Little Chicago, Wisconsin
Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2][3]
Little Chicago, Wisconsin | |
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  Little Chicago, Wisconsin  Little Chicago, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 45.04722°N 89.84417°W | |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| state | Wisconsin |
| ZIP code | 54448 |
History
The community was originally named Ziegler.[4][5] In 1898, Ziegler had 60 people, a planing mill and a saw mill, one cheese factory; one hardware and one shoe store, and a Lutheran church. The United States Post Office delivered mail three times a week.[4] In 1909, Ziegler had a post office.[6]
The community reportedly got the name Little Chicago during the Prohibition era in the early 20th century, when a local tavern was dispensing illegal alcoholic beverages.[7]
Notable people
- Robert Plisch, Wisconsin state legislator and farmer, lived in Ziegler.[8]
Media
Little Chicago was the setting of Adam Rapp's novel "Little Chicago".
References
- "Little Chicago, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/marathon/little-chicago.cfm
- "Township 30 North. Range 5 East" (Map). Plat Book of Marathon County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Northwestern Publishing Co. 1901.
- Lura J. Turner, Joseph M. Turner, Paul S. Reinsch: L.J. Turner and J.M. Turner (1898). Turner's Hand Book and Gazetter of Wisconsin. Burlington, Wisconsin. p. 266.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Marchetti, Louis (1913). History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, part 2. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
- 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' pg. 630
- http://www.pchswi.org/archives/communities/smallcomms.html#litc
- 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1895,' Biographical Sketch of Robert Plisch, pg. 684
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