Editing Birch Creek, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The six mile square that would become the center of Birch Creek was first [[Surveying|surveyed]] in June 1852 by a crew working for the U.S. government. That fall a different crew marked all the [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]] of the [[survey township|township]], walking through the woods and wading the 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 T31N R7W| url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T032NR007W| work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833-1866| publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands| accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref> When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
<blockquote>''The surface of this Township is generally rolling and the uplands fit for cultivation. The timber is chiefly [[Eastern White Pine|pine]] [[Tsuga canadensis|Hemlock]] [[Thuja occidentalis|Cedar]] & [[Larix laricina|Tamarac]]. There are several small Swamp all unfit for cultivation. The streams are all small branches. (?) [[Watermill|Millery]] privileges in this Township.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Harrison|first=J. M.|title=Interior Field Notes (Sept. 1852 - Oct. 1852)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=3520195&twp=T032NR007W|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref></blockquote>