MARINETTE  , a

city and the county-seat of Marinette county, Wisconsin, U.S.A., 162 m . N. of Milwaukee, on the W. shore o; Green Bay, at the mouth of the Menominee River . Pop . (189o), 11,523; (1900), 16,195, of whom 5542 were foreign-born; (1905), 15,354; (1910), 14,610 . It is served directly by the Wisconsin & Michigan, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, and the Chicago & North-Western railways, and by several steamboat lines connecting with lake ports; and is connected by ferry with Frankfort, Michigan (served by the Ann Arbor railroad) . The city has a fine harbour and a considerable commerce in iron and lumber products . Five bridges connect Marinette with Menominee, Michigan, on the other side of the river . Marinette has a Federal building; the Stephenson public library, founded by Senator Isaac Stephenson (b . 1829), a local " lumber king "; a county agricultural school and training school for rural teachers, and three public parks . The Northern Chautauqua Assembly holds its annual summer session in Chautauqua Park, on the shore of Green Bay . The growth of Marinette began with the development of the neighbouring pine forests; and the manufacture of lumber and lumber products has always been its principal industry . The water-power of the Menominee River is largely utilized for the manufacture of paper and flour .

Other manufactures are boxes,

furniture and woodware, boats, boilers a,nd agricultural machinery . In 1905 the factory products were valued at $3,633,399 . The first white settlement was made here on the site of a Menominee Indian village in 183o, and the city was named in honour of the daughter of an Indian chief, Marinette (Jacobs), whose name was a composite of Marie and Antoinette . A city charter was granted in 1887 .