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Clark county and Greenwood

Clark county was named after Moses Clark.

St. Germain probably first white man set foot in what is now Clark County and 1836.  Indians were Chippewas.  In 1844, a party of Mormons came up from Black Rubber Falls and cut logs which floated down river to Black River Falls for lumber for Mormon's temple at Nauvoo, Illinois.  For a year after their departure, no white man inhabited Clark County.  The Mormons retained interest in pine and came up river to "Farming's bridge" and the "Mormon's Riffles" near Cunningham Creek.

In 1848, And. Grover, Hamilton McCullom and Beebe built a mill on Cunningham Creek, 2 miles below Neillsville.  In 1845 James and Alex A. Neill went up the Mississippi and Black River Falls and built a sawmill.  In 1851, they came up to what is now Neillsville.  A sawmill was erected.  Lumber sold for $10.00 per 1000 feet at Black River Falls.  In 1848, among immigrants were Moses Clark for whom the county was named.  Sawmills were here erected about 18 miles north of Neillsville.  At height of season perhaps between 1862-1875 an estimated 2500 men were employed along the Black River.  Teamsters wages $28-$30;  choppers $30-35; swampers $16-$18; blacksmiths $40.00; cooks $50.00; cooks helpers $14.  Last big drive on Black River  in 1900.  In 1871, an estimated 350,000,000 feet floated down Black River.  In 1847, Eaton Township surveyed and first land taken by Hiram Pitts in 1849.  In 1867, Eaton Township was created. It consisted of present Eaton, Thorp, Withee, Hixon, Longwood, Warner, and the towns in Taylor County.

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