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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 344 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WASHBURN , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of Bayfield county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., about 52 M. E. of See also:Superior, Wis., and about 6 m. N. of See also:Ashland, on Chequamegon See also:Bay, an See also:arm of See also:Lake Superior. Pop. (1910) 3830. Washburn is served by the See also:Northern Pacific and the See also:Chicago & See also:North-Western See also:railways, and by several lines of lake steamships. The city is finely situated on high See also:land above the bay, and is a popular summer resort, being especially well known for its boating and fishing. It has a See also:Carnegie library. Among its manufactures are staves, shingles, See also:lumber, wooden See also:ware and bricks. There is a See also:powder and See also:dynamite plant in the vicinity. In the city there are also See also:grain See also:elevators and large See also:coal docks, and in the neighbourhood are valuable See also:stone quarries. In 1659 Radisson and Groseilliers touched here on their trip along the See also:south See also:shore of Lake Superior.

In 1665 See also:

Father See also:Claude Allouez, the Jesuit, established on the shore of the bay, a See also:short distance south of the See also:present city, the first See also:French See also:mission in Wisconsin, which he named " La Pointe du See also:Saint Esprit," and which in 1669 was placed in See also:charge of Father Jacques See also:Marquette. The See also:place was visited by Du Luth in 1681–1682, and here in 1693 Le Sueur, a See also:fur trader, built a stockaded See also:post. In 1718 a fort was erected and a French See also:garrison placed in it. About 182o–1821a trading post of the See also:American Fur See also:Company was established in the neighbourhood. The present city, named in See also:honour of See also:Governor C. C. Washburn, See also:dates from about 1879, but its growth was slow until after 1888. It was chartered as a city in 1904.

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