WELCOME TO MORSBACH FARMS
ELLA,
WISCONSIN HAS BEEN THE HOME OF THE MORSBACH FAMILY FARM SINCE ABOUT THE
MID TO LATE 1800’S. CARL AUGUST MORSBACH (MY GRANDFATHER)
LIVED
IN THE MAIN FARM HOUSE IN 1900 AND CARL
MORSBACH (ME) LIVED IN THE HOUSE IN 2000. CARL AUGUST WAS
BORN IN
DURAND, WISCONSIN ON AUGUST 31, 1862. HE MARRIED HANNA SANBORN ON
OCTOBER 29, 1888. HANNA WAS BORN IN APRIL
OF 1869.
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ROBERT FERDINAND MORSBACH BORN
AUGUST 4,
1828 IN GERMANY. MY FATHER EDWARD AUGUST MORSBACH WAS BORN IN
ELLA, WISCONSIN ON JULY 16 1898.
THE FARM LIES ALONG THE LOWER
CHIPPEWA RIVER, AT ELLA, WISCONSIN, ACROSS FROM AND NORTH OF THE
TIFFANY WILDLIFE AREA (LINK). IT’S A LITTLE
OVER 800 ACRES OF ROLLING HILLS AND VALLEYS OVERLOOKING THE
RIVER WE RAISE BEEF CATTLE AND GROW CROPS TO FEED THEM IN THE
WINTER TIME.
WE HAVE TWO EXTRA HOMES ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE ALLOW
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A COUNTRY EXPERIENCE TO STAY IN. WHEN YOU
GROW UP
AND LIVE HERE YOU GET ACCUSTOMED TO THE EVER-CHANGING BEAUTY OF THE
SURRONDING HILLS AND THE VARIETY OF BIRDS AND ANIMALS THAT ARE JUST
AROUND.
THE
FARM IS AT ELLA, WISCONSIN, BUT THE ACTUAL ADDRESS IS ARKANSAW, (NOT
ARKANSAS)
WISCONSIN. WE’RE IN THE BACK HILLS AND SPELL DIFFERENTLY.
SORRY
ABOUT LIVING 27 MILES FROM NOWHERE, BUT IT'S WONDERFUL.
YOU'LL
HAVE TO VISIT SOMETIME AND LET THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS OF YOUR MIND LEVEL
OUT.
THERE
IS A BEAUTIFUL SPOT TO PARK A SELF-CONTAINED RV BY THE CHIPPEWA RIVER.
THIS IS NOT A CAMPGROUND. THERE IS NO WATER, NO
SEWER, NO
ELECTRICITY, NO ACCESS ROAD, NO NEIGHBORS, JUST WILDERNESS.