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The

first recorded inhabitants of the
Menominee River Basin were a small
Algonquin tribe known as "the wild rice
people." Journals of seventeenth and
early eighteenth century explorers
describe a tribe of forty to eighty men
living in a single village at the mouth of the
Menominee River. By the early 1820's, the
Menominee numbered about 500 men,
and were scattered throughout a dozen
villages in Wisconsin. Between 1670 and
the early 1800's, various explorers, fur
traders and missionaries visited the area
as they passed by on the water routes of
Green Bay and the Menominee River.
The first known white settler on the
Menominee River was Stanislaus Chappu,
or Chappee, a French-Canadian fur
trader who operated a trading post at the

site of Marinette between 1794 and 1824.
Another fur trader, William Farnsworth,
arrived at the Menominee River Basin in
1822. Two years later he usurped
Chappee's position as the area's fur trader
as he forcibly ejected Chappee from his
trading post with the help of nearby
Chippewa Indians.
Farnsworth and his Native American
common law-wife, Marinette, after whom
the city is said to have taken its name,
operated the trading business from the
log post for several years. Farnsworth's
companion, who was sometimes referred
to as Queen Marinette, acquired
considerable skill in managing the fur
trading business. Marinette became
virtually solely responsible for the
business, as Farnsworth began to devote

time to other pursuits. Farnsworth
associated with Charles Brush in a
business venture, which marked the
beginning of a new industry that would
dominate the Menominee River Basin for
the next fifty years. In 1832, the partners
erected a water-powered sawmill at the
foot of today's North Raymond Street.
Excerpts from 1990 study of the Surviving
Architecture of a Menominee River Boom Town,
©1990, 1996, City of Marinette, WI

PESHTIGO FIRE
MUSEUM
400 Oconto Ave.,
Peshtigo, WI
715.582.3244
Map pg 25 (D-4)

AMBERG MUSEUM
W9289 Nutt Road,
Amberg, WI
715.759.5672
Map pg 38

CRIVITZ-STEPHENSON
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MUSEUM
Just off Hwy. 141
South St. Crivitz, WI
715.854.3278
Map pg 38

M.J. ANUTA
RESEARCH
CENTER
1105 9th Street
Menominee, MI
906.863.2490
Map pg 28
(H-7)

MARINETTE COUNTY
HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Stephenson Island,
Marinette, WI
715.732.0831
Map pg 28 (I-5)

WEST SHORE
FISHING MUSEUM
Bailey Park Hwy M-35
15 miles N. of
Menominee, MI
906.863.3347
Map pg 34

MENOMINEE CO.
HERITAGE
MUSEUM
904 11th Ave.
Menominee, MI
906.863.9000
Map pg 28 (H-7)
1XL HISTORICAL
MUSEUM
US 2 Hermansville, MI
906.498.2181
Map pg 34
TOM ST.ONGE
VIETNAM VETERANS
MUSEUM & PARK
Hermansville, MI
Map pg 34

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