| Porter's Mills, Wisconsin | |
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| — Ghost town — | |
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Porter's Mills, Wisconsin
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| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Eau Claire |
| Elevation | 771 ft (235 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1578437[1] |
Porter's Mills, also called Porterville, was a logging boomtown in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States, between Brunswick and Eau Claire, at 44° 46' 15" N 091° 34' 01" W. at an elevation of 771 feet.[2]
The first sawmill there was built in 1863. At its peak, the Northwestern Logging Company employed almost 500 workers there; the town had a public school, churches, and a population of over 1,100. Northwestern Logging started to cut back their operation there in 1891, moving their offices out of Porter’s Mills to Stanley, Wisconsin. The last mill in Porter's Mills was dismantled in 1899, and the population moved on, to Stanley, Eau Claire or elsewhere. By 1904, the town had ceased to be.[3]
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