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In the 1920's, Elcho Was an English Tudor Village
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:03:12
Publish Date: 2019-06-12 05:00:00
Description: In 1923, a fire in Elcho resulted in a dramatic shift for the way the Langlade County town looked. Gary Entz has the story for this week's A Northwoods Moment in History. Most Northwoods communities have undergone numerous changes during their existence. The original wooden buildings of the late nineteenth century gave way to modern brick and mortar buildings as the twentieth century progressed. It happens everywhere, but in some cases the change is more dramatic than most, and none was more visually dramatic than the change that overtook the town of Elcho in the 1920s. Elcho is a small town in Langlade County just north of Antigo. It was platted in the early 1880s and received a post office in 1887. There are conflicting stories of where it derives its name. One story says that the Lac du Flambeau band of the Ojibwe people bestowed the name on the region. The other story says that the name is derived from the Scottish Lord Elcho and Elcho Castle in Scotland. Whichever story may be
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