Waupaca Weyauwega

OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN

December 3, 1868

Up the River

Waupaca during the past two years has improved faster than its most ardent friends could hope. A fine high school building of brick, one or two brick churches, the brick stores erected by Messrs. H.J. & A. Stetson, O. Rice, Geo. Strickland, and others, and several really elegant residences, are edifices of which any city in the State might well be proud. Waupaca is one of those live, wide-awake villages which always impress a stranger favorably. In the amount of business transacted, it stands second to none of its size in Northern Wisconsin. The intelligence and refinement of its people is demonstrated by the fact that it gives a large Republican majority.

Hon. M.H. Sessions, of Waupaca, recently elected Member of Assembly of that County, is spoken of as a candidate for the Speakership of the Assembly. “Sesh” has served several terms in the Assembly, was a member of the Senate for two years, and so far as experience and ability go, would make a good presiding officer. The fact that no prominent office in either branch of the Legislature has ever been given to this portion of the State will be greatly in his favor.

Weyauwega situated nearer the Wolf River than her sister village, shows evidences of substantial growth and prosperity. She can now boast of two excellent hotels, - the “Northwestern House” by Geo. D. Tarbell, and the “Weyauwega House” by John M. Baxter, the latter soon to be christened the “Baxter House”. Both are well conducted, and are creditable to the place. Its foundry, saw-mills, grist-mills, potter and other manufacturing establishments, are doing much to benefit the village.

Our limited time forbids more lengthy comments on the conditions of these thriving villages. Some future visit will enable us to speak more fully of many objects of interest in each of them.