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The Townships and Communities
(continued
... Lake, Athelstane, Beaver, Pound, Stephenson, Goodman)
1902
marked a year of growth for the Marinette County board, as four
petitions were received for the formation of new townships: Lake,
Athelstane, Beaver, and Bay. All were admitted, except Bay, which
included land along Green Bay in what is now the Town of Peshtigo and a
portion of the City of Marinette. The Town of Lake was set off from
Peshtigo Township. Its present population is 777. It includes the
unincorporated community of Loomis, and Lake Noquebay Park.
Athelstane
was one of the quarry locations of William Amberg. It was named by his
Scotch foreman, Alex A. Marten, for the beautiful blue-grey color
("athel") of the stone ("stane"). Many cities have
public buildings constructed in the early 1900s of "athelstane."
At the last census, the Town of Athelstane had a population of 380.
Beaver
was originally known as Armstrong Dam. This land had been homesteaded by
"Pinochle" Armstrong, who built a sixty-room house in which he
offered room and board to lumbermen coming off the spring drives, in
return for their services during the summer to clear his land. In 1902,
residents petitioned the Marinette County board to set off the Town of
Beaver from the Towns of Coleman and Crivitz "for the reason that
there is not now received by said residents and freeholders of said
territory sufficient amounts of accommodations due them as to Roads,
Bridges, and Schools." The Town of Beaver takes its name from
Beaver Brook, a tributary of the Peshtigo River. The midpoint between
the equator and the North Pole is just north of the unincorporated
village of Beaver, and a monument marks the spot. The present population
of the township is 971.
The
same year in which Peshtigo obtained a city charter, 1903, Coleman
became a village. The community petitioned that the town name be changed
from Coleman to Pound, honoring Thaddeus C. Pound, who was then a
Representative from the 8th Congressional District and had been
Lieutenant Governor from 1870-1872. Petitioners explained that
"there now exist two separate municipalities within the County of
Marinette bearing the same name, viz: the town of Colemand and the
village of Coleman, and ... this is misleading." Pound lies in the
heart of farming country, as reflected in its early industries: a flour
mill and a cheese factory. Its first settler, L.D. McMillan, arrived in
1873. The following year, a small group of Norwegians came from
Michigan; and in 1875 and 1876, a group of New Yorkers settled there. In
1880, a village was founded by John A. Wagg, builder and operator of the
community's first sawmill. Today, the Town of Pound includes the
villages of Pound and Coleman, and the population is 1,360.
In
1905, the Town of Stephenson was created, and W.H. Falvey named the
first representative to the county board. The new town included Crivitz.
The town of Stephenson has three fine county parks: Veteran's Memorial
Park, Twin Bridges Park, and Old Veteran's Lake Campground.
Goodman
was admitted to township status in 1908. the previous year, the James B.
Goodman family bought a large piece of timberland, and built a sawmill,
and houses which they rented to their employees. the new town was formed
from a part of the Town of Dunbar. In 1955, the Goodman mill was sold to
Calumet and Hecla, Inc., and the houses to private individuals. Today
the township has a population of 792. The unincorporated community of
Goodman and the Goodman Township Park are located here.
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