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How Did the Town of Sugar Camp Get Its Name?
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:03:19
Publish Date: 2019-04-03 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 communities of Gagen, Phelps, St. Germain, Sayner, and Rhinelander got their names. This week’s story comes from a WXPR listener who submitted a question to our new Curious North series. Keith Kasprzak lives in Sugar Camp and this was his question: What is the history behind how Sugar Camp got its name? To answer Keith’s question, here’s today’s installment of A Northwoods Moment in History . Sugar Camp is a small, unincorporated village on State Highway 17 about halfway between Rhinelander and Eagle River. It has a sweet-sounding name that evokes images of maple sugar harvesting. While that image is an accurate one, the community has undergone several name changes before settling on its current designation. Members of the Flambeau Tribe of the Ojibwe Nation built the original
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