"Township 29, range 18, is a rich prairie town, drained by the tributaries of Kinnikinic and Willow river. George Longworth and family, of Wankegan, Illinois, settled here in October, 1855. 

In the year following, Lyman and David SANFORD, brothers, came from Ohio, and made their home here. Mr. Longworth, in 1856, broke the first ground on land now within the limits of Hudson. Henry M. SANFORD came in th spring of 1857. 

Warren was organized as a town in 1860, with the following supervisors: Beach Sanford, Georg Frissell and Seth Colbeth; L. J. SANFORD, clerk. A post office was established in 1860, and Mrs. Beach SANFORD was appointed postmistress, at Warren village, now Roberts. 

The village of Roberts is located on the West Wisconsin railroad, which traverses sections 19 to 24, inclusive, of this town. It contains one elevator, one storage house, one feed mill, one cheese factory, one machine shop, one syrup mill, several stores and shops, one hotel, one school house, one public hall, and one church building belonging to the Congregationalists. 

No intoxicants are sold in the village. The first school was taught in 1859, by Jane SANFORD."