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Gordon Historical Society
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Roger Postl, Chair |
715-376-4407 |
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Maxine Sawyer, Vice Chair |
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Karin Benson, Treasurer |
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Beth Postl,
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PO Box 222
Gordon WI 54838 |
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Town of Gordon Meeting Schedule - monthly
6:30 pm
Town Board- 2nd Tuesday
Meetings at Gordon Town Hall
9709 E. Cty Rd Y
PO Box 68
Gordon WI 54838 |
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Board
Agendas & Minutes
Purpose of Committee: Maintain and administer the
Society
buildings and property. Preserve and promote the rich
history
of the Gordon/Wascott area.
Committee Meetings:
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Annual Meeting is 3rd Wednesday in June
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Quarterly Meetings are the 1st Wednesday in May and
September, combined with the Annual Meeting in June,
and the December meeting/Christmas party is voted on
in September
Information & Services:
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The Museum and Railroad Depot are available for viewing
from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Fridays-Monday from
10:00am-4:00pm. Artifacts and historical items are
displayed
at the Museum and Depot with a curator on duty during the
summer months.
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A book, "Back the Road a Bit," a documentary of family
histories and related information is available. Call
Nancy
Hasbrouck, 715-376-4234, or Claudia Postl, 715-376-4407.
Another book focusing on the settlement and Native American
history will be available in the summer of 2010.
Briefly...
History of Gordon
In the beginning, this
was an untamed
wilderness, rivers and lakes and glimmering pools, vast
wastes
of endless green forests extending westward to the prairie
country.
To this untamed land came the trader, missionary
and soldier. Again,
their ghostly campfires seem to burn, and
the fitful light is cast around
on Lord and Vassel and black-robed
Priest, mingled with wild forms of
savage warriors, knit in close
fellowship on the same stern errand.
That errand was to wrest
this wilderness from the primeval sleep of
centuries.The
St. Croix river and tributaries was long an ancient trade route
and war
path of the Chippewa and Sioux Indian Tribes. The
struggle between
these tribes was finally settled in a last great
battle on this river,
when the Chippewa warriors under Chief Buffalo
defeated the Sioux whose
defeated band retired to the prairies to
fight the last great Indian wars
against the white invader.
It was truly the land of
Hiawatha, where members of the so-called
ost tribe of the Turtle clan
hunted, fished, trapped, fought and
pursued their ancient culture and
worshipped their gods.
Douglas County
was created by an Act
of Legislature on
February 8, 1854, and was named after United State
Senator,
Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois who was financially interested in
the new settlement. The settlement, located at the mouth of
the Nemadji River, was known as Superior. Douglas County,
fourth largest
county in the State (land area), lies in the Northwest
corner of the
Indian Head Country and the State. Superior is the
county seat of
government and the home of our Court House,
which is considered the finest
Court House in the Northwest.
Today, there are forty-one supervisors
on the County Board
representing twenty wards in the City of Superior,
five incorpor-
ated villages and sixteen towns.
Centennial 1860-1960
Sesquicentennial will be celebrated in 2010
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