Superior, Wisconsin
Superior, Wisconsin Superior is positioned in Wisconsin Superior - Superior Location of the town/city of Superior State Wisconsin Superior is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Douglas County in the state of Wisconsin. The populace was 27,244 at the 2010 census.
Highway 53, it is immediately north of and contiguous to both the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior.
Its neighborhoods include Billings Park, North End, South Superior, Central Park, East End, Allouez, and Itasca.
Billings Park, South Superior, East End, and North End each have small company districts.
Superior is at the end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin.
Bordered by Saint Louis, Superior, and Allouez bays, the town/city is framed by two rivers: the Nemadji and the Saint Louis.
Superior and the neighboring town/city athwart the bay, Duluth, Minnesota, form a single urbane region called the Twin Ports.
Both metros/cities feature exhibition ships (SS William A Irvin in Duluth and SS Meteor in Superior) devoted to the small-town maritime heritage.
Superior was the final port of call for the Edmund Fitzgerald before its sinking in 1975.
These citizens appeared on the shores of Lake Superior sometime after the latest glacier receded.
About the time of the European arrival, the Duluth Superior region transitioned from being predominately Dakota to being predominately Ojibwa/Chippewa (Anishinaabe), one of the many Algonquian language citizens .
The City of Superior in the Ojibwe language is called Gete-oodena, meaning "Old Town." The Lake Superior Chippewa continued to migrate, with many settling to the east toward Madeline Island, the "Seventh Stopping Place." In 1618, Etienne Brule, a voyager for Samuel de Champlain, coasted along the south shore of Lake Superior where he met the Ojibwa.
In 1632, Champlain's map was made of the area, showing "Lac Superior de Tracy" as Lake Superior and the lower end shore as "Fond du Lac." Croix River Portage Trail, was the most convenient connecting link between Lake Superior and the Mississippi River.
The northward passenger used this water trail reach Lake Superior, while the downstream passenger could use it to go southwest to the Gulf of Mexico, unhindered by portages, by using the St.
Paul, Minnesota laid claim to the site which became the town/city of Superior.
The first log cabin in Superior was erected in September 1853 on the banks of the Nemadji River, at the same time that ground was broken for assembly of the locks and ship canal at Sault Ste.
Superior was incorporated as a town/city on September 6, 1854. Around the same time Superior became the seat of newly formed Douglas County.
Immediately there was eagerness for a barns from Lake Superior to the Pacific Coast, and investment flowed in, but then the Panic of 1857 hit, investment slowed, and the populace of the new town/city collapsed from 2500 to 500. Hammond formed the Land and River Improvement Company, which advanced much of West Superior, including the West Superior Iron and Steel plant.
In the Boom Period from 1888 to 1892, Land and River Improvement and the rest assembled impressive architect-designed company blocks on Tower Avenue, seeing Superior as the "new Chicago." According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 55.65 square miles (144.13 km2), of which, 36.96 square miles (95.73 km2) is territory and 18.69 square miles (48.41 km2) is water.46.713385 N 92.087746 W) Most of Superior is level with a gradual slope toward Lake Superior.
There are a several parks in the city, including the second biggest municipal forest in the United States, positioned in the city's Billings Park neighborhood.
Pattison State Park is a short distance south of the city, and includes Big Manitou Falls, the highest waterfall in the state at 165 feet (50 m).
The following routes are positioned inside the town/city of Superior.
The Duluth Transit Authority provides Superior and close-by Duluth, MN with fixed-route and dial-a-ride enhance bus service.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 12.9% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Twin Ports of Duluth Superior, the biggest in the Great Lakes, welcomes both domestic and foreign vessels.
Bulk solids (such as grain) make up much of the tonnage handled by the port, and the silos of such port facilities are visible on the Superior coastline.
Main entrance of the University of Wisconsin Superior, with Campus Welcome Center in foreground.
Superior has both the first and last Carnegie libraries assembled in Wisconsin.
Superior is served by the Superior School District, which has one high school, one middle school, and six elementary schools with a total enrollment of over 5,000 pupils.
Superior High School enrolls more than 1,500 pupils.
The University of Wisconsin Superior (UWS) is a enhance liberal arts college.
Originally opened as a state Normal School (teacher's college), UWS became part of the University of Wisconsin System in 1971. The Superior Public Library is in the heart of downtown Superior.
The Superior Catholic Herald, presented by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior WGHF-LP 93.7 FM - Superior Seventh-Day Adventist Church Many of the stations serving Superior come from the Duluth market: Superior is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior, and the Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior is the mother church of the diocese.
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church, positioned in the East End of Superior, has been noted for its architecture.
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church is the only congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod positioned in Superior.
Pilgrim Lutheran Church is positioned along Belknap Street near the University of Wisconsin Superior.
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Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016).
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