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The forest around Thorp was Ojibwe (Chippewa) territory in the decades before white settlers arrived. In the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters, the Ojibwe ceded Thorp and much of northern Wisconsin to the U.S. [9] Around 1837 a sawmill and settlement began in Chippewa Falls to the west. [10] In 1844 James O'Neill settled at Neillsville to the south. [11]
The house was built by Freeman Thorp, nephew of Fish Creek founder Asa Thorp. [2] Upon Freeman's death in a shipwreck, his widow, Jesse, opened the house to lodgers as a way to make money. After closing its doors in the 1960s, the site was renovated in 1986 and was re-opened as a bed and breakfast .
Thorp is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 730 at the 2000 census. The population was 730 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Eadsville, Eidsvold, and Junction are located in the town as well as a portion of the City of Thorp .
The John A. Blatnik Bridge is the bridge that carries Interstate 535 (I-535) and U.S. Highway 53 (US 53) over the Saint Louis River, a tributary of Lake Superior, between Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin. The bridge is 7,975 feet (2,431 m) long and rises up nearly 120 feet (37 m) above the water to accommodate the seaway shipping channel.
The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Thorp, Wisconsin. Pages in category "People from Thorp, Wisconsin" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Firmin was the son of Alexis Breaux and Marguerite Barrieu, born at Riviere aux Canards, near present day Port Williams, Nova Scotia, in 1749.In 1755, Firmin's family, along with many other Acadians, were deported from Canada into Boston during the expulsion of the Acadians. [1]
Thorp was born on April 28, 1812, in Butternuts, New York. [1] Later, he moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1895. [2] The daughter of Joseph G. and Susan Amelia Thorp, Sara Chapman Bull, was married to the world-famous violinist Ole Bull in a lavish wedding in his Madison mansion. [2]
Built in 1916, the bridge was designed by James Barney Marsh of North Lake, Wisconsin, and constructed by the Iowa Bridge Company [2] at a cost of $13,950. It replaced another concrete bridge built in 1915, which was immediately wrecked by the spring flood of 1916.