Marinette Co - Vistors Guide 2017

In the early 1820’s Farnsworth and his Native American
common-law wife, Queen Marinette, after whom the city is
said to have taken its name, operated the trading business
from the log post for several years. Farnsworth associated
with Charles Brush in a business venture, which marked the
beginning of a new industry that would dominate the
Menominee River Basin for the next fifty years. In 1832, the partners erected a water-powered
sawmill at the foot of today's North Raymond Street. In 1856, the New York Lumber Company
built a steam-powered sawmill at Menekaunee. In 1853, the population was 478; by 1860 the
number of people in the growing community had reached 3,059. Isaac Stephenson arrived
in Marinette in 1858, became a town supervisor, county board chairman, justice of the peace,
member of the state legislature, a U.S. Senator, publisher of the Milwaukee Free Press,
instigated the construction of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, and owned an iron mine. He
donated the Stephenson Public Library to the city, built the Stephenson Block, the Lauerman
Brothers Department Store, and founded the Stephenson National Bank. Marinette was
incorporated in 1887, and by 1900, was the tenth largest city in Wisconsin.
Demographics
Marinette County Forest is covered with magnificent stands of timber, approximately 231,000
acres and ranks as the 2nd largest county forest in Wisconsin. Marinette County contains
442 lakes covering 13,735 surface acres. These vary in size from 2,409 acre Lake Noquebay
to small 2 acre pothole lakes. Of the 442 lakes found in Marinette County, 125 have all or
some of their shoreline in public ownership. There are over 320 miles of shoreline, and 96
percent of these lakes are less than 100 acres. Marinette County contains 304 rivers and
streams which encompasses an area of 4,700 acres and a total length of 920 miles. They are
classified as trout water, and we have the highest number of trout streams of any county in
the state of Wisconsin.
Total Land Area 890,000 - Acres
Agricultural 158,000 - Farms currently in operation or rented out
Forestry 698,000 - 461,000 acres private forest / 237,000 acres county forest
Surface Water 21,000 - Lakes & Streams
Wetland 186,000 - 147,000 acres wooded swamp / 39,000 acres marsh
Latitude 45.3830121146 Longitude -88.0333340431
Marinette County operates 22 county park properties: 11 scenic "large parks" with 6 of them
offering well-kept, beautifully wooded campgrounds, 4 small day use/wayside parks, 6 boat
landings, and a youth camp.
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