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Whitewater
Whitewater city (1990 pop. 12,636), Jefferson and Walworth counties, SE Wis., in a dairy and farm area; inc. 1885. It has a foundry and plants that make various light manufactures, such as machinery and machine parts. It is the seat of the Univ. of Wisconsin at Whitewater.... Read more |
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Madison
Madison: Introduction The capital of Wisconsin, Madison is also the seat of Dane County and the focus of a metropolitan statistical area that includes the entire county. The city was founded as the state capital, where no other permanent settlement had previously existed, on a unique geographic... Read more |
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin , upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from which it is divided by the Menominee R. (N); Lake Michigan (E); Illinois (S); and Iowa and Minnesota (W), with the Mississippi R. forming much of that border. Facts and... Read more |
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Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp
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Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold 1886-1948, American ecologist, b. Burlington, Iowa. He was an advocate for a "land ethic," in which humans see themselves as part of a natural community. After work in the U.S. Forest Service, he taught wildlife management at the Univ. of Wisconsin and helped found the Wilderness... Read more |
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galena
galena or lead glance, lustrous, blue-gray mineral crystallizing usually in cubes, sometimes in octahedrons. It is the most important ore and the principal source of lead. It consists of lead sulfide, PbS, but frequently contains silver (it is mined for this metal in some localities) and other... Read more |
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Marinette
Marinette, Wisconsin/USA Named after the daughter of a Menominee chief, Marinette Jacobs. Her name was a combination of Marie and Antoinette.... Read more |
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University of Wisconsin
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. The origins of higher education in Wisconsin came in the provision of the new state's 1848 constitution mandating the founding of a public, nonsectarian institution of higher learning, financed by the sale of the state's designated public lands.... Read more |
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Wisconsin (river)
Wisconsin river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in the lake district, NE Wis., and flowing generally SW across central Wis. to the Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien. At Portage it is connected by a short canal with the Fox River, and thus with Lake Michigan. There are many hydroelectric... Read more |
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American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
County American Federation of State, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), largest union of public employees in the United States. It began as a number of separate locals organized by a group of Wisconsin state employees in the early 1930s. By 1935 there were 30 locals that became a separate department... Read more |
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The Flambeau mine Ladysmith, Wisconsin
The Flambeau copper mine, owned by...located in Rusk County, Wisconsin, about 1...the town of Ladysmith. The terrain...open under Wisconsin's new mining...prospecting in Wisconsin and ... |
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The Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
...INTRODUCTION The Flambeau mine site is located in Rusk County, Wisconsin, about 1 mile...of the town of Ladysmith. The terrain in...mine to open under Wisconsin's new mining...schoolhouse ... |
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FLAMBEAU MINING CO. SAYS LADYSMITH MINE DIDN'T POLLUTE.(Local/Wisconsin)
...northern Wisconsin copper mine is closing...operation in Rusk County, the state...only mineral mine, is closing...ground water, Flambeau Mining Co...sulfur-metal mines that would have doomed the ... |
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COMPANY MAKES DEAL FOR COPPER FLAMBEAU MINING SIGNS LEASES FOR LAND IN...
Flambeau Mining Co...in western Wisconsin. The company...operates a mine in Rusk County, has at least...Flambeau Mining in Ladysmith. The La Crosse...just south of Ladysmith opened in ... |
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RECLAMATION OF FLAMBEAU MINE TO START.(Local/Wisconsin)
Flambeau Mining Co...south of Ladysmith to its original...from the mine to a refinery...metal mine in Wisconsin. It has...revenue to Rusk County. The mine...library in ... |
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GROUP ALLEGES FLAMBEAU MINE POLLUTION.(LOCAL)
...The reclaimed Flambeau Mine near Ladysmith is polluting...this week by a Wisconsin conservation group. The Wisconsin Resources Protection...community in Burnett County in northwestern Wisconsin. The ... |
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A TASTE OF THE MINE IS OPEN PIT MINING REALLY AS BAD AS ITS CRITICS...
...open pit copper mine here Friday...it into the Flambeau. State standards...or less. But Flambeau, he added...next year. Flambeau General Manager...Ladysmith and Rusk County. Al Christianson...administrator ... |
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MINE'S OPERATION YIELDS $6.4 MILLION TAX PAYMENT.(Local/Wisconsin)
Flambeau Mining Co...ore at its mine near Ladysmith last year...manager of Flambeau Mining Co...Grant and Rusk counties have earmarked...residents of Rusk County and the area...Christianson, ... |
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OFFICIAL WANTS PANEL TO HELP WITH SEARCH FOR MINERALS.(Local/Wisconsin)
...chairman of the Rusk County Board...formed because Flambeau Mining Co. is...copper and gold mine south of Ladysmith since 1992...manager of the Ladysmith mine. Most of the land in Rusk ... |
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Wisconsin
...EVANS, Wisconsin Geological...during 1997 in Wisconsin. However...related to Flambeau Mining's...central Wisconsin, particularly...Trempeauleau counties. Other companies...in Taylor County in the Chequamegon...located in ... |
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