Editing Saratoga, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The west end of the town of Saratoga, within three miles of the [[Wisconsin River]], was in the "Indian strip," sold by the [[Menominee]] to the U.S. government in the 1836 [[Treaty of the Cedars]]. As such, it was logged and surveyed early.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosholt|first=Malcolm|title=Pioneers of the Pinery|url=http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/rosholt/pioneers-of-the-pinery/pionpine/images/00000003.pdf|publisher=Rosholt House|accessdate=May 25, 2013|pages=23–24|year=1979}}</ref> In 1839 a crew working for the U.S. government first [[Surveying|surveyed]] what would become part of the town, walking through the woods and crossing the river, measuring with [[Gunter's chain|chain]] and [[Solar compass|compass]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Land Survey Information|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SurveyNotes/SurveyInfo.html|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=March 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Field Notes for T21N R5E|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T021NR005E|work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833-1866|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=July 11, 2013}}</ref> In 1851 a different crew surveyed the section lines. For the six mile square township that now is the western part of the town, see their description under [[Port Edwards (town), Wisconsin|Port Edwards]]. For the eastern township they gave this general description:
<blockquote>''The Character of this town is easily described. It is a uniform [[pine barren]]. Soil white sand. Poor & worthless for all farming purposes. The timber poor scrubby Pitch pines & there is not probably a single quarter section in it worth Entering either(?) for soil or timber.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Stansbury|first=Erskine|title=Interior Field Notes (Sept. 1851)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=3146767&isize=L&twp=T021NR006E|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-07-13}}</ref></blockquote>

The town of Saratoga was established in 1857.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/files/docs/placenames.pdf | title=Wood County Place Names | publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press | author=Rudolph, Robert S. | year=1970 | pages=73}}</ref>