RAILROADS.
River Falls has direct communication with Hudson by a branch of the Chicago & St. Paul railroad. In 1885 the Burlington & Northern railroad route was surveyed and established, entering the county on the shore of Lake Pepin, and running nearly parallel with lake and river to Prescott, where it crosses Lake St. Croix near its mouth, on a bridge, the total length of which is 520.5 feet, with one draw span 367.5 feet in length, and one piled span of 153 feet. This bridge was completed, and the first train entered Prescott, May 31, 1886. The grade of this road does not exceed fifteen feet to the mile.
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.
The Grand Army of the Republic have posts at the following places:
| No. 72, A. W. Howard Post | Rock Elm. |
| No. 117, I. M. Nichols Post | River Falls. |
| No. 118, Ellsworth Post | Ellsworth. |
| No. 189, R. P. Converse Post | Prescott. |
| No. 204, U. S. Grant Post | Maiden Rock. |
| No. 209, Plum City Post | Plum City. |
The following are the village plats of Pierce county, with date of survey and location:
ORGANIZATION OF TOWNS.
The following is the chronological order in which the towns of Pierce county were organized:
| Prescott[B]. | 1853 |
| Greenwood (now River Falls) | 1854 |
| Martell | 1854 |
| Isabelle | 1855 |
| Trimbelle | 1855 |
| Diamond Bluff | 1855 |
| Clifton | 1855 |
| Oak Grove | 1856 |
| Perry (Ellsworth) | 1856 |
| Spring Valley (Maiden Rock) | 1857 |
| Trenton | 1857 |
| El Paso | 1858 |
| Hartland | 1859 |
| Union | 1861 |
| Salem | 1862 |
| Rock Elm | 1862 |
| Deerfield (Gilman) | 1868 |
| Spring Lake | 1868 |