Clason Prairie or Clason's Prairie was a former settlement in the
Town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Beaver Dam,
Wisconsin
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,
United States
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, roughly four miles southeast of
Beaver Dam. It was named after James Clason, a native of
Connecticut
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who settled there in 1841 and died in 1848. The
one-room Clason Prairie School was closed down in 1962, although the building was still standing as of 1977. The old Clason Prairie
Cemetery
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is still extant, at it is maintained by the town.
Notable people
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Jesse Clason
Jesse Arthur Clason (October 15, 1860 – April 7, 1918) was an American physician from Neosho, Wisconsin who served a single term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Dodge County; he was elected as a Gold Democrat.
Background
C ...
, physician and politician, was born in Clason Prairie.
['Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Jesse A. Clason, pg. 675]
References
Geography of Dodge County, Wisconsin
Ghost towns in Wisconsin
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