Editing Arthur, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The general area that would become Arthur was first [[Surveying|surveyed]] in 1848 by a crew working for the U.S. government. In 1849 a different crew marked all the [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]] of the [[survey township|township]], walking through the woods and swamps, 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 T30N R6W| url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&town=T030N&range=R006W| work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833-1866| publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands| accessdate=March 13, 2013}}</ref> When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description of the {{convert|6|by|6|mi|adj=on}} square which became the east half of Arthur and the west part of Colburn:
<blockquote>''The Surface in this Township is generally level, the Soil cold and wet. In the Northern part there is a considerable quantity of good [[Eastern White Pine|Pine]] timber. The currents of the two principal Streams in the South and West are swift - and rocky bottoms - the banks low, and Subject to frequent overflows. But a Small portion of the Township adapted to farming or grazing. It is heavily timbered with [[Betula alleghaniensis|Birch]], [[Sugar maple|Sugar]], Pine, [[Fraxinus|Ash]] [[Oak]] & e. There is a Small Lake in the Eastern part of the Township, the shores of which are low and marshy the water clear and bottom gravel.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Welsh|first=H. B.|title=Interior Field Notes (1849)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=3173281&isize=XL&twp=T030NR006W|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-03-22}}</ref></blockquote>

A different crew, surveying the {{convert|6|mi|adj=on}} square that includes the west end of today's town of Arthur, found some settlers:
<blockquote>''There are six dwelling Houses in this Township, one on the N.W. 1/4 of the NW. 1/4 of Section 2 One on the S.W. 1/4 of NW. 1/4 of Section 2 belonging to [[McCann brothers#Daniel McCann|Daniel McCan]].''<ref>{{cite web| last=Stuntz| first=G. R.| title=Interior Field Notes (Oct. 1849)| url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=3494072&isize=XL&twp=T030NR007W| publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands| accessdate=2013-03-23}}</ref></blockquote>

Founded January 27, 1885, the town was named after [[Chester A. Arthur]], the 21st president of the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gard |first1=Robert |title=The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names |date=2015 |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society Press |location=Madison, WI |isbn=978-0-87020-707-5 |page=13 |edition=2nd}}</ref> It was created from the towns of [[Anson, Wisconsin|Anson]] and [[Sigel, Chippewa County, Wisconsin|Sigel]]. Arthur's first town chairman was H.P. Buchanan who held office until 1890.