Come to the land of Queen Marinette

              The Land of Queen Marinette
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ON THE cover page of this booklet you have read the message "Come to the Land of Queen Mari¬ nette." Marinette's early history was dominat¬ ed by a forceful woman, the daughter of Chief Wa- bashish (the Marten) of the Menominee Indian tribe, and a white woman. In these later days of woman suffrage and of women taking a large part in all pub¬ lic affairs, it is not considered unusual for a woman to loom large in business and public af¬ fairs. However, in the days of Queen Marinette, a woman's place was "in the home" or at menial labor. It is therefore all the more interesting to know that this woman rose to be the actual dictator of business and such government as then existed at the mouth of the Menominee River.
In the illustration on this page there will be seen a large mete¬ or. This meteor fell from the skies near the Menominee river at what is now known as White Rapids, a farm settlement in Marinette County, Wis. Because they had seen it fall from the Heavens, the Indians worshipped this stone, laid offerings upon it and regarded it as sacred. One spring there came a tremendous flood on the Menominee river and the stone which had laid for many years upon its banks was washed away.
The Menominee tribe grieved
greatly and felt that they were
in  the   disfavor  of   their   tribal
Gods.    A few years before the
death of Queen Marinette a huge
stone was washed out of the Menominee river onto the banks in front of her residence. This stone was later found to be the lost sacred meteor of the Menominee tribe. The fact that it reappeared at the home of their queen was always held by the Indians as a mark that their tribe had been restored to the favor of their Gods.
This stone is today in the possession of the fam¬ ily of J. R. Zietz. Mrs. Zietz is a great granddaugh¬ ter of Queen Marinette. It is a possession which the family would not part with for any sum of money. The Zietz family also have the Queen's fa¬ vorite arm chair and other relics. John McLeod, a grandson of Queen Marinette, resides with the Zietz family at Marinette.
Queen Marinette was born at Post Lake, a trib¬ utary of the Peshtigo river, in 1793. She came to the Menominee river in 1823. Her first husband was John B. Jacobs, a white fur-trader, from whom
John McLeod, grandson of Queen Marinette, and little Helen Jane Zietz, great-greatgrand- daughter of the Queen, hoth of whom reside at 929 Water St., IVlarinette. The Queen's favorite armchair ard the stone meteor, which was wor¬ shipped by the Indians of the Menominee tribe, are also seen  in the picture.
she later parted and married William Parnsworth, a noted trader and the second white man to locate permanently at what is now Marinette.
Parnsworth with a partner of the name of Brush were the first to enter into the timber business, which later was the means of building up the trad¬ ing village to a large town.
The Queen became the most noted fur trader in the north¬ west and many are the stories told of her sagacity in business.
You can today, at Marinette, see the site of the Indian Queen's home and many other interesting and historical spots.
The good Queen has passed to the happy hunting grounds of her people, but the charm of the big waters (Green Bay and Lake Michigan), long waters (Menom¬ inee and Peshtigo rivers) and round waters (the interior lakes) which made the mouth of the Menominee river the abid¬ ing place of the red man, re¬ mains for your enjoyment. One hundred and fifty miles of hard macadam road lying directly on the shores of Green Bay and Lake Michigan, following a route which was formerly a great north and south trail of the Indian runners, calls you to one of the most beautiful and delightful drives in America.
Gold and Silver in Marinette County
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NEW township recently formed in Marinette county is named Silver Cliff. How this name "was chosen is interesting. When white men first invaded this region friendly Indians brought them rocks containing silver. Upon inquiry the In¬ dians told them of a "heap big rock" where the sil¬ ver was procured. Among the white men still living who were told of the "silver mine" was R. L. Thomas of Wausaukee, Marinette county. Years later D. J. McAllister, who still resides at Marinette, and the late A. A. Pairchild, also a Marinette pioneer, found rock containing metals which proved to be both sil¬ ver and gold. But it ran only about $3.30 per ton and nothing further was done in the way of exploit¬ ing the find. Silver Cliff is worth a tourist's time as a scenic and historic point. It is located on the up¬ per reaches of the very beautiful Peshtigo river, and is near scenic McCasline Mt., the second highest ele¬ vation of land in" Marinette county.