Historical Articles:
Dells Mill Article 1 from a magazine article, publication and date not known, by R .K. Martinson
Dells Mill Article 2 from a magazine article, publication and date not known, by Eliza Lucinda Cubberley
Dells Mill Sixty-Five Years Old from the Augusta Union Newspaper, November 29, 1929, author unknown, transcribed from  Wisconsin Historical Society archives
Early History of Augusta Wisconsin from the Augusta Eagle Newspaper, June 23, 1906, author unknown,  transcribed from  Wisconsin Historical Society archives
History of Augusta in our Centennial Year of 1956 from the 1956 Centennial Booklet Compiled by Mrs. Karl Peplau, Mrs. O. G. Moland, Mrs. E. M. Herrell
Remembering the Centennial Year in 2006 a personal recollection in 2006 of the 100th year celebration in 1956 - the way things were and how Augusta Wisconsin has changed
1895 Wisconsin Map Link on the 1895 US Atlas Site (the population of Augusta in 1895 was 1187)

Link to a 1949 History of the Bears Grass Wisconsin Area
Link to a 1949 History of the Rodell Area School
 

The nameplate and train schedule from the Augusta Eagle newspaper
Friday, March 20, 1914 

Augusta Wisconsin Watertower
circa 1970's

Augusta Wisconsin was laid out and organized as a village in 1856. It became a political unit  in 1883 and was chartered by the State of Wisconsin as a city in 1885.  2006 marks the 150th year of the town.  

Formerly known as a part of Bridge Creek, it has it that some citizens proposed to name the place after the prettiest girl in town.  They held an election, and Augusta Rickard, a visitor to Augusta Wisconsin from Oak Grove, Wisconsin was the winner." * (This naming information conflicts with the article, An Early History of Augusta Wisconsin and also conflicts with the information in the "History of Augusta in our Centennial Year of 1956")

John F. Stone was one of the first settlers of Augusta Wisconsin. He erected a saw and gristmill at a point on Bridge Creek in 1856.***  The street that crosses that location at Bridge Creek is now known as Stone Street.

Augusta Wisconsin once was the home of 3 newspapers, The Augusta Eagle, The Augusta Union and The Augusta Times.  It is currently served by only the Augusta Area Times.  Click here for more gossipy excerpts of  newspaper clippings from the past

click the thumbnail for a park history

Also see more  history  about the Augusta Wisconsin City Park, about the Dells Mill School, a one room grade school, and about the Chippewa Valley

An Augusta Wisconsin Business Directory of 1974