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Sayner is home to the Vilas County Historical Society. The community is the birthplace of the snowmobile, with the first "motor toboggan" built by Carl Eliason in 1924. [5] Sayner is also home to one of the nation's oldest summer camps, Camp Highlands for Boys, founded in 1904, and located on the northeast end of Plum Lake.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was founded at a meeting of delegates on April 22, 1912. [13] An important catalyst for the creation of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were two prior business engagements between the U.S. and Japan. In 1908, Eiichi Shibusawa invited the first official, modern day U.S. business delegation to visit Japan.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 71.3 square miles (184.6 km 2), of which, 62.6 square miles (162.1 km 2) of it is land and 8.7 square miles (22.5 km 2) of it (12.19%) is water. Nearby surrounding towns include Woodruff, Minocqua, Boulder Junction, and Sayner.
This list of city nicknames in Wisconsin compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that Wisconsin's cities and towns are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Crystal Lake is one of at least 22 lakes of that name in the state of Wisconsin. [1] It has a surface area of about 93 acres, [2] and is located just south of Big Muskellunge Lake, in Vilas County in the Northern Highland region of Wisconsin. The nearest community is Sayner, about 5 miles to the east.
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Star Lake is an unincorporated community located in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. Star Lake is located on the northeast shore of Star Lake northwest of Eagle River . It is one of two unincorporated communities in the town of Plum Lake , the other being Sayner, Wisconsin .
As of the census [3] of 2000, there were 646 people, 301 households, and 208 families residing in the town. The population density was 21.3 people per square mile (8.2/km 2). ...