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In 1880 the Wisconsin Central Railroad built its line through what would become Owen, on its way from Abbotsford to Chippewa Falls. [6]In 1893 the John S. Owen Company of Eau Claire managed to buy from J.D. Spaulding 400 square miles of virgin timber that ran from the current site of Owen north through Taylor County and into Rusk County.
Just north of the river, the Wisconsin Central built a depot, a section house, and a water tank for its trains, and named the station "Sheldon," after one of its officials. That same year Ed Lacy built a general store across from the depot, later known as Brown's store, then Mau's. In 1907 Bill Huggins moved his saloon from Fern into Sheldon.
Owen was born on May 13, 1828, in Merionethshire, Wales. [1] [2] He settled in what is now Caledonia, Columbia County, Wisconsin, in September 1846. [1] On December 25, 1850, Owen married Jane Roberts. [1] Owen and his family were Calvinistic Methodists. His brother William was also a member of the assembly. He died of heart disease at his home ...
Maurina Borges da Silveira (1926–2011), Brazilian Roman Catholic Franciscan Sister; Zenta Mauriņa (1897–1978), Latvian writer, essayist, translator, and researcher
Owen was born on September 10, 1825, in Llanelltyd, Wales. [2] [3] His parents were John and Mary (Maesygarnedd) Owen. [1] His family immigrated to Wisconsin in 1846. [1] [2] He married Margaret Jones in 1853. [1] [2] After residing in Portage, Wisconsin, he moved to Cambria, Wisconsin, in 1858 and became involved in the wheat and lumber ...
The Wisconsin Central's existence as an independent carrier was short-lived. Much of the Wisconsin Central right of way was built over land obtained through a federal land grant. It was the only land grant railroad in Wisconsin. The railroad's tracks reached Ashland in 1877, St. Paul in 1884, Chicago in 1886 and Superior in 1908.
People were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Portage, Wisconsin. Pages in category "People from Portage, Wisconsin" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.
Sister Maurina O.S.F. (1926–2011), born Maurina Borges da Silveira, was a Brazilian Roman Catholic Franciscan Sister. She was the only Religious Sister to be arrested and tortured during the period of Brazil's military dictatorship (1964–1985).