Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-13
A COMMUNITY OF CONTENTED AND PROSPEROUS PEOPLE.
About Compiled Authority
D.. Beck Commissioner OF Lab

clay and timber can be supplied There
is good opening here for a cigar fac
tory; also feed mill and a laundry
Four hundred laborers can be engaged.
The land of the surrounding country
is as good as there is anywhere in Wis
consin. Tobacco culture and dairying
aIe the leading occupations of the farm
ers. The soil is clayey loan and well
adapted for any kind of farming.
DE SOTO.
This is one of the early landmarks in
the first settlements in Vernon county
In its early day it was entirely inhabit-
ed by New England people. 1t is one
of the picturesque points on the upper
Mississippi river Todev the village
has general stores, / bank, grain
warehouses, hotels 2 lumber yards,
physician, livery stable, restaurant,
cornet band, l newspaper, barber
shop, blacksmith shops, l drug store,
/ shoe and harnessmaker, churches,
graded school with three departments.
In societies Grand Army, Odd Fellows,
Woodmen, etc.
UNINCoRPoRATED VILLAGES AND HAM
LET'S
Ta1ett. ave nnsnsrolsssslf these GEsfO
is the larger of the number. 1t is lo-
Gated on the Mississippi, has general
stores, a pearl button factory, cream
cry, restaurant, hotel, photograph gal
lery blacksmith shops and other indus
tries. Great fishing point, lumber yard,
etc
VICTORY is one of the oldest points on
the upper Mississippi, and was the
t,x,r .f
tiers of western Vernon countym 1t
has stores, saw mill, lumber 'Nrd,
hotel, etc.
[ CHAsEBURG is on the new line of "
railroad from La Crosse to Viroqua. 1t
has stores, grist mill, saw mill,
creamery, restaurant, shoe shop, wag-
on and machine shop, physician,
blackmith shop, 2 saloons, l barber
shop.
Coon VALLEY has enjoyed a rapid
and substantial growth since the ad-
vent of the Southeastern railroad. Ii
has 3 general stores, hardware,
drug store, bank, hotels, one grist
mill, | creamery, tobacco warehouse,
| lumber yard, l barber shop, | news
paper, | physician, cornet band,
church, / photograph gallery, Wood
man camp fine artesian wells.
WEST PRAIRIE has large general
store, blackmith shop, saw mill, etc.
RETREAT has churches, physician,
creamery, 2 stores Odd Fellow lodge,
/ Woodman camp. etc.
LIBERTY POLE has store, cream
cry and cheese factory, church.
.NEwRY has a store, creamery, black
smith shop | church
| BLooMINGDALE has stores, cream
cry, feed mill, meat market. black
smith shop, church, graded school. In
societies, Odd Fellows, Woodmen, Mys-
! tic Workers.
| AVALANCHE has store, a grist mill,
/ wooleli mill, creamery and cheese fac
/ tory, / church, school.
! VALLEY has two stores. hotel, cream
/ cry, mill, WoOdman camp, school.
1 RoCKToN has stores, Lrist mill,
! hotel, graded school, Masonic and Odd
| Fellow lodges. 2 saloons.
1 DIIL.EY has creamery, saw mill, z
stores.
NEWTON has a grist mill, store,
church, one or more societies, school.
/ BRISTow has stores, creamery, one
school
/ PuRDY has store, cheese-fa factory,
blacksmith. church. Woodman camp,
school.
! Ross has store, creamery, WOodman
/ camp and Mystic workers.
/ SPRINGVILLE has ! store, black.
smith shop, saw mill, churches, grad
ed school, societies.