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Town History
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The three people credited with being the first settlers in the Town of Ashippun
were Samuel Marshall, Alexander Leslie and Leslie's son, Alexander Jr. Soon
after arriving, Leslie and Marshall erected a sawmill on the banks of the river
where Alderly now stands. Hans Gasman had come from Gjerpen and settled at Pine
Lake in 1843 and entered a claim for 480 acres in sections 35 and 36 in later
1843. One of the first claims for land in the township was on 10/17/1842 by
Eliz. Graham in the NE 1/4 of Section 13. Most of the terrain in the early days
was brush and woods as the land was described as "wooden wilderness." Ashippun
is perhaps named for the Indian word for raccoon that is what the Indians called
the river that flows through the eastern part of the town. As settlers came to
the Town of Ashippun, each one had to make a log cabin. Usually the first one
was small and put up in a hurry. Cabins were easy to make because there was
choice timbers in the dense forest of Ashippun.
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