John Fritz Farmstead
farm in Montrose , Wisconsin
The John Fritz Farmstead is located in Montrose, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places, along with the State Register of Historic Places, in 1998.
John Fritz was born in Kindenheim, Bavaria in 1826. When he was ten, his family migrated to New York State. Around 1848 the family moved west to the wilds of Wisconsin. In 1849 John started a farm a few miles west in the Town of Primrose, with his family nearby, but a year later he bought the first 200 acres of this farm. Settlement of Montrose had begun in 1840, so Fritz wasn't the first settler, but he was early.
A log house was on the farm when John bought it. None of the buildings from those early years remain. In those early years John raised wheat to sell.
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