Theresa Funk's Notebook
Withee, Hixon Township, Clark Co., WI
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Newspaper Article: Settlement of Withee Began Century Ago
Though WIthee Lions Club is noting the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first white settlers in the Withee area which occurred in the summer of 1870. At the meeting Monday evening in the parish hall of St. John's Lutheran Church, the club members viewed a large number of pictures of early Withee provided by Mrs. Jennie Tufts of Neillsville. Jess W. Scott, Neillsville, guest speaker, traced the early history of the Withee community.
It was in the summer of 1870, that James Seneca Boardman and his wife arrived from Minnesota and settled in a heavily-wooded area of what is now Hixon Township, in the area which is now Withee.
The George W. Richards and David R. Goodwin families arrived in 1971 to become neighbors of the Boardmans. Fourteen new families moved into the area in the period 1872-1875.
In 1874, a post office named Winneoka was opened on the Bernard J. Brown farm about 5 miles west of what is now the village of WIthee. Prior to establishing this post office, residents of the area packed mail in with supplies from Chippewa Falls and Greenwood.
On November 23, 1880, the first passenger and freight service came through Withee, on the new Wisconsin Central Railroad from Chippewa Falls to Abbotsford. The depot was erected in Withee in 1880.
David (PVC) Goodwin was a brother of Archie Goodwin. The latter was father of Olive Fredrickson , author of North Canada stories in the magazine Outdoor Life.. David (Pug) woodwind was a trapper and lived with his family on the place where the Withee Riverside Cemetery is now located. Coal kilns were on the same land near the railroad tracks. |
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