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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		How the Town of Gleason Got Its Name
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:13
	Publish Date:		2019-05-08 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, Sugar Camp, Phelps, St. Germain, Sayner, and Rhinelander got their names. In this week’s installment, we hear how the town of Gleason got its name. Gleason is a small, unincorporated town located on Highway 17 in Lincoln County. It is an unremarkable place today, but like many Northwoods communities Gleason had a vibrant past and made a unique contribution to American history. The town of Gleason is named after Salem Gleason, the first homesteader who settled in the area in 1880. Gleason was born in Westfield, Ohio, in 1844. Gleason’s father died when he was young, after which he moved with his mother and siblings to Calumet County, Wisconsin, where he grew up. In 1863, at the age of 19, young Gleason enlisted in the Union Army and fought with Company B of
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