Beaver (community), Marinette County, Wisconsin
Geography
Beaver is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 141 and County Highway P, at an elevation of 669 feet (204 m). It is located along the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad. It is connected by road to Pound to the south and Crivitz to the north. North Branch Beaver Creek flows north of Beaver, and South Branch Beaver Creek flows south of it. The two creeks join east of Beaver to form Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Peshtigo River.
Name
Beaver was originally named Armstrong Dam in honor of Ferdinand Amesley "Pinochle" Armstrong (1834–1913), who settled there in the 1870s. Armstrong built a sawmill there and had a large residence on a 1,500-acre (610 ha) estate. The community was renamed Beaver after Beaver Creek around 1884, when the post office was established.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver (community), Marinette County, Wisconsin
- ^ Crivitz Quadrangle Wisconsin–Marinette Co., 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). 1973. Map, 1:24,000. Reston, VA: U. S. Geological Survey.
- ^ "Wisconsin Railroad & Harbors 2020" (PDF). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "'Pinochle' Armstrong". Miami Daily News-Record. January 20, 1929. p. 14. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 24.
External links
Media related to Beaver (community), Marinette County, Wisconsin at Wikimedia Commons
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