Formo
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15 years ago
Tonights Extreme Makeover show was filmed in my hometown, Superior, WI. About 2/3 of my graduating class were volunteers and were filmed. Great to see some of that stuff happening in the 'shadow of Duluth'.

I miss Soup-Town sometimes.. 😞 lol
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Rockmolder
15 years ago
How's that for a self absorbed town name?

Anyway, that's pretty cool. What kind of family did they help? Don't know when/if it'll air here, but I'll be on the look out.
Cheesey
15 years ago

How's that for a self absorbed town name?

Anyway, that's pretty cool. What kind of family did they help? Don't know when/if it'll air here, but I'll be on the look out.

"Rockmolder" wrote:


What would you rather have them name it?
"Pretty Good" Wisconsin???
LOLOL!!! :thumbright:
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Formo
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15 years ago
lol Cheesey

How's that for a self absorbed town name?

Anyway, that's pretty cool. What kind of family did they help? Don't know when/if it'll air here, but I'll be on the look out.

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I don't know where the name came from, but I do know that back when Duluth-Superior were booming due to the cities' shipping and railway industries, they were projected to be bigger metropolitan areas than Chicago. I think the during the Great Depression killed that, although I could be off. In fact, Lake Superior was officially named after the city of Superior.

As for the family they helped, I didn't watch the episode.. I forgot about it. I'll have to go online at ABC.com to watch. I know one of the parents is a fireman. If you can, look it up on ABC.com. It's the Huber family episode.

Superior, WI facts: Bud Grant, all time Viking great, and a Pro Football Hall of Famer, went to my high school in Superior and played basketball, baseball, and football.
If you were to Wikipedia the Minnesota Vikings, in the franchise history section you'll read: "The team was officially named the Minnesota Vikings on September 27, 1960; the name is partly meant to reflect Minnesota's place as a center of Scandinavian American culture." Notice the word, 'partly'. That's because a Superior resident became a 10% founding owner (Ole Haugsrud) and Superior had a middle school called Superior Central middle school. Their mascot? The Vikings.

EDIT: Oh yeah.. few more facts: Ahhnooold Schwartz-- The Guvinator is a University of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni. He's made more than one appearance/speech at UW-S when I was still living there.
Also, the movie, 'Leatherheads' (George Clooney, Rene Zellweger) depicts the history of Ole Haugsrud's first NFL team, the Duluth Eskimos. Which in turn when Ole Haugsrud sold the team back to the NFL (in a deal that gave him 10% ownership of any future NFL team that started up in Minnesota) the Duluth Eskimos became the what's now called.. The Washington Redskins.
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15 years ago



I don't know where the name came from, but I do know that back when Duluth-Superior were booming due to the cities' shipping and railway industries, they were projected to be bigger metropolitan areas than Chicago. I think the during the Great Depression killed that, although I could be off. In fact, Lake Superior was officially named after the city of Superior.

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Had to look this one up as I thought I remember the city being named after the lake...

http://www.ci.superior.wi.us/index.aspx?nid=57 


Lake Superior

Early explorers gave various names to the lake, the first being Grand Lac. Father Marquette called it Lac Superior De Tracy. Longfellow, in his poem Hiawatha, says the Chippewa Indians called it Gitchee Gumee. The French explorers called it Superior, because it is above or higher than the chain of lakes. Regardless of how the name originated, Lake Superior is the greatest Great Lake--the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and the third largest by volume.


"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
Formo
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15 years ago



I don't know where the name came from, but I do know that back when Duluth-Superior were booming due to the cities' shipping and railway industries, they were projected to be bigger metropolitan areas than Chicago. I think the during the Great Depression killed that, although I could be off. In fact, Lake Superior was officially named after the city of Superior.

"pack93z" wrote:



Had to look this one up as I thought I remember the city being named after the lake...

http://www.ci.superior.wi.us/index.aspx?nid=57 


Lake Superior

Early explorers gave various names to the lake, the first being Grand Lac. Father Marquette called it Lac Superior De Tracy. Longfellow, in his poem Hiawatha, says the Chippewa Indians called it Gitchee Gumee. The French explorers called it Superior, because it is above or higher than the chain of lakes. Regardless of how the name originated, Lake Superior is the greatest Great Lake--the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and the third largest by volume.

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Yes. But those were what those settlers called it. It wasn't officially named 'Lake Superior' until the city of Superior was founded.
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dfosterf
15 years ago
+1 to Formo for the history / trivia lesson.

I don't why, but this just fits...to me, anyway.

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Love the song. That is one sad lyrics speller, but hopefully the point is made in translation. :thumbleft:
Pack93z
15 years ago



Yes. But those were what those settlers called it. It wasn't officially named 'Lake Superior' until the city of Superior was founded.

"Formo" wrote:



Lets annoy Formo.. :lol:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior 

The lake was named le lac suprieur, or "Higher Lake," in the seventeenth century by French explorers because it was located above Lake Huron. It was also known as Lac Tracy during the French regime.(Nute, 1946) By the time the English arrived in this region, however, it was already well-known that there were more than two lakes, an upper and a lower. Thus, when the name was anglicized, it was said "Lake Superior...is so called on account of its being superior in magnitude to any of the lakes on that vast continent."[3]



http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/superior/timeline.html 


1632: Lake Superior, and its connection to Lake Huron, is first shown on a published map.

1647: First reference to lake as "Superieur" is published.



http://www.ci.superior.wi.us/index.aspx?nid=57 

City of Superior was founded November 6, 1854 and was incorporated March 25, 1889 and Where Sail Meets Rail became the Citys slogan some years later.


"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
Formo
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15 years ago



Yes. But those were what those settlers called it. It wasn't officially named 'Lake Superior' until the city of Superior was founded.

"pack93z" wrote:



Lets annoy Formo.. :lol:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior 

The lake was named le lac suprieur, or "Higher Lake," in the seventeenth century by French explorers because it was located above Lake Huron. It was also known as Lac Tracy during the French regime.(Nute, 1946) By the time the English arrived in this region, however, it was already well-known that there were more than two lakes, an upper and a lower. Thus, when the name was anglicized, it was said "Lake Superior...is so called on account of its being superior in magnitude to any of the lakes on that vast continent."[3]

"Formo" wrote:



http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/superior/timeline.html 


1632: Lake Superior, and its connection to Lake Huron, is first shown on a published map.

1647: First reference to lake as "Superieur" is published.



http://www.ci.superior.wi.us/index.aspx?nid=57 

City of Superior was founded November 6, 1854 and was incorporated March 25, 1889 and Where Sail Meets Rail became the Citys slogan some years later.



Find me the date where it says it's no longer named "le lac suprieur" and "Lac Tracy" and it officially was called Lake Superior. I can't find it.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago
I attended a public school and even I know it's called Lake Superior. Geez.
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