Hello All, An interesting newspaper article about the pre-railroad and early settlement of central Wisconsin has just been placed on the Wood County WiGenWeb site. It gives us a glimpse of the land our ancestors tamed, helping us towards knowing them as much more than dates and names on a chart. When There Were No Railroads in North Wisconsin -- Development of Country - read it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wialhn/WI-Resources/RR/north-1899.html Joan Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm Central Wisconsin Genealogy Researcher http://www.goldenrulegen.com The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive. -- Orlando A. Battista