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The Town of Mishicot
TOWN OF MISHICOT
From "History of Manitowoc County" by Dr. Louis Falge, 1912 Vol. 1, pg. 329
The town of Mishicot was separated from the town of Two Rivers November 15, 1852, and at that time included what is now the town of Gibson, which was detached from Mishicot November 9, 1858. The town was named after the Indian chief Mishicot (meaning hairy leg), who was the grandfather of Benjamin Y. Mexico’s mother, an Ottawa, and whose sway extended over the Twin River territory.
The first settler was Daniel Smith in section 5, in 1844, who soon after erected a sawmill there. The first private school was taught by Miss Harriet Higgins. The first public school was established in 1859, with George Peterson as instructor. H. Cogswell was the first white child born in the town; this was in 1846. The first marriage was that of Nathan Daniels to Miss Sear in 1851. The first election was held April 5, 1853, Albert Borcherdt being elected chairman and Lorenz Peterson, clerk.
In the same year the name of the town was changed to Saxonburgh, owing to a large number of Saxons having settled there. The first of these (fifteen families) came in 1847, through the instrumentality of Frederick Horcherdt, who conducted a sawmill at Neshoto five miles south, and who came here in 1841, being the first German to locate in the county.
In 1854 the original name of Mishicot was restored to the town Oldenburgers and Rhenish Prussians flocked into the town at about the time of its organization.
Among the early settlers were: J. Trossen, N. Trossen, J. Scheuer, J. Schmidt, J. Runge, 1847; Jul. Lindstedt, F. Halberg, J. Mueller, F. Braassh, J. Altmeier, Peter Rau, 1848; H. Beyer, B. Soenksen, 1852; A. E. Selk, A. Cayo, 1854; L. Damon, L. Koehnke, 1855; H. Mueller, 1856.
Mishicot ranks highly as an agricultural town containing a large number of exceedingly well developed farms. It has also developed a large number of bright minds who have made their mark along political and professional lines.
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