Longwood Township

Clark County, Wisconsin

Follow the River.......

Historical Recollections by Lula Mae Stewart

Contributed by the Greenwood Public Library, Transcribed by Janet Schwarze

In this book you will find stories from long ago. Stories of how Thorp grew out of the woods. Stories of Clark, Longwood, and Withee. Stories of how people lived back in the early days. Headlines from old newspapers, the moonshine days, The depression, old pictures and much more. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed putting it together. I think it does us all good to take a trip down memory lane, and realize the hardships the early settlers who built this country endured. In these days there was no welfare, no unemployment, no nursing homes for the elderly. Every one took care of their own. Sometimes ,not even having enough for that. I often wonder how they managed to have enough to eat and still share with others. But through all the hardships it's like they say on Little House on the Prairie... We all harvested a crop we didn't plant, A harvest of good friends and neighbors. Author Lula Mae Stewart

Thoughts Of The Early Pioneers

As I walk along the river

I keep thinking more and more

Of the Indians and the White man

Who have walked this way before

How they came here through, thick forests

How they crossed clean sparkling streams

Of the hardships they encountered

Just to realize their dream

They endured the long cold winters in their cabin!

Built from pine

They cleared the land And built the towns

That now are yours and mine

As they worked to build this country

Let us work to keep it clean

So future generations

Can still enjoy their dreams

Author Lula Mae Stewart

Black River Country

This is Black River Country

peaceful and serene

In winter fields are white with snow

In summer, lush and green People came and settled here

From other states and lands

They made this country what it is

With saws and axes and their hands

They cut the trees, and built their homes

The Indians still lived here

Their food supply was what they shot

Rabbits, Bear and Deer

The people helped each other

No one worked alone

They had no modern conveniences

No radios, television, or telephone

They built our roads, our farms, our towns

For very little pay

How sad it is, we are about to throw it all away

Our rivers are polluted

Also our lakes and streams

Lets not be a generation

Who will spoil another's dreams

Author Lula Mae Stewart

The pictures in this book were taken back in the late 1800's and the early 1900's. They were all taken in the Longwood and Withee area. I do not have the names of any of the people in the pictures, but these pictures will give the younger generation a good idea of what the area looked like at that time. This confederate dollar has nothing to do with the stories in this book just something from the past. But it is a part of the history of our great United States. This note was issued back in February 1864. Most people have probably never seen one of these so I thought it would be nice to include it in this book.

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