The railroad also had a lot to do with it. Mostly it was because the terrain was much like the home land. There is a book, News From The Land Of Freedom, that explains a lot of this. I found a copy at Amazon.Com. At one time, there were more English and Italian in Sauk than Germans. There are 2 other books that have a lot of info; History Of Sauk County, 1880 and 1918. You may be able to get them from your library. I know Higginson Books has the one for 1880 but it cost about $80.00. John ---------- >From: Jane Peppler <jpeppler@acpub.duke.edu> >To: WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WISAUK] Morrow co.OH >Sauk co. WI-Why ? >Date: Fri, Sep 17, 1999, 4:05 PM > > Hi, > Your question about WHY SAUK? from Morrow is a good one. I know that one > goodly size bunch of people, all seemingly affiliated with one church or > type of religion (generically called in the Morrow 1880 History "The > Christian Church"). My ancestors Adin and Judith Brockway Tucker left > town in the mid 1850s following the death of their daughter Emily. They > took their other daughters, at least one son-in-law, and members of the > families (Aldrich and oh dear I forget the other one) with whom they > were affiliated and with whom they reformed the church in Washington > there. Adin Tucker founded a little community called Tuckertown and gave > the land for the church and graveyard and his daughter started the first > school there. > Jane > -- > Mappamundi: "More-or-less traditional music of the Northern > Hemisphere and the Current Millennium" http://www.mappamundi.com/ > > > ==== WISAUK Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wisauk > >