Called "Muk-wan-wish-ta-guon" before the white settlers came. Muk-wan signifies Bear, the whole word, Bear's Head. The early settlers substituted the name Wolf.

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[Source: Ware, John M. A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, p. 5.]