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Map - Of Wisconsin from an 1872 ASHER-ADAMS Atlas. One of the earliest map showing Schleisingerville, Wisconsin...named after the Jewish founder...Baruch Schleisinger Weil. The town in the 20th Century is called Slinger. It can be found on our map with its original name Schleisingerville. Tracing the map Northwest from Milwaukee to Washington County one can find the town along the RR. Baruch Schleisinger Weil, a Jewish-American immigrant from Strasbourg, Alsace, laid the village's foundation when he bought 2,000 acres of land in Washington County on November 1, 1845. He soon built a general store to serve local farmers, loggers and Native Americans, and later opened a distillery. Other merchants and manufacturers, including blacksmiths, shoemakers, wagon makers and tanners, began settling in the area, which was called "Schleisingerville" in Weil's honor.[14][15] For the first two decades of its history, the community was part of the Town of Polk, which was organized on January 21, 1846. In 1850, Weil opened a post office and in 1855 he worked to have the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad pass through the community.[16] The rail line was completed on August 23, 1855.[14] The village grew because of its rail connections and incorporated out of some of the Town of Polk's land in 1869. From the mid-19th century into the mid-20th century, the community was predominantly rural, and most of the businesses supplied farmers and area residents.[16]

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Arc.MS.56, Oversize Box 7, Folder 1