The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first inhabitants of the area were the Dakota, Ojibwe, and Ho-Chunk tribes.
The West Wisconsin Railway reached the area in 1868, and the Fairchild post office was established in 1870. Starting in 1872 farmers began acquiring land in the area through the Homestead Acts.
Fairchild was incorporated in 1880 and was named for Lucius Fairchild, the 10th Governor of Wisconsin. By the late 1800s the village became a commercial hub due to the logging and railroad enterprises of businessman N.C. Foster.
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1 historic place in Fairchild
1 place in Fairchild is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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