Alma, WI (3)
**Alma Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 82000631, date listed 5/13/1982
Roughly bounded by RR tracks, 2nd, Swift, and Cedar Sts.
Alma, WI (Buffalo County)
Dates of construction of contributing buildings: 1855-1955
Alma developed on a narrow strip of land between the Mississippi River and 500-foot limestone bluffs. The first permanent settlers to reach Alma arrived in 1848. Most were wheat farmers, and before long, Alma was a major wheat market. About this same time, a few local businessmen recognized the potential in logging of the Beef Slough, a slow channel of the nearby Chippewa River. This channel was ideal for pulling logs out of the water after being floated down the river. (1)
References (1) WI History www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR545
Alma, WI (3)
**Alma Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 82000631, date listed 5/13/1982
Roughly bounded by RR tracks, 2nd, Swift, and Cedar Sts.
Alma, WI (Buffalo County)
Dates of construction of contributing buildings: 1855-1955
Alma developed on a narrow strip of land between the Mississippi River and 500-foot limestone bluffs. The first permanent settlers to reach Alma arrived in 1848. Most were wheat farmers, and before long, Alma was a major wheat market. About this same time, a few local businessmen recognized the potential in logging of the Beef Slough, a slow channel of the nearby Chippewa River. This channel was ideal for pulling logs out of the water after being floated down the river. (1)
References (1) WI History www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR545