[3] In July 1847 a crew working for the U.S. government surveyed the boundaries of the six mile square which would become Roosevelt.

Then in June 1854 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, walking through the woods and swamps, measuring with chain and compass.

A map shows a logging dam on the Eau Claire River in section 31.

Owen Company built a rail line for the Wisconsin Central Railway heading northwest across the town for Ladysmith and Superior.

[9] The 1911 plat map of Roosevelt shows the Wisconsin Central/Soo Line cutting across the township from southeast to northwest, passing through Lublin.

From Lublin, The Owen Lumber Company has a logging spur branching off to Diamond Lake and beyond.

This settlement around Lublin and its continuation into what is now Taft were by far the largest collection of farmer-settlers in western Taylor County at this time - much more than around Gilman.

Other than those settled areas, most of the town was in the hands of Chippewa Lumber and Boom Co., State Land Co., and the American Immigration Co.[10] The transition from logging to farming was well underway.