Little Chicago, Wisconsin
Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2][3]
History
The community was originally named Ziegler.[4][5] In 1898, Ziegler had 60 people, a planing mill and a saw mill, one cheese factory; one hardware and one shoe store, and a Lutheran church. The United States Post Office delivered mail three times a week.[4] In 1909, Ziegler had a post office.[6]
The community reportedly got the name Little Chicago during the Prohibition era in the early 20th century, when a local tavern was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages.[7]
Notable people
- Robert Plisch, Wisconsin state legislator and farmer, lived in Ziegler.[8]
Media
Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel Little Chicago.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Little Chicago, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Little Chicago Populated Place Profile / Marathon County, Wisconsin Data".
- ^ "Township 30 North. Range 5 East" (Map). Plat Book of Marathon County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Northwestern Publishing Co. 1901.
- ^ a b Lura J. Turner, Joseph M. Turner, Paul S. Reinsch: L.J. Turner and J.M. Turner (1898). Turner's Hand Book and Gazetter of Wisconsin. Burlington, Wisconsin. p. 266.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Marchetti, Louis (1913). History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, part 2. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' pg. 630
- ^ "Small Communities". www.pchswi.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2002.
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1895,' Biographical Sketch of Robert Plisch, pg. 684
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