# Sam Fifield

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**Samuel S. Fifield** (June 24, 1839 – February 17, 1915)[1] was a [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin) politician and influential [businessperson](/source/Businessperson). The [Town of Fifield](/source/Fifield,_Wisconsin) in [Price County, Wisconsin](/source/Price_County,_Wisconsin) is named after him.

## Biography

He was born in [Corinna, Maine](/source/Corinna,_Maine), in 1839 and received an education as a printer. He moved to Wisconsin in 1854, where he worked as a clerk on a [steamboat](/source/Steamboat) on the [St. Croix River](/source/St._Croix_River_(Wisconsin%E2%80%93Minnesota)). He founded the *Polk County Press* in 1861.[2]

After the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), he entered politics and served as a [Sergeant-at-Arms](/source/Sergeant-at-Arms) for the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) in 1871 and 1872. He later served as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the Assembly from 1874 through 1876, serving as [speaker](/source/Speaker_(politics)) the last year.[2] He was elected to the [Wisconsin State Senate](/source/Wisconsin_State_Senate) in 1876, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [Henry D. Barron](/source/Henry_D._Barron). He served in the state senate until 1881, at which time he was elected as Wisconsin's [14th](/source/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Wisconsin) [Lieutenant Governor](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Wisconsin).[2]

He lived in [Ashland](/source/Ashland,_Wisconsin) from 1872, and helped found the *[Ashland Press](/source/Ashland_Daily_Press)* newspaper. He was the chairman of the first [board of supervisors](/source/Board_of_supervisors) in June 1872.[2]

After retiring from politics in 1887, he served as postmaster in Ashland,[3] and opened a summer resort on [Sand Island](/source/Sand_Island_(Wisconsin)) in [Lake Superior](/source/Lake_Superior).[4] Named Camp Stella, after Fifield's wife, the camp was one of the first successful resorts in northern Wisconsin.[3] The site is now within the boundaries of the [Apostle Islands National Lakeshore](/source/Apostle_Islands_National_Lakeshore); many of the buildings are still standing, and one, the [Sevona Memorial Cottage](/source/Sevona_Cabin), is listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places).[4]

Fifield died in 1915 at his home in Ashland.[2] In Ashland, there is a street of historic homes named Fifield Row in his honor.

## References

1. *Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (ed.) (2005). ["Wisconsin Constitutional Officers, 1848-2005"](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2005_2006/840_history.pdf). *State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006*. Madison: Wisconsin Legislature Joint Committee on Legislative Organization. p. 725. Retrieved April 3, 2018. *["Sam S. Fifield"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100528100915/http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=2078&linkcatid=2042&linkid=1070&locid=126). Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Archived from [the original](http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=2078&linkcatid=2042&linkid=1070&locid=126) on May 28, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2007.

1. James E. Heg (ed.) (1885). [*The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin*](http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=goto&id=WI.WIBlueBk1885&page=416&isize=L). 23 ed. Madison: Democrat Printing Co. p. 416.

1. Peterson, Sheree L. "Camp Stella: Meeting Place of Kindred Souls," report for the [Eastern National Park and Monument Association](/source/Eastern_National_Park_and_Monument_Association), 1997

1. Busch, Jane C. *People and Places: a Human History of the Apostle Islands*, prepared for National Park Service, 2008.

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