Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-16
How Baraboo Streets
Received their Names
Written @by City Engineer II. E. French for the
Ssuk Cum H storical 1ciety.
nal plat of Baraboo.

/ Quarry Street, on account of the
Istreet leading to and past the quar-.
ries of Levi Crouch.
Ash Street was formerly called
Bridge Street from the bridge to the
property of d. X. Moves but was later
changed to Ash Street by the council
in July 1866.
The above named streets comprises
Iabout all the streets which acquired
their names from their physical loca-
ton. For the streets named after
trees we have the following: Ash, Oak
] Birch, Maple Elm, Vine, Pine, Walnut
and Mulberry streets. The balance OF
the streets are nearly all named after
certain individuals whose service and
! influence for the community has been
of a prominent character. For the
! streets in this class we have the fol-
lowing:
| Elizabeth street, from Mrs. Eliza
beth Camp, wife of Arthur Camp. Mrs.
Victoria Wheeler Hawley, daughter of
Mrs. Rosaline Peck, says that when
| w. Fl. Garfield made the survey of the
/ plat east of Elizabeth, he asked Mrs.
Peck what to name this street, as the
other streets were named for the pi-
Oneer and her daughter. Mrs. Peck
suggested the name which the street
| has since borne.
| For the south side Of the Baraboo
! River we have, first Moore street,
named after Capt. Levi Moore, who
came to Baraboo in. 1870 He located
! his claim near, the falls of Skillet
Creek and is given the credit of nam
| ing the stream and falls from the
worn out holes in the soft rock, giving
them the appearance of iron vessels
called "skillets." His early expert
ence, in the Winnebago wilderness
around Baraboo, is most interesting to
read, and his connection with the wa
ter power development along the Bar
aboo, river is characteristic of his
services rendered.
Maxwell street, named after. James
A. Maxwell whose first visit to Bara-
boo was about 1870. The MaxWells
were instrumental in developing the
water power at the present pumping
station of the city waterworks.
Potter street, named after H. FL. Pot
tier, who came to Baraboo in 1849, and
later marrying the daughter, Miss Emf
ma, of the above mentioned James A..
Maxwell .5al ;. s 4
Wilmington street, named after Alb:
Wilmington, who came from England
directly to Baraboo in 1857, locating
near Devils Lake and remaining on
his claim till his death.
Blake street, named after Mr.. Marvin
Blake, who arrived in Baraboo in 184A
with his family. They, are the first
family1to settle in Baraboo and assist
led. in building the first. dam in Bara-
boo. =
Guppy street, named by Major Chas.
Williams after his friend, Col. Guppy,
whom he greatly admired! Col Guppy
resided in Portage and received his
title for meritorious service in the
civil war.
Brier street, from b. L. Brier, who
was associated in the development of
the water power with the Maxwells at
the lower rapids.
Clark street, named after Lyman
Clark, who came to BarabOo in 1S47
and pre-empted forty acres just south
east of the original village of Baraboo.
He made himself famous as hotel
keeper, never turning anyone away,
money or no money.
Case street, named after Mr.. H. j.
Case, residing at the present time on
the corner of Lynn avenue and Russell
street
Hitchcock street, named after Mrs.
Leona Hitchcock, who, before her mar
riage to Mr.. Hitchcock, was Miss Lee
ona Case Mr.. Hitchcock was formerly
a school teacher in the public schools.
Tyler street, named after Mr.. M. j.
Tyler, residing at the present time on
the corner of Lynn avenue and Tyler
street.
Florence Court, in Jacobs addition,
named after Miss Florence Jacobs,
daughter of W. H. Jacobs.
Sycamore street was named by Ma
jor Williams after Sycamore street in
Milwaukee, where he formerly resid-
ed before coming tQ Baraboo.
Orchard street-S9ycamore and Or
chard streets are inf Thomas addition.
orchard street was originally the
home of the Case family and when
their residence burned about sixty
years ago, they Splanted an orchard
covering this location, hence the name
Orchard street.
Hill street, probably named after
TaT0aS and I'd TT;51 who oUnpd con-