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Worcester

 

Worcester is a log station on the Wisconsin Central Railway. It has a general store and a post office, with a daily mail. J. A. Carlson is the postmaster. During the construction of the railway this point was the terminus for about a year. It then contained several stores, and was an active business center in a small way. As the road was extended toward completion, the settlers abandoned the place, taking with them everything moveable. Considerable land in close proximity to this center has since been taken up by Swedish settlers and utilized for agricultural purposes. Cranberry Lake is three miles northwest of this station.”

From the Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin, 1891-92.

 

"In 1874 Worcester, or station "101" as it was better known because of its distance from Stevens Point, became the headquarters for lumbermen's supplies for the mills in operation along the Flambeau and Chippewa waters.  The first men to do lumbering in that region were Eph. Hackett and Charles Hewett of La Crosse who, in June 1872, located on what is now called Hackett's farm on the Dora Flambeau.  A tote-road was built during the summer to Kinett's Road and in the fall a crew was sent from Eau Claire to build a camp and begin operations.  For the first two winters all the supplies were toted from Eau Claire, but in the summer of 1873, after a road was cut through to "101" by the Wisconsin Central railroad, supplies were brought from Phillips."

 

From the Crop Reporting Service Bulletin, Price County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin County Histories 1952-54

 

  

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