LAND RECORDS:  Description of Otter Creek Township, Eau Claire Co., WI

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Otter Creek Township, which contains sixty-six square miles, with a 
population, according to the census of 1910, of 703, was set off in April,
1867.  It is bounded on the north by the town of Lincoln, on the south by
Trempealeau county, on the east by the town of Bridge Creek and on the west
by the town of Clear Creek.  The upper portion of the town is watered by
Otter, Bear's Grass and Thompson's creeks.  The nearest shipping point is
Augusta, which is eleven miles distant.  This town is essentially 
agricultural and has splendid farms owned by a thrifty people.

Taken from the "History of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Past and Present,
1914", page 39.