Ashland, Wisconsin
Ashland, Wisconsin Official seal of Ashland, Wisconsin Location of Ashland, Wisconsin Location of Ashland, Wisconsin State Wisconsin Counties Ashland, Bayfield Ashland, Wisconsin Ashland is a town/city in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the U.S.
State of Wisconsin.
The town/city is a port on Lake Superior, near the head of Chequamegon Bay.
The populace was 8,216 at the 2010 census, all of which resided in the Ashland County portion of the city.
Four flags have flown over the region around Ashland: Spanish, French, English and American.
The region was part of the Northwest Territory and was later part of four successive territories before becoming part of the state of Wisconsin: Indiana Territory, Michigan Territory, Illinois Territory, and Wisconsin Territory.
Whittlesey assembled a 10 ft (3.0 m) 14 ft (4.3 m) cabin in Ashland.
During World War I there were five incidents of vigilantism in the Ashland region against men suspected of pro-German sympathies.
In early June 1918 Emil Kunze went to Ashland police command posts to report hearing men outside his home conspiring to tar and feather him for his alleged pro-Germanism.
In early July 1918 farmer Martin Johnson of close-by Sweden, Wisconsin was attended at his home by a group of men asking assistance in locating a close-by fishing stream.
1874 First brewery built, Ashland Brewing Company 1877 Wisconsin Central Railroad connected Ashland to Chicago 1887 State council incorporated the City of Ashland 1892 Ashland Post Office assembled 1904 Ashland High School opened 2016 From July 11th until August, Ashland suffered one of the worst storm seasons in its history, destroying highways that go to Ironwood and Marengo, as well as destroying a huge part of the Saxon Harbor, and flooding many basements.
The harbor of Ashland was dominated by the massive Wisconsin Central Railway (later Soo Line) ore dock, assembled in 1916 to load iron ore mined in the region into freighters bound for ports in the Rust Belt. The last of what were once many such harbors, the concrete structure is 80 feet (24 m) high and 75 feet (23 m) wide and in 1925 the dock was extended to 1,800 feet (550 m); it was last used to ship ore in 1965. In 2007 the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation titled it one of the "10 most endangered historic buildings in Wisconsin", a list intended to stir preservation accomplishments. The chief concrete structure and trestle slowly deteriorated since the early 1970s because of lack of maintenance and the effects of the surrounding. A structural inspection instead of in 2006 and 2007 concluded that the ore dock had turn into structurally unsafe and was an imminent safety hazard.
On May 14, 2009, the Ashland Planning Commission granted Canadian National Railway approval for the demolition.
Photograph of a snowbank in Ashland, Wisconsin.
Ashland is positioned along the south shore of Chequamegon Bay.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.70 square miles (35.48 km2), of which 13.42 square miles (34.76 km2) is territory and 0.28 square miles (0.73 km2) is water. Due to its adjacency to Lake Superior, lake effect snow is sometimes a phenomenon in Ashland.
Photograph of Ashland City Hall.
Ashland City Hall was assembled in the Romanesque Revival style in 1893, from locally quarried brownstone.
Ashland City Hall, which was assembled in 1893, was originally used as the city's first postal service.
It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Old Ashland Post Office".
In the Wisconsin State Legislature, Ashland is positioned in the 74th Assembly District, and the 25th Senate District, represented by Assemblyman Janet Bewley, and State Senator Robert Jauch.
In the United States House of Representatives, Ashland is served by Sean Duffy, of Wisconsin's 7th congressional district.
Ashland Middle School Ashland High School/Ashland Charter High School Ashland Seventh-day Adventist School Ashland Daily Press, small-town everyday print printed announcement W284 - AN 104.7 FM - News and Classical Musical network of Wisconsin Public Radio Ashland Marina, looking north athwart Chequamegon Bay toward Lake Superior, with the ore dock in the background The town/city is one of the northern termini in Wisconsin for the Canadian National Railway, parent business of the former Wisconsin Central Ltd., which assumed the former Soo Line tracks in 1987. Airports certified for commercial carrier operations near Ashland: Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (KRHI) (about 119 miles (192 km); Rhinelander, Wisconsin) Other enhance use airports near Ashland: Kennedy Memorial Airport (KASX) (about 2 miles (3.2 km); Ashland, Wisconsin) Madeline Island Airport (about 17 miles (27 km); La Pointe, Wisconsin) Cable Union Airport (about 37 miles (60 km); Cable, Wisconsin) Park Falls Municipal Airport (KPKF) (about 58 miles (93 km); Park Falls, Wisconsin) Headquartered in Ashland's Industrial Park, BART also provides transit to and from other communities in the Chequamegon Bay region, including Washburn, and Bayfield.
The region is served by the Chequamegon Bay Arts Council, a non-profit organization promoting the arts in northern Wisconsin.
The Ashland Chamber Music Society is a volunteer organization that provides a venue for small-town and county-wide musicians to perform chamber music in the Ashland area.
The Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra (CSO) provides enriching, engaging, and entertaining orchestral concerts to the inhabitants of northern Wisconsin.
The 10-mile strolling trail that loops Ashland joins to the park. Bayview Park is the only swim front in Ashland that provides lifeguards in the summer.
The park connect to the Ashland Waterfront trail. There is also access to Ashland's Lake Front Trail along Chequamegon Bay. Prentice Park is the biggest of Ashland's 12 parks, at roughly 100 acres.
The Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center is positioned west of Ashland, along U.S.
It homes a geographic and natural history exhibition, as well as a bookstore and archive office of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Ashland Marina, positioned behind the Hotel Chequamegon Ashland Historical Museum A branch office of the Wisconsin Historical Society is positioned upstairs.
Ashland Chequamegon Bay Golf Course Bay Days is Ashland's annual improve festival, held every year in the middle of July.
The course for the race crosses the frozen Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior, starting in Ashland, and ending in Washburn.
Live chamber music concerts performed by the Ashland Chamber Music Society The Ashland Area Farmer's Market is held in the summer on Saturday mornings.
The Ashland County Fair is usually held in September at the fairgrounds in Marengo.
Berg, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Biglow, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Chapple, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and journal editor Gehrmann, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Johnson (1856 1933), Louisiana state senator from 1916 to 1924 and mayor of Homer, Louisiana, lived in Ashland while working in the 1890s for the United States Land Office.
In 1901, he titled the village of Ashland, Louisiana, for Ashland, Wisconsin.
John Kingston, Jr., Wisconsin State Senator Lamoreux, Wisconsin State Senator Lamoreux, Wisconsin State Assembly Merrill, Wisconsin State Senator Sanborn, Wisconsin State Senator Sibbald, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Slaby, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Daniel Theno, Wisconsin State Senator, Ashland Mayor Pearce Tomkins, Wisconsin State Senator Van Guilder, Wisconsin State Assemblyman "Tar and Feather Ashland Teacher".
"Ashland Man is Punished by Crowd".
"Citizens Block Inquiry, Charge," Wisconsin State Journal, Apr.
"Ashland Tells Philipp of 3rd Tar Bee," Capital Times, May 9, 1918.
"No Safety in Ashland for Landraint," Capital Times, June 13, 1918.
"Wisconsin Newspapers Must Share Blame for Lawlessness in Many Parts of The State," by William T.
"Finds Ashland Proud of Tarring," Wisconsin State Journal, Apr.
"Urges Martial Law for Ashland," Wisconsin State Journal, May 10, 1918.
"Mysterious Liberty League at Ashland Has Now Disbanded," Eau Claire Leader, Jan.
10 Most Endangered Properties, Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation, Accessed May 7, 2007.
"Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation names state's most endangered buildings".
City of Ashland Wisconsin.
Ashland website Archived June 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Wisconsin DOT Railroad Map Archived June 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
"Visit Ashland" website Archived November 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
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