Histories: Trempealeau Co. Historical Accounts:
"History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917":
Chapter 10:
Korpal Valley
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Korpal Valley lies wholly in the town of Arcadia and may be said to be
wholly within sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 in 21-9, and the
Korpal Valley Creek runs west from a spring in the southwest quarter of
the southeast quarter of 12-21-9, through sections 12, 13, 14 and 15, a
distance of two and a half miles to the Trempealeau River. The
first settler was James Fassett, the second a man by the name of
Zabrota. Soon after this there arrived John Korpal, who with
Louis Norwitzki settled in the valley, they becoming the first
permanent settlers. Others soon followed and the valley and
ridges in the vicinity were all settled prior to 1876. The people
were industrious and the community has made good progress. The
soil is rich and the value of the lands there has risen equally with
other parts of Arcadia and the county. The valley and vicinity
cannot be said to have been a Polish neighborhood, as many families,
American born and Norwegian born, have all along owned and occupied
farms there. In early days grain raising was the chief farm
industry, but since 1882 the people have gone successfully into
diversified farming and have made it as much of a success as any nearby
community.
(By Stephen Richmond.)