Editing New Lisbon, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The site of New Lisbon was used as a seasonal winter encampment by [[Ho-Chunk]] people, who called it {{lang|win|Waac Hot’ųp Ra}} or {{lang|win|Waac Hožu Ra}} (anglicized to ''Wa Du Shuda''), meaning "where canoes are placed" or "boat launch."<ref name="gard">{{Cite book| publisher = Heartland Press| isbn = 978-0-942802-88-7| last = Gard| first = Robert Edward| title = The romance of Wisconsin placenames| location = Minocqua, WI| date = 1988}}</ref>{{rp|194}} <ref name=Hoocak>{{Cite web| title = Hoocąk Waazijaci Language Division | url=https://www.hoocak.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Personal-Information.pdf | access-date=22 September 2024}}</ref>{{rp|19}} The United States acquired the land from the Ho-Chunk nation in an 1836 treaty.<ref name="HNW">{{Cite book| publisher = Western Historical Company| title = History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources...| location = Chicago| accessdate = 2022-08-09| date = 1881| url = http://archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west | pages=366–367, 378–379 }}</ref>{{rp|366–367}}

The first white settlers, Amasa Wilson and C.B. Smith, arrived in 1838 to harvest lumber in the vicinity. Wilson and Smith selected the site of New Lisbon for a [[log boom]] on the [[Lemonweir River]] and constructed a sawmill at the site in 1842-1843. In 1855, Amasa Wilson platted the village. J.A. Chase platted an addition not long afterwards.<ref name="HNW" />{{rp|378–379}}  The village was originally named ''Mill Haven'' but later changed to ''New Lisbon'', possibly at the suggestion of county clerk Larmon Saxton, who hailed from [[Lisbon, Ohio]].<ref name="gard" />{{rp|194}} In 1857, the [[Milwaukee Road|La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad]] connected to the community.<ref name="curtis">{{Cite book| publisher = State Historical Society of Wisconsin| isbn = 978-0-87020-122-6| editor = Thompson, William Fletcher| last1 = Current| first1 = Richard N.| title = The Civil War Era, 1848-1873| location = Madison| series = The History of Wisconsin| volume=2| date = 1976}}</ref>{{rp|33}} New Lisbon was incorporated by the [[Wisconsin Legislature]] in March 1870.<ref name="HNW" />{{rp|379}}