Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

              330 MEMOIRS  OF WAUKESHA  COUNTY
eral springs,—which afterward made this region so famous,—were located upon these first claims.
In the vicinity of Pewaukee lake the first settlers were the Clark family, Deacon Asa Clark and his sons, Lyman and A. M. They built the first house on the shore of the Take where the villas:e of Pewaukee now stands, in section 9. Allen Clinton, Nelson and Ethan Owen were others who came into the town in 1837. From this time on the settlement was comparatively rapid. Soloman Horn, Aaron Putney, Seth Riford, and others are mentioned in connection with the settlement of this year. In 1843, a census of the tax-payers gives one hundred names, and the record of the same year gives the number of school children as about one hundred and twenty-five. As there were few unmarried women, and a considerable portion of the men were single, the whole population at this time was probably in the neighbor¬ hood of three hundred, an average annual incoming of fifty after the first two years.
There are two villages in the town of Pewaukee. That of Pewaukee was the first, and was platted on land originally held by Asa Clark, Lyriian Griswold, Lyman Morley and S. T. Bowles. A lime and stone quarry was opened h^re at a very early day. Some of the beds in this vicinity assume an argillacious character and are thin beds with glazed shaly partings, less crystaHine than the prevailing character of the rock, and readily quarried and dressed for building stone. These beds have been termed Waukesha limestone to distinguish them from the coralline beds developed in the vicinity of Milwaukee.
A dam was built at the outlet of the lake, raising the level of the lake six feet, and a saw-mill built by Asa Clark in 1837; some years later a grist-mill was built.
The village was incorporated in April, 1876, It is a station on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, and has now a population of about 800. This is considerably increased by summer residents during a part of the year, the village having become a popular summer resort. Small steamers and other boats accommodate the summer visitors, and the shores of the lake are dotted with summer cottages. During the summer the steamers connect at Waukesha beach with the electric cars for Waukesha and Milwaukee. The village is sur¬ rounded by an agricultural region in which large quantities of veg¬ etables and fruit are raised. Sand, peat and stone are the raw materials in the neighborhood, which are at present only partly utiHzed. The property valuation of the village is $448,329.
Duplainville, a post and railway station about two miles east of Pewaukee has a population of about 600. It is in the midst of a wealthy agricultural and dairy community, and is one of the most extensive milk-shipping points on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. A large creamery and pickle factory is established at this point. The dairy interests of the town are supplied with two cream¬ eries. The population of the town, exclusive of the village of Pewau¬ kee, is 1,784, including that, 2,547. The valuation of property exclusive of the village of Pewaukee is $1,995,890.
Elon Fuller, one of the two first settlers of the town of Pewaukee,