Editing Sturtevant, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
Sturtevant was originally known as Parkersville, after the Parker family, early settlers in the area. Other former names for Sturtevant are Western Union Junction and Corliss.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Row of Lilacs May Conceal Pognant Part of County's Past |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1218348/parker_family_of_sturtevant_wi/|newspaper=The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin|date=June 25, 1961|page=23|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = October 28, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref> The name ''Corliss'' referred to the  Brown Corliss Engine Company of Milwaukee.<ref>[http://www.sturtevant-wi.gov/index.php/History Village of Sturtevant: History of Western Union Junction and the Town of Corliss]</ref> The name ''Sturtevant'' was selected in 1923,<ref>{{cite news|title=Sturtevant New Name of Rail Junction |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1218369/sturtevant_wi_renamed/|newspaper=Oshkosh Daily Northwestern|date=August 10, 1923|page=17|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = October 28, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref> when the  Massachusetts-based [[B. F. Sturtevant Company]] opened a plant.<ref>{{cite news|title=Corliss Is No More; It Is Now Sturtevant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1218389/corliss_wi_changed_to_sturtevant/|newspaper=Oshkosh Daily Northwestern|date=October 4, 1923|page=7|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = October 28, 2014}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>Tabern, Robert. 2012. ''Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to St. Paul, MN.'' Author, p. 84.</ref>