HISTORY OF WOOD COUNTY



north, and on the line between Sections 10 and 11. Amelia, where there is
a general
store, is in the eastern part of the township, on the line between Sections
23 and
24, and Catherine is in the southeastern part in Section 36, or more correctly,
on
the line between Cary and Wood Townships. At none of these places is there
a
village.
   Cranmoor is a shipping point for cranberries in Section 9, Cranmoor Township.
There is a school in the vicinity.
   Bearss Marsh was the name of a plat surveyed Jan. 16, 1879, in Section
9, Port
Edwards Township, by E. Newman, under the direction of J. T. Bearss and Phillip
Alexander. It was recorded Feb. 6, 1879, and described as the southwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 9, Town 21 N, Range 4 E. A station called
Bearss Station was also established at the nearest point on the Chicago,
Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway for the shipment of cranberries, in which business
the Bearss
family were largely engaged. The attempt to found a village, however, was
un-
successful.
   Daly is a station on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in
Section 31
(east), Remington Township.
   Pittsville Junction is merely a junction point of two branches of the
Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in Section 2, Dexter Township, one branch
running
northwest to Pittsville and the other northeast to Vesper and Arpin.
   Frisby is a station just southeast of Marshfield, on the Chicago &
Northwestern
and Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railways. There is no village
but
the station is close to the Wood County Hospital (Insane Asylum) and hence
is
convenient for visitors to the institution.
   Mohle is the name of a station on the Greenwood branch of the "Soo"
Railway
in the northern part of Lincoln Township. There is no village.
   Ebbe is a station on the "Soo" Railway, in Section 17, Lincoln
Township. It
was named after Peter R. Ebbe, who, with P. N. Christensen, built a sawmill
there in 1890, and who still resides in the vicinity. After the mill was
erected
the railroad built a side-track and a box-car depot, but some years later,
after the
mill burned down, they took out the side-track.



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