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  Wisconsin.gov - - Wisconsin Cities, Towns and Villages
From Addison to York, many of Wisconsin's cities, villages and towns are just a click away, thanks to this municipal directory.
Wisconsin Towns Association: home page or Town websites
Wisconsin Alliance of Cities: home page or City websites
www.wisconsin.gov /state/core/wisconsin_cities_towns_and_villages.html   (163 words)

  
 Spirits of Gillett - Gillett, WI - Gourmet Coffee, Wisconsin Cheese, Cheese Gift Baskets, Wine, Liquor, Beer
Wisconsin was the last of the five states formed from this territory to be admitted to the Union.
Gillett was forced to mortgage his property and even then was unable to pay his taxes.
Although the downtown area of Gillett was platted in 1884, it continued to be just a settlement, a part of the Town of Gillett, until the turn of the century when it was incorporated into a Village.
www.spiritsofgillett.com /gilletthistory.html   (3324 words)

  
 The Town of Stockbridge
Its main branch rises in the town of Smithfield, traverses that town diagonally from north-west to southeast, and enters this in the south west part, uniting with the direct branch south of the center of the town.
The latter exists in the east ridge in the north part of the town, in the locality of Valley Mills, and the former in both the east and west hills in the southern and central parts of the town.
The rest of the town was settled permanently at a much later date, and that portion of it embraced in the reservation was first occupied as lease land.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/county/madison/smith1880/stocktown.htm   (2961 words)

  
 River Valley Bike Trails - 400 Wisconsin State Trail   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Known for it's small town hospitality with city convenience, Reedsburg is located on Highways 23 and 33 in the heart of Wisconsin's busiest four-season tourist area.
Located on the Wisconsin Bikeway, a 300-mile route leading from La Crosse and Kenosha, Reedsburg sits on the south end of the "400" Trail, a 22 mile trail winding through beautiful scenery along the Baraboo River to Elroy.
When reaching town, the following services are available to serve you: nine-hole golf course graced with the beauty of two mute swans, and a supper club that serves nightly specials.
www.rivervalleynewspapers.com /biketrails/400wisconsin.php   (1750 words)

  
 Wisconsin Drug Rehab Alcohol Treatment Addiction Rehab Information Narconon Arrowhead   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whether in Wisconsin or elsewhere, the goal of a drug and alcohol rehab is to restore addicts to the life the had or hoped for before they became addicted.
Of concern in eastern and central Wisconsin are the availability, distribution, and abuse of powder and crack cocaine; the increasing availability of high-purity heroin; and the number of new users, particularly in the Milwaukee area.
According to a recent drug price survey in Wisconsin, most of the law enforcement agencies that responded indicated that club drugs were available in their jurisdictions, albeit at low levels.
www.stopaddiction.com /states/wisconsin_drug_rehab_info.html   (1937 words)

  
 History of Gillett, Oconto County, WI 1856 - 1976
The community took the name of Gillett for their city when it was chartered by the State of Wisconsin on May 10, 1944.
Rodney Gillett was elected chairman; Charles Bagley and Charles McKenzie, supervisors; James McPherson, clerk; William John, treasurer; John Volk, D. Perrigo and George Hodgins, Justices of the peace; Richard Johnson, George Howell, and James McPherson, constables; Charles Bagley, assessor; and Levi Linsey, Inspector of Weights and Scales.
Gillett was well supplied with taverns for the southeast corner of Main and Lake belonged to a Mr.
www.rootsweb.com /~wioconto/HistOfGillett/HOGillettGovAndBusiness.htm   (1296 words)

  
 20th Wisconsin
The Twentieth Wisconsin was in General Herron's force, which at that time was on the march to join that of General Blunt's, at Cane Hill; this fact, with the gathering of forces by the rebel General Hindman, was preparing the way for a greater battle.
The Wisconsin troops engaged were, one battalion of the Second Cavalry, under Major Miller; five squadrons of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and two howitzers, under Major Calkins; and the Twentieth Infantry, under Major Starr, Lieutenant Colonel Bertram having command of the brigade.
On the 23rd, the fort surrendered and the Twentieth Wisconsin and an Iowa regiment received the garrison of six hundred men as prisoners of war were afterwards actively employed in building Bridges and repairing railroads and telegraph lines.
www.secondwi.com /wisconsinregiments/20th_wisconsin.htm   (5368 words)

  
 Wisconsin: Life's So Good.
Wisconsin's first state park, Interstate State Park, is located on the edge of the town of St. Croix Falls.
The town is also the headquarters of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.
R-93 is a beautiful country road that meanders through a wooded area in northwest Wisconsin in the Town of Luck.
www.travelwisconsin.com /placestogo/northernwisconsin_stcroix.htm   (401 words)

  
 Rolling, Langlade County, Wisconsin
The area was once part of the town of Mill in Shawano County.
Town created by state legislature February 19, 1881 creating Langlade County and attaching Mill (Rolling) to Langlade County as one of its original six towns.
Town named after the rolling hills of the area.
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 Gillett (town), Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
of 2000, there were 1,085 people, 404 households, and 313 families residing in the town.
The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.07.
About 3.4% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gillett_(town),_Wisconsin   (381 words)

  
 Gillett Florist $34.95 | Flower Delivery Gillett (AR) | Florists in Gillett, Arkansas   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The population of Gillett is approximately 883 (1990).
Gillett is positioned 34.11 degrees north of the equator and 91.37 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Our Gillett, Arkansas florist directory is provided through a strategic partnership with Regional Direct.com, which has established partnerships with the most reliable, customer service-driven area Gillett florist and florists in Arkansas, including Gillett, Arkansas.
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 John and Shepard Genealogy
He is the present postmaster of the village of Gillett and has filled all the offices within the gift of the people of his town including that of treasurer when the town was a large one and the treasurer required to give a bond of $25,000.
The local lodge was joined at Gillett by members of the Pulcifer lodge I.O.O.F. and with the other friends from all parts of the country, who desired to pay their respects to his emory, the attendance more than filled the church.
Was in the census for Gillett, Oconto County, Wisconsin in 1880 and for Crandon, Forest County, Wisconsin in 1920 living at the jail with his wife, children and two prisoners and living in Gillett in 1930.
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 Oconto
In 2000, The Town of Gillett received a $2,250 grant and the Town of Little River received a $3,750 grant.
In 2001 The Town of Gillett received a $7,750 grant, the City of Gillett received a $10,000 grant, the Town of How received a $10,000 grant, the Town of Maple Valley received a $9,000 grant, the Town of Oconto received a $6,250 grant, and the Town of Underhill received a $10,000 grant.
Wisconsin Family Forests (WFF) was organized to support private landowners that are interested in learning and applying the concepts of sustainable forestry.
www.uwsp.edu /cnr/landcenter/forestplanning/countypages/oconto.htm   (752 words)

  
 Vail Daily News for Vail and Beaver Creek Colorado - News
George Gillett, president of Booth Creek Holdings and former head of Vail Associates, will be officially inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in the fall.
What Gillett and the Vail management team discovered was that people coming to ski here had to jump through an extraordinary set of hoops before their skis actually touched snow.
For Gillett, who left Vail about eight years ago after the resort transferred to the current ownership group, the ski industry is still very much his focus.
www.vaildaily.com /article/20050615/NEWS/50615021   (1313 words)

  
 Oconto County Tourism & Development: Oconto County Wisconsin
Whether you’re a home town kid or someone just looking for a quiet place to call home, Gillett is the place to be.
For elders, Gillett is a quiet and safe city where everyone knows your name.
Gillett’s industrial park includes many of the city’s businesses and industries, and there are numerous places of worship for you to attend while you are here.
www.ocontocounty.org /content/community/details/gillett?PHPSESSID=4ad38c378115a31fcee8a3ac621aa342   (339 words)

  
 Odd Wisconsin Archives
One lumberjack, however, was given the lonely task of driving the herd of oxen through the forest and back to civilization.
She became a town character, and for decades everybody in the neighborhood knew Crazy Jane and her story.
Then one winter night, when she was past middle age and had become a well-established fixture in the community, she didn't return to her bed in the county jail.
www.wisconsinhistory.org /odd/archives/002051.asp   (672 words)

  
 Tomah, Wisconsin
In 1856 Gillette built a steam sawmill in the northern part of the village.
In 1857 a log house was built across from Gilletts house to house the school.
In 1858 the first town officers were elected in the house of John Sexton, who charged the town $3.00 for its use.
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 Criminal Court, Jails, and Police Records in Milwaukee Wisconsin area
Criminal case files for the District Court of Wisconsin Territory (1838-1847); Circuit Court (1848-1879); and Municipal Court (1859-1879).
Minutes of the proceedings of circuit court in criminal cases including the names of the defendant and his attorneys; the nature of the charges; and a summary of actions taken in the case.
Case files of civil and criminal cases appealed from the Milwaukee County Circuit Court to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, mostly dating from the 1950s and 1960s.
www.uwm.edu /Library/arch/lcomm/criminal.htm   (1391 words)

  
 History of Chief Tomah
These men were Robert E. Gillett and his son, Robert A. Gillett, and they were planning the city they were to lay out on the site.
Their choice could hardly have been better, for Chief Tomah lived under the three flags that had flown over this area and his story connected it with almost every important event in the country’s early history.
In that struggle the British sought to regain control of the northwest, and Chief Tomah, when faced with a choice, threw his lot with theirs, fighting at their side in the Battle of Mackinac.
www.tomahwisconsin.com /historyofchieftomah.htm   (959 words)

  
 Wisconsin Property For Rent - Houses - Condos - Homes Wisconsin
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Ads show type of property like houses, condos, lofts, town homes, duplexes, etc, then the street address, city, county, bedrooms, bathrooms and monthly rent and a thumbnail photos of the property.
Our Wisconsin site has attracted a very high level of visitors and we have many Wisconsin landlords who are frequent users.
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 History of Hope, KS
The founding fathers located the town site on a kind of divide between two watersheds, Lyons Creek on the east and Turkey Creek on the west and must have had an eye for the beauty of the way the land lies.
While he would not live in the area until 1879, the town of Dillon which later developed on the spot and its post office were named after him.
The town spread so fast it was necessary to expand the original town limits to the Grovier and to the Thurstin and Swayze additions in the west and northeast parts of town.
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 Shawano Leader
Scott McMahon, 32, a Gillett Public Schools Board of Education member and firefighter with the Town of Gillett Volunteer Fire Department, said he has been interested in running for a number of years.
McMahon served two terms as president of the Gillett Civic Club; a three-year member of the Town of Gillett Volunteer Fire Department; treasurer of Gillett Youth Football; treasurer of the Oconto County Republican Party, and is a former board member of Revitalize Gillett, Inc.
He was recognized in 2005 by the Wisconsin Chapter of Future Business Leaders of American as its Business Person of the Year for his continued volunteer work and support of the organization.
www.shawanoleader.com /articles/2006/05/10/news/news2.txt   (850 words)

  
 tvabrams
Originally in town of Stiles, Gillett saw Henry Tourtilotte as the first white settler along with his Indian wife and four children.
Traveling to Wisconsin alone, he met Mary Roblee in Clayton where they married in 1858 and moved directly to what was then called Gillett Center.
Rodney Gillett built the first frame home in the settlement in 1868 at the time of the first election, which took place in his spacious new home.
www.rootsweb.com /~wioconto/tvgillett.htm   (283 words)

  
 Wisconsin
Wisconsin, abbreviated "WI", is in the East North Central region of the U.S. Its capital is Madison.
There were 5,363,675 people in Wisconsin as of the 2000 census.
Please explore the cities and towns of Wisconsin, below.
www.citytowninfo.com /places/wisconsin   (157 words)

  
 About Revitalize Gillett, WI
In June of 2002, the city of Gillett was accepted into the Wisconsin Main Street program in which downtown revitalization is based on historic preservation.
A non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation was formed called “Revitalize Gillett, Inc.” It is governed by a fifteen-member board of directors with Wayne Strei as its Program Manager.
The Revitalize Gillett Main Street program will make the Gillett community a better place to live, work, shop, and play for all ages by generating broad support for retention of its small-town quality of life, preservation of its heritage, and enhancement and growth in the downtown business area through aggressive promotion and recruitment.
www.revitalizegillett.org /aboutus.html   (290 words)

  
 Spirits of Gillett - Gillett, WI - Gourmet Coffee, Wisconsin Cheese, Cheese Gift Baskets, Wine, Liquor, Beer   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Spirits of Gillett LLC was born in 2004 when the owner merged his love of local history, cheese and coffee along with the local need for a quality liquor store.
The location was carefully chosen to play off the name “Spirits of Gillett.” The building was purchased from the local Mason’s and was built as Masonic Lodge in 1949.
If you are near Green Bay, Wisconsin and are looking for a nice day trip, Gillett is located 35 miles north west of Green Bay on Hwy 32.
www.spiritsofgillett.com /aboutus.html   (345 words)

  
 Index - Gillett & Johnston
The Gillett and Johnston foundry, now closed, provided bells for various carillons and chimes throughout the world.
In 1877, Arthur Anderson Johnston joined the partnership, now renamed Gillett, Bland & Co., and the firm added a foundry to produce their own bells for use with tower clocks and for other purposes.
By 1889, the name of the firm had been changed to Gillett and Johnston, though "Gillett and Co." bells have been seen with dates as late as 1892, and the earliest bells carrying the Gillett and Johnston name are dated 1891 (uncertain) or 1893.
www.gcna.org /data/IXfoundryGillettJohnston.html   (532 words)

  
 Sport Name - W.H.S. Sports
Go through town and the school is on the right.
After entering town, the grade school will be on the left.
H, there will be a sign for Mary Town, turn left on G, follow G south, it will intersect with Hwy 149, follow Hwy 149 to Evergreen Road and turn left onto Evergreen Road.
www.wrightstown.k12.wi.us /WHS/sports/aids   (3205 words)

  
 Oconto County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oconto County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Oconto County is perennially among the poorest counties in Wisconsin.
First visited by French explorers in the 16th Century, Oconto County is among the oldest settlements in Wisconsin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oconto_County,_Wisconsin   (417 words)

  
 Oconto County Tourism & Development: Oconto County Wisconsin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Located on Highways 22 and 32 in western Oconto County, the city is just forty-five minutes from Green Bay and fifty miles north of Appleton.
It’s the kind of town all kids should grow up in.
Zippel Park, in the heart of the city, hosts the 4th of July celebration and the Oconto County Fair in August.
devel.ocontocounty.org /content/community/details/gillett?PHPSESSID=17f3204ac6576511fb3f430a7b150062   (339 words)

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