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Biron Mill is a pulp mill and paper mill located in the US town of Biron, Wisconsin, in the outskirts of Wisconsin Rapids.Now part of Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited, the mill passed through many hands in its history including Grand Rapids Pulp and Paper Company, which became Consolidated Papers, Stora Enso, NewPage Catalyst Paper and ND Paper.
Wisconsin Rapids (previously Grand Rapids) sits on what was once called the Grand Rapids of the Wisconsin River. The Wisconsin River drops twenty-seven feet at the main rapids and sixty feet overall. [1] Early settlers used islands in the rapids to develop water power for a flour mill, machine shop, saw mill and the Grand Rapids Pulp and Paper Co.
Milwaukee County and several outlying areas served by Milwaukee County exchanges. 608/353: southwestern Wisconsin, including Madison. 715†/534: Overlay complex in northern Wisconsin, including Superior, Eau Claire and Wausau. 920/274: Overlay complex in eastern Wisconsin including Green Bay, the Fox Cities, Manitowoc and Sheboygan. [1]
The U.S. State of Wisconsin currently has 40 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 11 combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 14 micropolitan statistical areas in Wisconsin. [1]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,576 square miles (4,080 km 2), of which 1,545 square miles (4,000 km 2) is land and 31 square miles (80 km 2) (2.0%) is water. [4] It is the largest county in Wisconsin by land area and fourth-largest by total area. Marker located at the 45×90 point near Rietbrock
November 4, 1993 (Roughly, Central Ave. from Depot St. to Third St. Marshfield: Includes many old brick businesses like the Thomas House Hotel built after the fire of 1887, the Romanesque Revival old city hall built in 1901, the Craftsman-styled Wisconsin Central depot built in 1910, and the eclectic-styled Hotel Charles built in 1925, which hosted JFK, Patsy Cline, and possibly John Dillinger.
The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway : from precarious beginning to sustained tribulation. Eagle River, WI. p. 214. ISBN 978-0692769645. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher History of a small regional railroad in the area straddling states of Wisconsin & Michigan. Black and white photos throughout.
The Milwaukee, Sparta, and Northwestern Railroad Company, a subsidiary of the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, built the "Air Line" or "Adams Cutoff" towards Sparta, Wisconsin in 1910. [7] This is when the third tunnel through the hill west of the town was constructed.