THE HISTORY OF CLARK COUNTY
Thorp Courier, Clark County, Wisconsin
Written by R. J. MacBride and transcribed by Crystal Wendt.
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Table of Contents
| I | HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY |
| II | THE NAME OF THE COUNTY |
| III | THE BATTLE FOR THE COUNTY SEAT |
| IV | THE EARLY PIONEERS |
| V | THE YEARS PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR |
| VI |
EDITOR TOMPKINS TROUBLES--TREASURER’S TRIBULATIONS |
| VII | THE EARLY SIXITES--THE BOYS IN BLUE FROM CLARK CO. |
| VIII | FROM 1861 TO 1865--THE TOWNS OF CLARK COUNTY |
| IX | THREE CITIES -- MORE TOWNS AND SUNDRY VILLAGES |
| X | THE FIRST CLARK COUNTY JAILS |
| XI | THE OLD GOVERNMENT SURVEYS |
| XII |
EARLY ELECTION --FLAG RAISING, NEILLSVILLE FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO |
| XIII |
FROM 1868 TO 1870 THE POLITICAL CONUDRUM -- WHO IS SMITH? MAIN BLACK RIVER ROAD. |
| XIV |
THE RAILWAYS OF CLARK COUNTY. CELEBRATION AT NEILLSVILLE IN 1881 |
| XV |
FROM 1870 TO 1880 --ELECTIONS --GREENBAKES, AND GRANGERISM-- COUNTY DIVISION-- THE NEW COURT HOUSE. |
| XVI |
FROM 1870 TO 1880 -- CLOSE ELECTION IN 1872 -- CONTEST FOR CO. TREASURER’S OFFICE. |
| XVII |
FROM 1870 TO 1880 --- CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST DEFAULTING COUNTY OFFICERS -- JACKSON AND CLARK COUNITES DIVORCED POLITICALLY. |
| XVIII |
FROM 1880 TO 1890 -- INCREASE IN POPULATION--BURGLARY OF LEVIS BRIDGE -- WOMAN SUFRAGE-- SUNDRY ELECTIONS --BURNING OF HEWETTVILLE. |
| XIX |
THE BLACK RIVER -- DESCENT OF THE RIVER WATER POWERS --PIONEER SAW MILLS. |
| XX |
LOGGING ON BLACK RIVER -- LUMBER--MAN AND LOGGERS ---IMMENSE CUT OF PINE. |
| XXI | AGRICULTURE AND DAIRYING |
| XXII |
EDUCATION--SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL HOUSES--EARLY TEACHERS CHURCHES--CLERGYMEN OF EARLY DAYS |
| XXIII | THE NEWSPAPERS OF CLARK COUNTY--OLD-TIME EDITORS. PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS |
| XXIV |
RECREATIONS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS--THEATHERS -CONCERTS -- DANCES CLARK COUNTY OLD SETTLERS SOCIETY |
| XXV |
BANKS AND BANKING -- EARLY BANKERS MAUFACTURERS AND INDUSTRIES OF THE COUNTY |
| XXVI |
FROM 1890 TO 1900--POPULATION BY U. S. CENSUS COUNTY OFFICERS--CLARK COUNTY IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. |
| XXVII |
FROM 1890 TO 1900 ELECTIONS FOR JUDICIAL AND COUNTY OFFICERS NEW CIRCUIT FORMED POPULATION BY STATE CENSUS OF 1895 DEATHS OF JUDGE DEWHURST AND JONES TOMPKINS |