A Visit to the Iron County Historical Museum
In this video, Gene Cisewski, president of the Iron County Historical Society in Hurley, Wisconsin, talks about the society's museum and programs. Some of the museum's exhibits are seen in video and still photographs. Recorded July 26, 2007.
Dark Tower Museum
On a dark October night, tour the past. There will be a Flashlight Tour of the Iron County Historical Society Museum in Hurley, Wi on Friday, October 14, 2016. Check the Facebook page for more info...
The Jewish Community of Hurley Wisconsin
Iron County Mining Impact Committe Meeting. Hurley, WI 1-22-14
Vic Ouimette questions WDNR-Ann Coakley about Reclamation of the proposed open pit mine in the Penokee Hills.
Transcribed by Barbara With
Q: I am not sure we have a financial guarantee [for reclamation] unless it's in our agreement.
AC: No, reclamation financial security is for reclaiming everything, no matter whose land it's on. So if it's on county land...what I was saying is when the county, when they started discussion their input into the reclamation plan, I just don't know what input they'll have because that's something that the company needs to work on with the state and separately they can consult with the county, I just don't know that has occurred or is going to occur, I'm just saying the state will approve or deny a reclamation plan.
Q: So the county may not have any say in the matter...in what YOU have done...
AC: Right, I guess so.
Q: Hopefully, you, Ann. The bottom line is if the bond financial guarantee ultimately isn't enough to solve the problems, then it will fall back on the county.
AC: Right. Then money again is set aside specifically for reclamation so if there is some other environmental problem, it can't be accessed.
Q: So how do we protect ourselves from other environmental damage or issues?
AC: Right.
Q: Right is not an answer.
AC: Well that's a good question for a lawyer. I don't want to speak for the county or give the county advice.
Q: I'm not trying to put you on the spot but I'm trying to find out where the county needs to do more homework or get more advice. Bottom line is everything goes to the county for maybe another 40 or 60 years. Then the reclamation begins after that and for another 40 years or thereabouts you will continue to monitor that. But then if there is a problem after that, I will not be here, you will probably not be here, but SOMEBODY who still lives in Iron County will be here and bottom line is that could fall back on the county tax roll.
AC: Yes.
Q: So this is still something to be concerned about. Because when you're dealing with, well you know it's your deal, when you're dealing with the environment, you're not looking at just the health risks just today, you're looking at generations. A lot of the problems we have now originated through what happened generations ago. No one's crystal ball is perfect.
Wisconsin's Website of Shame 1-7-08
Are your taxes paid up? If not, your name might be on a State of Wisconsin website. And there are now a lot more names on that site. Fox11online.com's Scott Hurley explains why in this Web Watch.
Trade Secrets: CEO to CEO - Bretting Manufacturing
In this edition of Trade Secrets: CEO to CEO, Matt Jennings, President and CEO of Phillips-Medisize travels to Ashland, WI to meet with David Bretting, CEO of Bretting Manufacturing. Founded in 1890, Bretting represents a rich history in manufacturing tools and equipment for Wisconsin's early iron mining days, to producing state of the art tools and machines for today's paper, mining, food processing, aerospace and defense industries. Join Matt and Dan as they tour Bretting Manufacturing and discuss challenges and opportunities, and find common ground on issues facing Wisconsin businesses.
German Americans | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:44 1 History
00:03:29 1.1 Colonial era
00:04:49 1.1.1 Palatines
00:06:49 1.1.2 Louisiana
00:08:47 1.1.3 Southeast
00:10:49 1.1.4 New England
00:11:23 1.1.5 Pennsylvania
00:13:54 1.2 American Revolution
00:14:53 1.3 19th century
00:16:09 1.3.1 Jews
00:17:09 1.3.2 Northeastern cities
00:17:25 1.3.3 Cities of the Midwest
00:19:08 1.3.4 Deep South
00:19:22 1.3.5 Texas
00:21:29 1.3.6 Germans from Russia
00:24:18 1.3.7 Civil War
00:25:53 1.3.8 Farmers
00:28:05 1.3.9 Politics
00:30:20 1.4 World Wars
00:30:28 1.4.1 Intellectuals
00:31:41 1.4.2 World War I anti-German sentiment
00:33:56 1.4.3 World War II
00:35:47 1.5 Contemporary period
00:37:35 2 Demographics
00:38:17 2.1 German-American communities
00:38:47 2.1.1 Communities with highest percentages of people of German ancestry
00:40:45 2.1.2 Large communities with high percentages of people of German ancestry
00:41:38 2.1.3 Communities with the most residents born in Germany
00:45:22 3 Counties by percentages of Germans
00:54:17 4 Culture
00:55:39 4.1 Music
00:58:24 4.2 Turners
00:59:31 4.3 Media
01:02:03 4.4 Athletics
01:02:55 4.5 Religion
01:06:27 4.6 Language
01:09:01 5 Assimilation
01:09:10 5.1 Introduction
01:09:29 5.2 The apparent disappearance of German American identity
01:22:22 5.3 Factors making German Americans susceptible to assimilation
01:31:32 5.4 Persistence of unassimilated German Americans
01:34:12 6 German-American influence
01:38:24 7 Education
01:38:55 8 Notable people
01:42:46 8.1 German-American presidents
01:43:32 9 See also
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German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 44 million in 2016, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the US Census Bureau in its American Community Survey. German-Americans account for about one third of the total ethnic German population in the world.None of the German states had American colonies. In the 1670s, the first significant groups of German immigrants arrived in the British colonies, settling primarily in Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia. Immigration continued in very large numbers during the 19th century, with eight million arrivals from Germany. Between 1820 and 1870 over seven and a half million German immigrants came to the United States. By 2010, their population grew to 49.8 million German Americans, reflecting a jump of 6 million people since 2000.
There is a German belt that extends all the way across the United States, from eastern Pennsylvania to the Oregon coast. Pennsylvania has the largest population of German-Americans in the U.S. and is home to one of the group's original settlements, Germantown (Philadelphia), founded in 1683 and the birthplace of the American antislavery movement in 1688, as well as the revolutionary Battle of Germantown. The state of Pennsylvania has 3.5 million people of German ancestry.
They were pulled by the attractions of land and religious freedom, and pushed out of Germany by shortages of land and religious or political oppression. Many arrived seeking religious or political freedom, others for economic opportunities greater than those in Europe, and others for the chance to start fresh in the New World. The arrivals before 1850 were mostly farmers who sought out the most productive land, where their intensive farming techniques would pay off. After 1840, many came to cities, where Germania—German-speaking districts—soon emerged.German Americans established the first kindergartens in the United States, introduced the Christmas tree tradition, and introduced popular foods such as hot dogs and hamburgers to America.The great majority of people with some German ancestry have become Am ...