WAUSAU, a city of Wisconsin, U.S.A. Pop. (1920) 18,66r (82% native white) ; and 23,758 in 1930 by the Federal census. The German element predominates Wausau is in the red-clover belt of the State, where dairying is the principal occupation. Honey, corn, small grains and potatoes are also products. The city occupies 6 sq.m., extending back to high bluffs on either side of the river. On the western edge, in an 8o ac. park of virgin pine, are the tourist camp and the buildings of the Wisconsin Valley Fair and Exposition ; and 5 m. W. is the county tuberculosis
sanatorium. Rib hill (1,950 ft.), the highest point in the State, is 5 m. south-west. Wausau has ample hydro-electric power, gen erated in local plants. Granite of several colours is quarried and there are silver-fox farms. A logging camp was established here about 1838, and in 1840 a saw-mill was built. The village was incorporated in 1858, and was chartered as a city in 1880. The name is an Indian _word meaning "far away."