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Chippewa County, MN Housing Statistics

Chippewa county minnesota dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units5,855100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached4,72880.81-unit,…

Chipewyan

(Encyclopedia) ChipewyanChipewyanchĭpˌəwīˈən [key], Native North Americans of the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see also Native American languages). Formerly the largest of the…

Midland, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Midland. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,053), seat of Midland co., central Mich., in the Saginaw valley at the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Chippewa rivers; inc. 1887. Midland owes its…

Banks, Dennis James

(Encyclopedia) Banks, Dennis James, 1937–2017, Native American civil-rights activist, b. Leech Lake Reservation, Minn. Of Ojibwa (Chippewa) heritage, he helped found the American Indian Movement (…

Isle Royale National Park

(Encyclopedia) Isle Royale National ParkIsle Royale National Parkroiˈəl [key], 571,790 acres (231,575 hectares), comprising about 200 islands, in Lake Superior, NW Mich.; est. 1940. Isle Royale, 210…

Sault Sainte Marie, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Sault Sainte Marie, city (1990 pop. 14,689), seat of Chippewa co., N Mich., Upper Peninsula, a port of entry on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; inc. as a city 1887…

John James JENKINS, Congress, WI (1843-1911)

JENKINS John James , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Weymouth, England, August 24, 1843; attended the common schools; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in…

Alexander WILEY, Congress, WI (1884-1967)

Senate Years of Service: 1939-1963 Party: Republican WILEY Alexander , a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wis., May 26, 1884; attended the public schools, Augsburg…

Thaddeus Coleman POUND, Congress, WI (1833-1914)

POUND Thaddeus Coleman , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Elk, Warren County, Pa., December 6, 1833; moved with his parents to Monroe County, N.Y., in 1838; later moved to Rochester, N.Y…

Victor Alfred KNOX, Congress, MI (1899-1976)

KNOX Victor Alfred , a Representative from Michigan; born on a farm in Chippewa County, Mich. (near Sault Ste. Marie), January 13, 1899; attended the public schools; engaged in farming until 1943…