The following story appeared in a 1935 issue of the Wausau Record Herald:
Frank Hughes came to this area in 1852 with is parents, the late Mr and Mrs Garret Hughes. They were the first settlers in what is now the Town of Cleveland. Their nearest neighbor was Timothy Kennedy. The timber in that section was mostly hardwood, for which there was no market in that early day. The early settlers found it necessary to burn the logs, a laborious task. Garret Hughes brushed out a trail to his homestead. He cleared the land as rapidly as possible and started to grow some wheat to feed his household. There was no logging during the first years of their residence there...Frank stayed on the farm until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work on the river. Once, he made a trip on a raft to Alton, Ill. and the rest of the time, until he was past the age of fifty-three years, he drove logs on the Big Eau Pleine and the Wisconsin rivers."
Frank Hughes came to this area in 1852 with is parents, the late Mr and Mrs Garret Hughes. They were the first settlers in what is now the Town of Cleveland. Their nearest neighbor was Timothy Kennedy. The timber in that section was mostly hardwood, for which there was no market in that early day. The early settlers found it necessary to burn the logs, a laborious task. Garret Hughes brushed out a trail to his homestead. He cleared the land as rapidly as possible and started to grow some wheat to feed his household. There was no logging during the first years of their residence there...Frank stayed on the farm until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work on the river. Once, he made a trip on a raft to Alton, Ill. and the rest of the time, until he was past the age of fifty-three years, he drove logs on the Big Eau Pleine and the Wisconsin rivers."
The following story appeared in a 1935 issue of the Wausau Record Herald:
Frank Hughes came to this area in 1852 with is parents, the late Mr and Mrs Garret Hughes. They were the first settlers in what is now the Town of Cleveland. Their nearest neighbor was Timothy Kennedy. The timber in that section was mostly hardwood, for which there was no market in that early day. The early settlers found it necessary to burn the logs, a laborious task. Garret Hughes brushed out a trail to his homestead. He cleared the land as rapidly as possible and started to grow some wheat to feed his household. There was no logging during the first years of their residence there...Frank stayed on the farm until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work on the river. Once, he made a trip on a raft to Alton, Ill. and the rest of the time, until he was past the age of fifty-three years, he drove logs on the Big Eau Pleine and the Wisconsin rivers."
Frank Hughes came to this area in 1852 with is parents, the late Mr and Mrs Garret Hughes. They were the first settlers in what is now the Town of Cleveland. Their nearest neighbor was Timothy Kennedy. The timber in that section was mostly hardwood, for which there was no market in that early day. The early settlers found it necessary to burn the logs, a laborious task. Garret Hughes brushed out a trail to his homestead. He cleared the land as rapidly as possible and started to grow some wheat to feed his household. There was no logging during the first years of their residence there...Frank stayed on the farm until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work on the river. Once, he made a trip on a raft to Alton, Ill. and the rest of the time, until he was past the age of fifty-three years, he drove logs on the Big Eau Pleine and the Wisconsin rivers."
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