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English: This is a locator map showing Clark County in Wisconsin. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 13 February 2006: Source:
In 1920 construction began on the Clark County Asylum two miles east of Owen - the forerunner of today's Clark County Rehab and Living Center. It was the last built of a network of 35 county mental hospitals in Wisconsin, providing long-term care for patients who were unlikely to recover.
Iowa County was formed in 1829 from the Crawford County land south of the Wisconsin River. [1] Brown County's southern portion was used to form Milwaukee County in 1834. [ 1 ] The state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory on May 29, 1848, with 28 counties.
An 1873 map of Clark County showed a "highway" reaching up from Neillsville through Weston to Greenwood and beyond. Though that road somewhat followed the course of modern Highway 73, it was a dirt wagon road. Another wagon road ran east from 73 along what is now County H for a mile, then wandered south, crossing Cawley Creek.
Protected areas of Clark County, Wisconsin (2 P) Pages in category "Geography of Clark County, Wisconsin" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
An 1873 map of Clark County showed a "highway" reaching up from Neillsville through Eaton and Greenwood, and into what would become Longwood. Though the road followed the course of modern Highway 73, this was a dirt wagon road. Greenwood was already marked on this map, and three miles south of Greenwood, a Lumberman post office.
An 1873 map of Clark County showed an early town of Hixon encompassing many 6-mile squares in the county's northwest corner, which then included the southern twelve miles of what is now Taylor County. No signs of development were marked on the 6-mile square which is modern Hixon, in contrast to the area around Neillsville, which had roads ...
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