Goodman in Marinette County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Goodman

Photographed by Lugnuts, July 27, 2015

1. Goodman Marker

Inscription. The lumber companies which created many of the communities in northern Wisconsin have passed from the scene, but the villages remain, monuments to the hardihood and persistence of the residents who worked and lived in these communities. Goodman was a company town founded in 1908 by the Goodman Lumber Company which owned 100,000 acres of woods surrounding the village. Unlike other company towns now gone, Goodman continues to flourish. Many wood and brick buildings were erected. The first building, a hotel, was built in 1908. A large steam driven sawmill was completed in 1909. In subsequent years, the company built a department store, office, clubhouse with bowling alley and movie theater, back, high school, grade school, and over 100 homes. Unlike some former sawmill towns, now ghost towns, Goodman survived by adapting to change. Selective cutting replaced clear cutting. The company sawmill still exists. A veneer plant was built in later years. The original stand of trees and the people who cut them are gone, but the town, mill and surrounding woods remain.

Erected by Marinette County.

Topics. This historical

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marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.

Location. 45° 38.102′ N, 88° 21.442′ W. Marker is in Goodman, Wisconsin, in Marinette County. It is at the intersection of US Hwy 8 (U.S. 8) and Clark Lake Road, on the right when traveling west on US Hwy 8. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Goodman WI 54125, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Great North Woods,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Goodman Marker Overview image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lugnuts, July 27, 2015

2. Goodman Marker Overview

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2015, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,778 times since then and 120 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 9, 2015, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.