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.