History The town of Phillips was platted in 1876 and named after Elijah B. Phillips, the general manager of the Wisconsin Central Railway. It began as a logging town.Robert C. Ostergren and Thomas R. Vale. Wisconsin Land and Life. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1997, p. 223.
History The town of Phillips was platted in 1876 and named after Elijah B. Phillips, the general manager of the Wisconsin Central Railway. It began as a logging town.Robert C O.stergren and Thomas R. Vale. Wisconsin Land and Life. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1997, p. 223.