JVB56@aol.com wrote: > Balch's Ranch > A station on the Wisconsin Valley RR in SW sec 32,T21N, R3E (Remington > Township), from as early as 1878 until sometime in the late 1880's, when the > name was changed to Daly. Also spelled Balch's Ranche. A famer names John > Balch is listed in the 1880 census for the town of Remington. The station was > evidently names for and located near his farm. > > Bast PO > A PO established on June 20, 1899, with Anton Bast, whose name it bore, as > the postmaster, in his tavern, the Klondike Saloon, at Klondike Corners, the > common corner of secs 31 and 32, T25N, R3E (Cameron Township), and secs 5 and > 6, Richfield Township, presently the intersection of state highway 13 and US > highway 10. the PO wads discontinued on June 30, 1900. > > Bean School > A school (no. 3) in NE sec 26, Hansen Township, on a N-S township road S of > state highway 73-13. The Marsh. 1902 map of Wood Co. indicates that A P Bean, > P F Bean and W H Bean owned land in the vicinity of the school, a gace which > suggests that the school was named for this family or one of its members. > > Bear Creek(1) > A trubutary of the Little Eau Pleine R. With branches in secs 13,14,22,and > 27, Milladore Township, it flows NW through the township to its confluence > with Little Bear Cr. at the boundary of secs 9 and 10, and from that point > flows NE, leaving the county at sec 3 and joining the Little Eau Pleine R in > Marathon Co. On Gayn. 1878 the name Bear Cr appears beside what is now called > Little Bear Cr. For the animal. > > Bear Creek (2) > A brubutary of Mill Cr. It rises in Portage Co, flows into Wood Co at sec 2, > Rudolph Township, and leaves the county at sec 12, Rudolph Township, joining > Mill Cr. in Portage Co. For the animal. > > Bear Creek Ditch > A name applied by Ogle 1909 to a trubutary of Little Bear Cr in secs 7,8, and > 9, MIlladore Township, and also to that part of Bear Cr which lies in Secs 3 > and 10, Milladore Township. The term "ditch" seems not to refer to anything > manmade, but rather to a creek bed which is evidently dry during some parts > of the year. > > Bear's PO > See Bearss Marsh PO. > > Bearss Marsh (1) > Former name of Cranmoor. Others spellings are Bearss' Marsh; Bears Marsh; > Bear's Marsh. The flag station was also called Bearss Station. Bearss Marsh > was officially changed to Saranac on July 8, 1897, and then to Cranmoor on > June 21, 1898. Named for the cranberry marsh of J T Bearss. > > Bearss Marsh (2) > A paper town intended to be established in W sec 9 T21N,R4E (Cranmoor > Township)/ The plat, surveyed on Jan 16,1879 and recorded on Feb 6,1879, was > taken out by J T Bearss, Phillip Alexander, and C A Mather. Named for Bearss' > cranberry marsh. > > Bearss Marsh PO > A PO established on July 15,1878, with Wallace L Scott as postmaster, in NE > sec 9, T21N, R4 E (Cranmoor Township); discontinued on Oct 11,1881. The name > is spelled Bear's Marsh PO in WPO. Snyder's Historial Atlas of Wisconsin 1878 > calls J R bearss a "cranberry culturist". Apparently, the PO was named for > his cranberry marsh. The PO was reestablished on Dec 21,1889, as Bears PO > with Michael O Donovan as postmaster. The name was changed to Bearss Marsh PO > on April 13,1893 and finally to cranmoor PO on May 28, 1898, just before the > name Bearss Marsh Station was changed to Cranmoor. The name of the PO is > spelled Bearss' Marsh PO on Gayn.1878. > > ==== WIWOOD Mailing List ==== > Visit Wood County WI at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/> or > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/WLHN/WoodCoWI/ > WIWOOD-L Listowner: Marcia Ann KUEHL <makkuehl@yahoo.com>