[Title page] Our county our story, Portage County Wisconsin

Foreword

Contents

List of illustrations

[The evolution of Portage County], pp. [unnumbered]-10

Those who came first, pp. [11]-36

Roads into the pinery, pp. [37]-50

Stopping places along the road, pp. [51]-65

From dog sled to airplane, pp. [66]-82

The ethnic groups of Portage County, pp. [83]-148

The advance of education, pp. [149]-172

Growth of the soil, pp. [173]-202

The county board, pp. [203]-218

Alban, the township of, pp. [219]-225

Almond, the township of, pp. [226]-232

Almond, the village of, pp. [233]-238

Amherst, the township of, pp. [239]-247

Amherst, the village of, pp. [248]-254

Amherst Junction, the village of, pp. [255]-260

Belmont, the township of, pp. [261]-267

Buena Vista, the township of, pp. [268]-276

Carson, the township of, pp. [277]-282

Dewey, the township of, pp. [283]-287

Eau Pleine, the township of, pp. [288]-297

Grant, the township of, pp. [298]-305

Hull, the township of, pp. [306]-311

Junction City, the village of, pp. [312]-318

Lanark, the township of, pp. [319]-325

Linwood, the township of, pp. [326]-334

Nelsonville, the village of, pp. [335]-340

New Hope, the township of, pp. [341]-348

Park Ridge, the village of, pp. [349]-351

Pine Grove, the township of, pp. [352]-359

Plover, the township of, pp. [360]-369

Plover, the unincorporated village of, pp. [370]-377

Rosholt, the village of, pp. [378]-384

Sharon, the township of, pp. [385]-392

Stockton, the township of, pp. [393]-400

Whiting, the village of, pp. [401]-402

Middletown, the township of, pp. [403]-410

Stevens Point, the village of, pp. [411]-430

Stevens Point, the city of, pp. [431]-466

Of fires and firemen, pp. [467]-473

Pioneer justice, pp. [474]-487

The lust for life, pp. [488]-494

When lumber was king, pp. [495]-511

Portage County in five wars, pp. [512]-539

Bibliography, pp. [540]-542

Index, pp. [543]-600