These people were "Yankee" settlers, that is to say they were descended from the English Separatists who settled New England in the 1600s.

They were part of a wave of New England farmers who headed west into what was then the wilds of the Northwest Territory during the early 1800s.

Most of them arrived as a result of the completion of the Erie Canal and the end of the Black Hawk War.

When they arrived in what is now Adams County there was nothing but dense virgin forest, the "Yankee" New Englanders laid out farms, constructed roads, erected government buildings and established post routes.

They brought with them many of their Yankee New England values, such as a passion for education, establishing many schools as well as staunch support for abolitionism.

Due to the second Great Awakening some of them had converted to Methodism and some became Baptist before moving to what is now Adams County.

On this issue the Yankees were divided and the Germans almost unanimously were opposed to it, tipping the balance in favor of opposition to prohibition.

Prior to World War I, many German community leaders in Wisconsin spoke openly and enthusiastically about how much better America was than Germany, due primarily (in their eyes) to the presence of English law and the English political culture the Americans had inherited from the colonial era, which they contrasted with the turmoil and oppression in Germany which they had so recently fled.

In the 1880s, there were plans for a railroad that connected Chicago and St. Paul to pass through Friendship.

B. Hill and J. W. Purves... for holding the price of their land so high that the great C&NW R.R.

Co. would not purchase a right of way... for who would enjoy the smoke and the noise of a train running through this beautiful village?"

What is now the city of Adams the railroad originally called Friendship, but because there were two rail depot stops named "Friendship" on the rail-line, passengers were often confused and bought the wrong tickets, so it was suggested that the name be changed.

In 71.0% of cases, prenatal care was deemed to be adequate, the 13th lowest in the state.

[17] Additionally, there were 10 induced abortions performed on women of Adams County residence in 2017.