Far View School A former school in SW sec 5, Richfield Township, at the intersection of state highway 13 and co trunk F. Subjectively descriptive. First Addition(1) The first of a series of subdivisions of Marshfield, adjacent to the original plat of the city. The plat's survey was certified on April 4,1881, and the plat was recorded on May 31, 1883. It was taken out by many of the same people who had made the original plat of the city: John J Marsh, Adeline Merriam, Mary M and George W Kelly, and Mary F Ames. However, Erastus, Mary P, and harriet W Coring, and the trustees of the John Magee Estate were also invilved in the platting of this subdivision. First Addition(2) The first of a series of subdivisions of Port Edwards. The plat was surveyed by Peter Morgensen and was recorded on Oc 4, 1906; it was taken out by the John Edwards Manufacturing Co, which had platted the town site of Port Edwards in 1897. Fivemile Creek The source of an unnamed pond in SW sec 6, T21N,R6E (Saratoga Township); formerly a tributary of the Wisconsin R. It rises in Portage Co, enters Wood Co at NE sec 1, T21N,R6E, flows W through secs 2,3,4 and 5 and enters a pond in SW sec 6. Before Fourmile Cr was dammed in 1925-26 to form Nepco L, the stream turned NW in sec 6 and joined the Wisconsin R in SE sec 36, T22N,R5E. The name reflects the fact that the stream is about 5 miles S of the site of the original Grand Rapids settlement. It was in use as early as 1857 and is still current. Although the USGS Wisconsin Rapids Quadrangle calls the stream Duck Cr, residents insist that the stream has never been called by this name in Wood Co. The error of calling the stream Duck Creek for the bird dates back as early as 1876. In Mara. 1949 and 1957 both names are used to desiganate the stream. Forest City An early name for Hansen. The settlement was also sometimes called Little Mill and, evidently Seneca. The Forest Tavern was located in this vicinity from Civil War days until no later than 1873. In 1873 the settlement contained a store, a sawmill, and three houses. Apparently named for Forest City PO. Forest City PO A PO established on Nov 22, 1867, with Henry Pierce as postmaster; discontinued on July 23, 1869. The name makes it probable that the po was named for the Forest Tavern at Forest City; in turn the sttlement probably took its name from the PO. Four Mile, the The farming area around Fourmile Cr. The name is used in this sense in County Rep, Oct 13,1864. Fourmile Creek Formerly as tributary of the Wisconsin R; now a source of two man-made lakes: Nepco L and L Wazeecha. It rises in Portage Co, enters the E end of L Wazeecha in sec 19,T22N,R7E, Portage Co, and flows from the W end of the lake SW across sec 27,T22N,R6E(Grand Rapids Township), entring Nepco L in sec 28. Before the creek was dammed in 1925-26 to form Nepco L, it entered Wood Co in SE sec 24,T22N,R6E, and flowed SW across the township, entering the river in SE sec 36,T22N,R5E. The name appeared in the form Four Mile Creek on Chap. 1857, denoting the distance between the stream's original course and the original Grand Rapids settlement. Although the stream has always borne this name locally, maps have sometimes used "Buena Vista Cr. However, on Nov 12, 1968, the US Board of Geographical Names approved "Fourmile Cr" as the official name of the stream, applying "Buena Vista Cr" to a previously unnamed Portage Co tributary. "Buena Vista" itself comes from the Buena Vista tavern house in sec 30, T22N, R9E, Portage Co, constructed in 185-51 and named for the site of a famous American victory in the Mexican War of the 1840's. Fourth Addition A subdivision of Mrshfield. The plat's survey was certified on Jan 3, 1891; the plat, which was recorded on Sept 15, 1891, was taken out by several individuals and the trustees and executors of four different estates. Among these were John J Marsh and the trustees of teh John Magee estate, who had made the Third Addition (1) to Mrshfield in the preceding year. French Town A former section of Marshfield, along South Depot St, which burned down on April 30,1883. Apparently a descriptive name for a district inhabited by French Canadians. Frenchtown The original name of Port Edwards. In sec 36,T22N, R5E there was a settlement of French Candians engaged in making shingles. This is simply called "the French village" in Surv. T21N,R5E. (The survey of this township was made in 1851-52) Named for Frenchtown PO. Frenchtown PO A PO established on Feb 7,1859, with Henry Clinton as postmaster. On Jan 21, 1864, it was renamed Port Edwards PO after John Edwards, Clinton's parner in a sawmill built at the Frenchtown site around 1840. Descriptive. Frisby A railroad station on the Soo Line and the Chicago and North Western RR in SE sec 16, T25N,R3 E, in teh city of Marshfield, near the Wood Co Asylum. Named in honor of Dr Almah Frisby, a member of the state Board of Control during the first decade of this century, and a frequent visitor at the asylum on her inspection tours. Fuller Creek The name given to Little Hemlock Cr on Gayn. 1878. This map also indicates that W Fuller owned land in NE sec 14, Richfield Township, near the source of the stream. Evidently the stream once bore this person's name.