Histories: Trempealeau Co. Historical Accounts:
"Trempealeau County" by Clarence J. Gamroth:
Volume 1A:
Miscellaneous: Prairie
Fires
by Evelyn Saverenske, with information secured from Mike
Lyga, 1947
When the area around
what is now Independence was being settled, the
country was covered with blueberries. There were many Indians who
each Fall burned the grass to insure a good crop of berries in the
following year. They sailed in canoes to Winona where they sold
the berris for 2½¢ a quart.