A Brief Introduction: Pierce County is a very scenic and key area for the development of North Mississippi. The county today has a total area of ​​576 square miles and is home to just over 41,000 people. Consisting of 6 villages, 13 towns, only 2 towns, and many unincorporated settlements, Pierce County is very rural and has grown largely through trapping, lumber, dairy, fertile land, tourism, to fishing, mining and easy access to waterways. March 14, 1853 The county took its current name from the name of the recently elected 14th President of the United States of America Franklin Pierce. The county was originally just a part of the larger St. Croix County and later Elizabeth County. Today the county seat is in Ellsworth as it is closer to the geographic center of the county, making it easier for people to travel to the courthouse. Before Pierce County became what it is today, it had many cultures inhabiting the rich resources and fertile lands. The first known arrivals to the area are thought to have occurred around 14,000 years ago (12,000 BC) to track large game moving with the Ice Age of the time. Although evidence of people living in the area previously is also thought to have been destroyed by settlers, farming and looting. Due to the nomadic nature of the archaic peoples of that time there probably wasn't much to look around. Although there is evidence of Native American tribes using small copper tools and hunting with spearheads dating back to 8,000 BC It is believed that, according to history and evidence, around 1,000 BC these natives began to become less nomadic and developed more seasonal refuges along the rivers in the summer month...... middle of paper ......tedhttp: //www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/?n=taw-part4-tornado_stats http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/counties/wisconsin/pierce.html http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierce_County,_Wisconsin http://www.co.pierce.wi.us/ http://www.piercecountyhistorical.org.php http://www.uwrf.edu/AreaResearchCenter/PierceHistory.cfm http:// www.ellsworthcheesecurds.com/About#sthash.3q9n7qkU.dpuf http://acoolcave.com/about.html#history http://tin .er.usgs.gov/geology/state/fips-unit.php?code= f55093 http://tin.er.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=WIOa%3B0 http://wi.water.usgs.gov/gwcomp/find/pierce/susceptibility.html http: //www.wisconline.com/wisconsin/geoprovinces/westernupland.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix_River_%28Wisconsin%E2%80%93Minnesota%29 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/wi/soils/ http ://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Manuscripts/WI093/0/Pierce_WI.pdf