GEORGE W. KING

King was also one of the earliest settlers of the town:

The earliest settlers in this part of the county were, Orvin Wilson, a Mr. Alderman, who owned the land on which the village was laid out, Elisha, Isaac and Elijah Hurl, Ashael Webster, E. Webster, Horace Stiles, George W. King and Charles Miller.

In 1869, Mr. Alderman laid off forty acres for a village site, caused the same to be surveyed and platted, and the place now known as Humbird, occupied by graded streets, bordered by fine buildings, was then covered with heavy timber, where deer and wild animals wandered at will. At that time the railroad had not been completed; still a spirit of the enterprise was manifested by those already on the ground, and of adventure, by the comparatively frequent arrivals of settlers, many of who became permanent. The first building erected after the survey was the Rocky Mound House, which was erected by George W. King, and used as a hotel. ~ Excerpt from The History of Humbird, Wisconsin, from the 1881 History of Clark Co., WI

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This village, like many other new, thriving ones of the west, has some real "go-ahead" men who know nothing but success, and their courage, ambition, and strict attention to their several branches of business, are a sufficient guarantee of the future prosperity of the place. Among those who never tire, and who naturally take the lead in any honorable enterprise, are George W. King, L. D. Halstead, S. Z. Smith (the renowned "Zene"), Ben Webster, E. D. Carter, F. W. Whitcomb and numerous others, whose names will appear in a directory to follow this article. ~ The American Sketch Book, Neillsville and Clark County, Wisconsin. Vol. 1, Number 5, Sketch Book Company, Publishers, La Crosse, Wis., 1875