- Arkansaw, Wisconsin
Arkansaw is an unincorporated community in the eastern portion of the Town of Waterville, in Pepin County,
Wisconsin ,United States ; government for the town. The community, located approximately 3 miles west of Durand, is home to about 300 people. The community'szip code is 54721. From 1881 1886, the community was thecounty seat of Pepin County. [ [http://www.co.pepin.wi.us/about/history.htm Pepin County History ] ]History
Arkansaw was founded in the early 1850s at a crossing of
Arkansaw Creek , a tributary of theEau Galle River . [http://www.uwec.edu/Library/archives/guides/SCearly.pdf] Initially built around lumbering, the firstsawmill was opened in the community in 1852. [http://www.uwec.edu/Library/archives/guides/scearly.pdf]The town was originally built near the center of 3 dams within a mile of each other on Arkansaw Creek. All three were wiped out in a flood in 1907. Arkansaw Creek was named in honor of the
Arkansas River , of which it reminded its namer. [http://www.durand.k12.wi.us/hs/history/creek/creek.html] Today, the course of the creek through Arkansaw is the site ofArkansaw Creek Park . [http://chroniclesmagazine.org/Chronicles/December2003/1203Scallon.html]Geography
The community is at the junction of
U.S. Highway 10 , and Pepin County Trunk Highways D, N, O, and X.Culture
The community is home to three churches, one each Catholic, Methodist and Latter-day Saint.
One of the community's main draws for outsiders is the Easy Creek Bistro [ [http://www.leadertelegram.com/SpecialReports/reviews/EasyCreek.asp Leader-Telegram Online ] ] .
More renowned Arkansawers include Lisle Leslie Longsdorf, Association for Communication Excellence president (1945-46) [ [http://www.aceweb.org/leadersh/longsdorf.html Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences - Leadership ] ] [ [http://www.lib.umd.edu/NPBA/papers/longs.html NPBA, Papers of Lisle L. Longsdorf, UM Libraries ] ] , Charlie Heit, Montana News Network's weatherman [ [http://www.ktmf.com/mnn59.htm] Dead link|date=March 2008] , and
freelance writer Sean Scallon. [ [http://www.etherzone.com/2005/scall050605.shtml Left And Right Unite?- First The Left Has To Shape Up ] ] [ [http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/www/Chronicles/2005/February2005/0205Scallon.html] Dead link|date=March 2008] [ [http://antiwar.com/letters/?articleid=7561 Backtalk! - Antiwar.com ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer?city=&state=&zip=54721 U.S. Gazetteer's Arkansaw page]
* [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba/searchResults.asp?adv=yes&ci=Arkansaw Wisconsin Historical Society, Articles about Arkansaw, Wisconsin]
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