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