Schofield & Rothschild
Rothschild was a part of the town of Weston until 1917 when it was incorporated as a village. The paper mill can be thanked for the creation of the town of Rothschild! Weston Avenue was the first main street in Rothschild, with a post office, store, barber shop, boarding house, drug store etc. It was later decided that Brown Blvd. would become the main street. So some of the buildings were moved from Weston Avenue to Brown Blvd. One resident can remember her husband moving the barber shop on rollers with just a team of horses. Another said he can remember when the sidewalks were made of wood and snow removal was done with a caterpillar that had large timbers on the front of it. According to the village history website: There are several stories of how Rothschild got its name. The most commonly heard story is, there was a transient traveler reportedly living in a cave on the north end of the Clark farm overlooking Cedar Creek that still flows across the highway on the south edge of the village, lingered in the area. He was a transient man carrying himself with grace and assurance. His hermit existence was a puzzle to all. Bill Hewitt, who carried the mail regularly up from the Point, recalls leaving a letter for the man one day. Shortly afterwards the hermit left as silently as he had come. Rumor had it he was of the great French house of Rothschild and was so called. No one knows how long he sojourned there nor where he went, but the name was good, the mystery intriguing so the name was applied to the little settlement.
Schofield was named for William Scholfield, who came to the area in the 1851 to open a sawmill. The city has since dropped the “L” from its name. Schofield, which is located along the eastern shore of Lake Wausau. It also contains the Eau Claire Flowage and Eau Claire River, which flows into Lake Wausau at Schofield. Schofield is directly south of Wausau and is separated from the city by the Wausau Downtown Airport. An inner suburb of Wausau, Schofield is bordered by Rothschild, Weston, and the Town of Weston. Lake Wausau and Wausau serve as its western and northern Borders. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.83 square miles, of which, 1.76 square miles is land and 1.07 square miles is water.
