Talk:Taylor County, Wisconsin

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Unsourced Yankee boosterism

I've removed some ten-year-old claims that virtually all the settlers in 1875 were Yankees from New England. The sources cited don't support the claim, and the 1880 census actually refutes it. According to H.O. Ruesch in his Taylor County Historical Sketch, here are the first four settlers:

Settler	Birthplace from 1880 census	When settled
E.L. Urquhart	Canada	Cruised timber and settled near Medford in 1870.
A.E. Harder	Can't find him in census	First permanent settler, in Medford 1872.
Pat Mullaloy	Ireland	Settled 1873
C.W. Norton	Can't find him in census	Settled 1873

So of the two first settlers I can find, zero were Yankees. That's far from "virtually all." If someone has a source that supports "virtually all," please provide it and consider restoring what I deleted. -- Jeff the quiet (talk) 04:59, 28 February 2024 (UTC)