Greenwood, Wisconsin

Greenwood is a city in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

[7] The town has a peace memorial, created by Ernest Durig from an artificial stone made using concrete and fine white sand.

[10] In the years just before settlement, the future site of Greenwood was a hunting ground shared by Ojibwe, Menominee and Ho-Chunk people.

[11] The Black River ran quietly through immense forests until Mormon loggers came upstream in 1844, working out of a camp downstream from Greenwood's site, cutting white pine logs and floating them down the rivers to be used in their temple in Nauvoo, Illinois.

[12]: 35–36 In 1847 or 1848 Van Dusen and Waterman built a mill on the west side of the Black River across from where Greenwood would grow.

Elijah and Frederick Eaton bought Van Dusen's mill in 1854.

The following year Chandler and Brown from Black River Falls opened a store and W.H.

In 1895 the Fairchild and Northeastern Railroad connected from the southwest, and ran its line north to Owen.

Eau Claire Creamery Company ran a plant that bought, pasteurized and shipped milk.

36.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.