Category: Historic Timeline

Change of town name from the Town of Armstrong to the Town of Mountain
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The Menominee Nation is united under county status, from Shawano and Oconto Counties, one of the very few Native American peoples to remain on ancestral land.

The Town of Wheeler changed to the Town of Lakewood
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In 1951 Dan Baldwin, an Oconto youth, was sledding on a hill which was then part of the Charles Werrenbroeck farm. To his amazement he found a leg bone. After considerable investigation it was determined it was the bone of a Copper Culture Indian and the property contained a burial ground of the Copper Culture Indians.  An archeological dig was conducted in 1952.  After the verification it was decided the property should be declared a state park in honor of these first known inhabitants of the area. The property was purchased by the state of Wisconsin and is now the Copper Culture State Park. Burial ground of North America’s earliest metal users, the Oconto Site is the oldest dated cemetery in eastern North America.
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City of Gillett incorporated
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Territory detached from the Town of Armstrong & attached to the Town of Townsend
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Town of Doty, Wisconsin, created from the Town of Armstrong
Coordinates: 45°12′17″N 88°36′53″W | State Source

Village of Lena incorporated
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Town of Riverview created from the Town of Armstrong
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Incorporation of the city of Oconto as Class 4 city
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