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East Central Wisconsin Part 10

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Sturgeon Bay            
Population: 8885  

Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County.


Trivia:

The community was first recorded as Graham in 1855 but, in 1857, the state legislature organized it as the town of Ottumba. Subsequently, the name was reverted to Graham and, in 1860, a petition was submitted to the county board to change the community's name to that of the adjacent bay. In 1874, Sturgeon Bay was incorporated as a village. It became a city in 1883.

 

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Townsend                  
Population: 863      

Townsend is a town in Oconto County.

 

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Two Rivers                   
Population: 11154    

Two Rivers is a city in Manitowoc County.

Trivia:

There is some debate between Ithaca, New York and Two Rivers over which city has the right to claim the title "birthplace of the ice cream sundae." When Ithaca mayor Carolyn K. Peterson proclaimed a day to celebrate her city as the birthplace of the sundae, she received postcards from Two Rivers' citizens reiterating that town's claim. Ithaca retaliated with an ad called "Got Proof?" in the Two Rivers newspaper.

Two Rivers' claim is based on the story of George Hallauer asking Edward C. Berners, the owner of Berners' Soda Fountain, to drizzle chocolate syrup over ice cream in 1881. Berners eventually did and wound up selling the treat for a nickel, originally only on Sundays, but later every day. According to this story, the spelling changed when a glass salesman ordered canoe-shaped dishes. When Berners died in 1939, the Chicago Tribune headlined his obituary "Man Who Made First Ice Cream Sundae Is Dead."

 

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Wabeno                   
Population: 1166    

Wabeno is a town in Forest County.

 

 

 

 

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