Dear List, I don't know how this e-mail string originated, but you should be aware that McMillan Memorial Library will soon be putting up the entire text of Wood County Place Names (from which the below information, it appears, has been excerpted) on its website! We have secured an agreement with the book's publisher to do this, provided that we link to Univ. of Wisconsin Press' website, and that we acknowledge them as the originator of the material. When the text is available, it will be accessible from McMillan's Local History page: http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/ref/local_history.html Let me know if you have questions about our project! At 12:52 AM 12/11/00 EST, JVB56@aol.com wrote: >Grignon's Mill >A sawmill on the Wisconsin R built by the partnership of Grignon and Merrill >in 1836; it was the second sawmill built on the river. It stood on the W side >of the river in sec 36,T22N,R5E, at about the end of Market St in the present >village of Port Edwards. The name Grignons appears as late as 1859 even >though by 1851 Grignon had sold his mill to his partner, Sam Merrill. > >Grignon's Rapids >A rapids on the Wisconsin R supposed to have been at the site of Grignon's >mill in sec 36, T22N, R5E, and so called for Merrill's partner, Grignon. But >Theodore Brazeau and J Marshall Buehler locate these rapids at the site of >"Grignons Trading and Farming Establishment" in northern Adams Co. This view >finds support in the fact that the rapids on sec 36 N of Merrill's sawmill >and dam are not named in the 1851 survey, even though the Grignon-Merrill >mill had been built there years before. > >Grimm's Addition >A subdivision of Arpin, of which the only record is found in Ogle 1909 and >Brock 1928. The plat included an area bounded by Main and Elm streets, and >1st Ave. Jacob Grimm owned the land for which the plat was made. > >Grode and Nash Addition >A subdivision of Nekoosa. The plat, which was surveyed on July 19, 1921, and >recorded on June 4, 1925, was taken out by F X Grode and J P Nash, apparently >local residents. > >Guthier's Corners >See Gauthier's Corners > > > > >==== 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> > > > Don Litzer Head of Adult Services McMillan Memorial Library 490 E. Grand Avenue Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 (715) 423-1040 "Happiness = Reality - Expectations"