"[6] Ancient indigenous peoples constructed earthworks that expressed their religious and political concepts.

One mound, shaped like a catfish, is still visible in a private yard along County Hwy.

The site was marked by a local women's club with a commemorative plaque installed on a large stone.

[7] Under pressure from European-American development, the Menominee people ceded their title to the United States for these lands by treaty in 1852.

Following that, the flow of new migrant settlers greatly increased from the East, with people moving from New England, New York, and Ohio.

They developed the land primarily for agricultural use in the early decades, also quickly establishing sawmills on the rivers.

For a period, entrepreneurs and merchants gained high profits from the lumber industry, establishing many fine homes in the larger cities.

Only two Democrats have carried the county at the presidential level since the formation of the Republican Party – Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, and Barack Obama in 2008, and in 1936 Roosevelt only won by plurality because of a sizeable vote for Union Party nominee William Lemke.

It was one of only three Wisconsin counties, alongside Walworth and Waushara, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson in 1964.