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Luther A. Cole
Luther Anderson Cole (November 1, 1812June 22, 1880) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the second American settler at what is now the city of Watertown, Wisconsin, and represented Watertown for one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1859). Early life Luther Cole was born in West Charleston, Orleans County, Vermont, in November 1812. His father was a farmer and carpenter, and Luther was brought up working with his father in those trades. He had very little formal education. In the Winter of 1834, at age 22, he traveled west to the new territories, settling first at Detroit, Michigan Territory. The following spring, he took a schooner, the ''Supply'', on a voyage into the Great Lakes, stopping briefly at Green Bay, then landing at the mouth of the Grand River. He labored there for about a year building mills and houses at Grand Haven, but decided to look for land to settle on the west side of Lake Michigan. Pioneer years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Jefferson County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,900. Its county seat is Jefferson. Jefferson County comprises the Watertown- Fort Atkinson, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Milwaukee-Racine- Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area. History Jefferson County was created in 1836 as part of Wisconsin Territory and was organized in 1839. Jefferson County was founded by "Yankee" settlers from New England. It was named after Jefferson County, New York, where some of the original settlers came from. The town of Watertown, Wisconsin, was named after Watertown, New York, in Jefferson County, New York. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (4.5%) is water. Major highways Railroads *Canadian Pacific *Union Pacific *Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Buses *List of intercity bus stops in Wisconsin Airports * Watertown Municipal Airport ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lakes, which are Lake Superior, Superior, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Lake Huron, Huron, Lake Erie, Erie, and Lake Ontario, Ontario and are in general on or near the Canada–United States border. Hydrologically, lakes Lake Michigan–Huron, Michigan and Huron are a single body joined at the Straits of Mackinac. The Great Lakes Waterway enables modern travel and shipping by water among the lakes. The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are second-largest by total volume, containing 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. The total surface is , and the total volume (measured at the low water datum) is , slightly less than the volume of Lake Baikal (, 22–23% of the world's surface fresh water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
