Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-03-09

that we could eat. | bought
bread of Mrs rambling; everyone
wanted lunches. Mr.. Foster tried
but did not make a success of it.
Then George Kimball pitched 9
tent near mine and one for his
family and started selling meals
and lunches. The engineers put
up their tent next and we had a
big start for a village.
Up to this time all the supplies
for camps came up the Wisconsin
river by team and canoe. The
railroad soon laid a track up TO
Eagle River and had a depot in a
box car. BY the last of June the
railroad had the bridge built and
run the first train across it on
July fourth. At that time we
bought the boarding shanty and
commenced fixing it for a store.
| shipped up lumber and built
frame shanty back Of the tent
and moved my family here. In
the meantime John O'Connor
came and built a shanty where
Finn LAWYERS house now stands.
He got ready for logging and
then moved his family here. One
of the shanties we afterward used
as a school house and church.
The first town election was also
held there. We had sent a petit
ton for a postoffice which we got
later. | was postmaster up TO the
I time Grover Cleveland was elected
President. After that my politics
did not suit and my resignation
was asked for and A. A. Denton
was appointed. | ran the office
about one year as deputy.
In September, 1888, Geo. p.
Dickinson built a log cabin which
still stands, and moved his family
here. Up to July we did not know
what town we were in, when the
! Assessor came up TO see what we
had. We were in the town of
Ackley and their voting precinct
was east of Amigo.
We put in an awfully cold win
ter in an old log shanty. In the
fall of 'S3, the 7. b. Scott Lumber
Company built a store which now
stnads, with T. b. Walsh in
charge. In the meantime a hotel
4 had been built where the Milwau-
kee House now stands, also
saloon about where ROderick' 3
building now stands. York and
Son commenced building a saw
mill, afterwards sold to the Gerry
Lumber Co. who finished and ran
the same for a term of years.
In the spring of "a, we started
a school in O'Conner's log shanty
with Miss Annie O'Conner as
teacher.
We were all striving for a Town
but all we got was Justice of the
Peace and Constable. Dan Gra-
ham, ]. p. and VIM. Stevens, Con-
stable.
In the winter of "a, the Legis-
lature gave us a Town, consisting
of ranges 1870, from what is
now the county line north to
State Line. In the spring of 'S5,
we held our first Town Meeting.
Finn Lawler was elected Chair
man and / was elected Treasurer,
which office ! held for the ensu-
ing six years.
In the summer of "a. Dickinson
and myself built a store where the
Creamery now stands. Just south,
ID. Roller built a roller skating
rink. Farther south, Frank Tam
bling built a saloon. At this
time there were buildings going
up all over town.
In the spring of Sc. our store
burned from forest fire. We
moved into the Sam Smiley build
ing where the Richmond girls
now are. We bought a lot and
commenced the building, now
standing, where Mrs. Johnson now
is.
In the winter of 81, F. c. Tam
bling got his claim through on a
homestead. In the summer of 81,
we hired a surveyor and laid out
the village north of Division st.
In the winters of SO and 81. |
went TO Madison to see what show
there was for new county.
There was nothing doing. In 'SS,
we became part of Oneida county,
then we commenced a big fight
which was finally successful.
When G. p. Dickinson moved
here he brought our stock of
drugs. We were both registered
Pharmacists and until a doctor
came. DIR. Lyons, we did consider
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