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Pennington
The area of Pennington was originally known as Morrison. It was simply
a lumber station located along the Minneapolis,
St. Paul, Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line)
railway. It allegedly was renamed to Pennington when another depot near
Rhinelander that was named Pennington burned down. Both lumber stops were
named in honor of Edmund Pennington. Mr. Pennington began his railroad career
as a brakeman for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad 1869. He
worked his way up the ranks and  when Thomas Lowry, the president for the Soo Line died Mr. Pennington was the named the new
President of the company.
Forrester, George; The
Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley, WI; Warner Publisher, Chicago, IL,
1891-92.
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Pennington, Wisconsin Tornado
May
18, 1898
RHINELANDER,
Wis., May 19.--
A destructive tornado passed west to east across Pierce and Oneida
counties, in northern Wisconsin last night. The track of the storm is
known to have extended 40 miles from Brantwood to
Pennington. At the latter place the roadhouse, depot and a number of
other houses were destroyed. Charles
Fosberg, section foreman and E. C. Beckman, car repairer, were
killed. There were eight injured.
Decatur Weekly Republican, Decatur, IL,
26 May 1898
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