History of Maple Creek, Wisconsin, USA

Maple Creek, township, Outagamie co., Wis. Pop. 746.

Maplecreek, a township (town) of Outagamie co., Wis. Pop. in 1900, 800.

Town of Maple Creek. - For the most part this town is adapted to farming; it owed much of its early development to the magnificent pine timber with which its slopes were covered. As before stated, the first corners gathered tan bark from the hemlock trees which grew in profusion in some sections and furnished occasional employment for a number of years. It was logging the great pines, however, that gave the early settlers employment by which to subsist until their farms could produce a sufficiency. Some of those who logged extensively in the Maple Creek region, were Drew, Campbell, Smith, Gainor and Garland. One season as high as seven million feet of logs were put in, most of them being landed on Maple and Bear creeks, two dams to assist the drive being put in Maple creek. After the war the logging operation included the hardwood timber of which there was a vast amount, both maple and oak, and until the middle 70s there was a wealth of timber. During this time the settlers were...