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History of Northern Wisconsin
pub: The Western Historical Company,
     Chicago, 1881


         [page 183]
         
         HAYTON
         
         This village is near the line of the Wisconsin Central
       Railroad, two miles below Gravesville, and the same dis-
       tance east of Chilton. The first settler upon its site
       was O. J. WATROUS, who located in June, 1849, and built
       a saw-mill. It happened that the land upon which the vil-
       lage was to grow was State school property, and it was
       accordingly platted by the Commissioners of the School
       Lands. It was first called Wallersville in honor of PARLEY
       WALLER, a settler of prominence; afterwards went by the
       simple name of School Section, and later Dicksville. It
       was named Hayton in 1853. The village now contains a popu-
       lation of about 300 inhabitants, has two hotels, several
       general stores, a tannery (Helfrich & Co.), a saw and
       grist-mill, with other trades represented. The Ormsby
       Lime Company manufactures some of its best material here,
       having run a side track to the main line of the railroad.
       Hayton had once fair expectations of being chosen as the
       county seat, Mr. WALLER proving a bold champion in the
       cause.
       
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