Rusk County, Wisconsin
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Rusk County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,188. Its county seat is Ladysmith. The Chippewa and Flambeau rivers and their tributaries flow through the county. The land ranges from corn/soybean farms and dairy farms to lakes rimmed with vacation homes to hiking trails through the Blue Hills.
Ladysmith Carnegie Library, designed by Claude and Starck. It is now operated as a bed and breakfast inn.
The Flambeau Mission Church, the first church in the county, was built around 1884. It served the Ojibwe, loggers and settlers.
Image: Chalcocite Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Chippewa County, Wisconsin
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Chippewa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is named for the historic Chippewa people, also known as the Ojibwe, who long controlled this territory. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,297. Its county seat is Chippewa Falls. The county was founded in 1845 from Crawford County, then in the Wisconsin Territory, and organized in 1853.
Chippewa County Courthouse, February 2015
October view of Picnic Lake from the Ice Age Trail west of Cornell
A farm in Chippewa county