River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-02-17
River Falls, Wis.
TRIMBELLE.

Trimbelle took its name from the
beautiful stream of that name, which
rises in the town of River Falls, and
makes its way to the Mississippi,
reaching it in the town of Diamond
Bluff. 1t passes through. Trimbelle in
direction little west of southerly,
leaving about three-fifths of the town.
ship on the east side. The stream
was named by the Government sur
veyors, who wrote the name in two
words, trim Belle" At the same
time they named the stream next east,
lisa Belle" and the one next west,
''Little Belle" now Big River. Gal.
lantry must have been prominent
element in the makeup of those en-
gineers.
About two-thirds of the town is tim
Der land, ali east of the river being of
that character. The western third is
prairie land of quite average quality,
as compared with the rest of the coun-
ty. The timber land is especially val
liable OH account Of its location, as
well as for the quality of the timber
and the fertility of the soil. The
stream affords quite number of wa.
ter-powers of some capacity.
The first settlement made in the
town was 10y BARLEY Garner, in June,
1850. Mr.. Garner came from Illinois,
and located on what has since acquir.
ed the name of NEGRO HILL" About
twoyears afterward Hiram McAllister
came in and settled on the place now
owned by John Rich. He located at
that point with view to keeping an
accommodation house for travellers on
the ''Seeley Road" between saltwater
and Rush River near Maiden Rock.
About year after Mr.. McAllister, lin
Nov. 1852, Mr.. Aaron Cornelison found
his way here, and at about the same
time, Joseph COrnelison, Noah Trip,
John Smith and one Mr.. Bradley.
In the summer of 1858, Maxon's
saw-mill was built, being the first
water-power saw-mill in the county,
unless the one built in Clifton Hollow
preceded it. A force came out from
Prescott to ''raise" it, and having been
little bibulous during the day, found
themselves unable to manage the team
on their return, which resulted in a
turnover and a broken lge.
In the summer of "a the settlement
was threatened with ''war of races,
the ''unpleasantness" being between
the Anglo-Saxons and the Celts. II
seems that one Harding had located
on some land, now the property of Mr.
Keyser north of Beldenyille. He was
an ''old batch, and took in, to share
his home, an Irishman by the name OF
Brown. A misunderstanding soon oc
CURED, which the Yankees took to BE-
the fault of Brown, while the Irisi
laid the blame at the door of Harding
AS the writer has a religious rev
erence for the living and near-at-hand
no opinion is expressed as to the rel
alive merits OF the combatants.-lIow
ever, the prospect for fight looked
bright for a day or two Tie boys o
the Shamrock announced that the.
were to be reinforced by a band d
City shelalahs from st. Paul.
It was agreed among them that the.
should assemble the place Of Brown
Sunday was to be the day Of wrath.
On Saturday afternoon an Irish famil
by the name of Bradley, living on tn
place recently owned by Rev. Coz
coran, now occupied by Thomas Dunn
duly armed and equipped marched
battle array to the place Of rendezvous
Mrs. B. led the van with sleeves role
: IN, and with veritable sword in ht
: hand, which she brandished as 81
went past the dwellings Of the VA
KEGS. with all the spirit md herolsl
1 Of Joan Of Arc. Mrs. Cornelison, WI
- s,a,,t a LARGO share Of Ter Ill