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.