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Ladysmith, Wisconsin – a City of Pride, Progress, and Promise
3 Jan 2024
News, Rusk
Originally the province of the Ojibwe Native Americans, the area that would become Ladysmith, Wisconsin was first platted by settlers in 1885 and called Flambeau Falls. In 1887, it was renamed Corbett, after one of its local businessmen, and then Warner in 1888. Renamed again after the bride of Charles R. Smith, head of the Menasha Wooden Ware Co., the Village of Ladysmith was incorporated in 1901. It finally became the City of Ladysmith in 1905.
Because of its location on the Flambeau River, which makes an “S” curve right through its center, Ladysmith was originally a logging town; its sawmills processed the lumber that floated down to it from upstream forests.
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