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MARINETTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 721 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARINETTE , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of Marinette county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., 162 m. N. of See also:Milwaukee, on the W. See also:shore o; See also:Green See also:Bay, at the mouth of the See also:Menominee See also:River. Pop. (189o), 11,523; (1900), 16,195, of whom 5542 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905), 15,354; (1910), 14,610. It is served directly by the Wisconsin & See also:Michigan, the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul, and the Chicago & See also:North-Western See also:railways, and by several steamboat lines connecting with See also:lake ports; and is connected by See also:ferry with See also:Frankfort, Michigan (served by the See also:Ann Arbor railroad). The city has a See also:fine See also:harbour and a considerable See also:commerce in See also:iron and See also:lumber products. Five See also:bridges connect Marinette with Menominee, Michigan, on the other See also:side of the river. Marinette has a Federal See also:building; the See also:Stephenson public library, founded by Senator See also:Isaac Stephenson (b. 1829), a See also:local " lumber See also:king "; a county agricultural school and training school for rural teachers, and three public parks. The See also:Northern See also:Chautauqua See also:Assembly holds its See also:annual summer session in Chautauqua See also:Park, on the shore of Green Bay. The growth of Marinette began with the development of the neighbouring See also:pine forests; and the manufacture of lumber and lumber products has always been its See also:principal See also:industry. The See also:water-See also:power of the Menominee River is largely utilized for the manufacture of See also:paper and See also:flour.

Other manufactures are boxes, See also:

furniture and woodware, boats, boilers a,nd agricultural machinery. In 1905 the factory products were valued at $3,633,399. The first See also:white See also:settlement was made here on the site of a Menominee See also:Indian See also:village in 183o, and the city was named in See also:honour of the daughter of an Indian See also:chief, Marinette (See also:Jacobs), whose name was a composite of See also:Marie and Antoinette. A city See also:charter was granted in 1887.

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