Polk County Wisconsin

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Histororical 1st

Polk County organized 3-14-1853
Steamboat, the Palmyra, up St. Croix, 1838
Agricultural Society, Osceola, 1861
Cooperative Creamery, Luck, 1884
School taught by Miss Tainter, St. Croix Falls, 1848
Grain crop, St. Croix Falls, 1839
Newspaper, the St. Croixian, 1860
Grist Mill, Osceola, by Kent Brothers, 1848
Sermon preached by Rev. Boutwell
Bridge across St. Croix River, St. Croix Falls to Taylors Falls, 1856
Town organized, Leroy, 1853, all of Polk County
Physician, Dr. Christopher Carli
Practicing lawyer, Isaac Freeland
First church, a Baptist, at Osceola, 1857
Steamboat built at Osceola, 1854
Soo Railroad, East and West, 1887
Soo Railroad, North and South, 1900
Polk County Normal, 1905
Courthouse, Balsam Lake, 1899
County highway garage, 1933
Sawmill, St. Croix Falls, 1840
High School, St. Croix Falls, 1886
Bank of St. Croix Falls, 1888
Polk County Fair, organized, 1886.
Isaac Hale, County Judge, 1856
Henry D. Barron, Superintendent of Schools, 1861
Mons P. Jerdee, Municipal Judge, 1891
Robert Smith, Highway Commissioner, 1911
John S. Klinka, County Agent, 1914

The above information was taken from the Polk County Centennial Official Directory 1853-1953 compiled by E.E. Husband, Balsam Lake, WI.