Lake Mills [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Lake Mills [origin of place name]

Lake Mills [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Capt. Joseph Keyes, the first settler christened the place almost on Rock Lake, the source of power for a saw mill and grist mill then running. Jefferson Co. P. 539.

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