Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-15
VILLAGE LOST TO WORLD.
Not on County Maps; Has No Cow
crnment, Police or Voters.

Not on County Maps; Has No Gov
eminent, Police or Voters.
little town built on about thirty
one acres of land which was originally
part of st. Clair township is one of
the unique villages in the country, says
a Pittsburg dispatch to the New York
World. 1t is not OH the maps of the
county, has no township, no govern
ment, no taxes, no schools, no churches,
no right to the ballot and no police
protection. The town is lost to the
world and the owners of the property,
who have homes on the land, are living
the simple life indeed
This small community, composed of
seven families, all of whom own their
homes, occupy land once part of
Lower st. Clair township. During re-
cent years this township has been sub
divided into the boroughs of Mount
Olive, Knoxville and MOntOOth, and
about a year ago another subdivision
was made and the borough Of st. Clair
was formed. At that time the tract
of ground referred to was not includ-
ed, and as it is not claimed by either
the city or other surrounding bOrOughs
the inhabitants were seemingly salts
fed to remain apart from the rest
Since the organization of the Dor
ough of st. Clair they have been as
sessed no taxes and the male inhabi-
tants have not voted. There are no
stores, no churches, no schools. The
people are as much apart from the real
life as if they were in the backwOOds
of Kentucky.
"SeldOm Seem is the name selected
as a distinguished appellation for this
isolated little community, and it was
well chosen, for it is seldom seen by
any but those who live there. With
no car line within a reasonable dis
lance and nothing but a few houses
to see when one gets there, there is no
inducements for any one to see it very
often.
Seldom Seen lies along the banks of
Saw Mill run. 1t is bounded on the
northeast by the Thirty-second Ward
of Pittsburg, on the south by West
Beechview. The property is surround
ed by either city or borough. The
property is owned by Conrad and Jacob
Staab, Edward Aisbett, John Geyler,
Sr., John Geyler, Jr., John Miller and
Mrs. Phillips. All but the latter live
on the property. Their children are
sent to the Catholic school in the
Twenty-siXth Ward. The only outlet
to this section is through the arch I'M
der the tracks of the Wabash railroad
toward Woodville avenue.
John Price, member of council in
West Liberty borough, said there had
been some talk of attempting to annex
Seldom Seen to the city or to one Of
the boroughs. He said:
"Of course, West Liberty is closest,
as we touch their ground on one side,
but we have already voted on annexa-
ton to the city and will be taken in
Jan. 1, 1908. If we were to annex this
section now we might invalidate our
chances Of being taken into the city,
and we do not want to do that. The
people living there have paid no taxes
since st. Clair borough was created.
They have no schools and no police
protection. / guess they don't need
that. though. In fact, they are just
as if they were in the backwoods."
The people themselves are content,
aside from the Inconvenience of get
ting mail. They have tried without
success to have mail sent them by the
city carriers, but because several bor-
oughs are between them and the city
Postmaster Davis has found it impos-
sible to accommodate them.