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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		How the Community of Gagen Got Its Name
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:01
	Publish Date:		2019-03-06 05:00:00
	Description:		Throughout the last year, our local historian Gary Entz has uncovered why many towns in the Northwoods are named what they are. Some previous installments of A Northwoods Moment in History have included how the towns of Phelps, St. Germain, Sayner, and Rhinelander got their names. In this week’s installment, we hear how the community of Gagen got its name. Gagen is an unincorporated community located in the town of Piehl roughly 13 miles east of Rhinelander in Oneida County. Although small today, Gagen was once a significant milltown, and it grew right alongside of Rhinelander. The name Gagen comes from Dan Gagen, who was born in Norfolk, England, in 1834. In 1851, at the age of 17, Gagen immigrated to the United States. For the next couple of years he tramped across the north, working in New York, Canada, and the copper mines of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Gagen soon found trapping and trading a more appealing way of life than mining and ultimately migrated into Wisconsin. He
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