The State: History of Dunn County, Wisconsin: Chapter XX ...
The population was then (1880) about 130. The height of prosperity was reached about 1881, in November of which year H. Brewer surveyed and platted a small addition for Ole Nelson. A stage line furnished transportation three times a week between Menomonie, Sand Creek, and Rice Lake, F. E. Smith being the contractor and E. L. Doolittle the carrier.