Glidden, Wisconsin
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Glidden (also Chippewa Crossing)
History
The community is named after Charles R. Glidden, a founder of the
Geography
Glidden is located at 46°8′6″N 90°34′43″W / 46.13500°N 90.57861°W (46.1349525, -90.5785090).
Education
Local children are a part of the Chequamegon School District, which was created for the 2009–10 school year.[6] Elementary students of the former Glidden School District - which served all students from the towns of Gordon, Jacobs, Peeksville, and Shanagolden, plus those from parts of the towns of Namakagon and Spider Lake- attend the Glidden campus building. Middle school students attend Chequamegon Middle School, which is also at the Glidden campus. High school students attend Chequamegon High School in Park Falls, Wisconsin.
Glidden Public School was the home to all area students through the 2008–09 school year. The school's mascot was the Black Bear. The school was a part of a sports co-op with the Butternut School District from 2006–09 and won Indianhead Conference championships in baseball (2006) and softball (2009).
Transportation
Bus service to the community is provided by Bay Area Rural Transit.
Notable person
- Franklin Matthias, United States Army officer, was born in Glidden.[7]
Images
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Looking west at downtown Glidden
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Post office
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Sign on Wisconsin Highway 13
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Town hall and memorial building
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Welcome sign
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glidden, Wisconsin
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ A Timeline History of The Wisconsin Central Railway, July 24, 2002, accessed July 23, 2008
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kehring/GliddenBlackBear.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "New Chequamegon School District Starts - WJFW". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering-Franklin Matthias". Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.