Gypsy Vanner Horses for Sale near Franksville, WI

About Franksville, WI

Originally occupied by the Potowatomi tribe, the first white settlers in the area then known as Skunk Grove arrived in the 1830s. By the 1850s, plank roads were built through the area, and by the 1870s the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway laid tracks through the area and a plat was filed with Racine County. ( pp3–5) In 1907 the Frank Pure Food Company was established and built a plant in Franksville for the purpose of making sauerkraut. ( p22) Contrary to popular belief, however, the company did not give Franksville its name, which had already been established.