES |
X | THE FIRST CLARK COUNTY JAILS |
XI | THE OLD GOVERNMENT SURVEYS |
XII |
EARLY ELECTION --FLAG RAISING, NEILLSVILLE FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO |
XIII |
FROM 1868 TO 1870 THE POLITICAL CONUDRUM -- WHO IS SMITH? MAIN BLACK RIVER ROAD. |
XIV |
THE RAILWAYS OF CLARK COUNTY. CELEBRATION AT NEILLSVILLE IN 1881 |
XV |
FROM 1870 TO 1880 --ELECTIONS --GREENBAKES, AND GRANGERISM-- COUNTY DIVISION-- THE NEW COURT HOUSE. |
XVI |
FROM 1870 TO 1880 -- CLOSE ELECTION IN 1872 -- CONTEST FOR CO. TREASURER’S OFFICE. |
XVII |
FROM 1870 TO 1880 --- CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST DEFAULTING COUNTY OFFICERS -- JACKSON AND CLARK COUNITES DIVORCED POLITICALLY. |
XVIII |
FROM 1880 TO 1890 -- INCREASE IN POPULATION--BURGLARY OF LEVIS BRIDGE -- WOMAN SUFRAGE-- SUNDRY ELECTIONS --BURNING OF HEWETTVILLE. |
XIX |
THE BLACK RIVER -- DESCENT OF THE RIVER WATER POWERS --PIONEER SAW MILLS. |
XX |
LOGGING ON BLACK RIVER -- LUMBER--MAN AND LOGGERS ---IMMENSE CUT OF PINE. |
XXI | AGRICULTURE AND DAIRYING |
XXII |
EDUCATION--SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL HOUSES--EARLY TEACHERS CHURCHES--CLERGYMEN OF EARLY DAYS |
XXIII | THE NEWSPAPERS OF CLARK COUNTY--OLD-TIME EDITORS. PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS |
XXIV |
RECREATIONS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS--THEATHERS -CONCERTS -- DANCES CLARK COUNTY OLD SETTLERS SOCIETY |
XXV |
BANKS AND BANKING -- EARLY BANKERS MAUFACTURERS AND INDUSTRIES OF THE COUNTY |
XXVI |
FROM 1890 TO 1900--POPULATION BY U. S. CENSUS COUNTY OFFICERS--CLARK COUNTY IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. |
XXVII |
FROM 1890 TO 1900 ELECTIONS FOR JUDICIAL AND COUNTY OFFICERS NEW CIRCUIT FORMED POPULATION BY STATE CENSUS OF 1895 DEATHS OF JUDGE DEWHURST AND JONES TOMPKINS |
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