Editing Juneau, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
Juneau was founded in 1845 by settlers Martin Rich and William Dennis. It became the county seat of Dodge County in 1846. The founders originally named the settlement "Victory" and then "Dodge Center", from the German "Deutsch Center",<ref name="1844-history">{{cite book |last=Schley |first=Mathilde G.  |year=1940 |title=Fritz, Pät, Jules und Hänk |publisher=Westside Printing Co. |location=Milwaukee, Wis. |page=38}}</ref> but finding these names in conflict with other places, the town changed its name to Juneau in 1852.<ref name="1880-history">{{cite book |title=The history of Dodge county, Wisconsin, containing ... its early settlement, growth ... an extensive and minute sketch of its cities ... war record, biographical sketches |date=1880 |publisher=Western historical company |location=Chicago |page=538 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofdodgeco00chic}}</ref> Most sources say that Juneau was named after [[French-Canadian]] trader [[Solomon Juneau]], the founder of [[Milwaukee]] and of [[Theresa, Wisconsin]].<ref name="1844-history" /><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n170 171]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gard |first1=Robert Edward |title=The romance of Wisconsin placenames |date=1988 |publisher=Heartland Press |location=Minocqua, WI |isbn=978-0-942802-88-7 |page=138}}</ref><ref name="1880-history" /> The city itself claims to be named for [[Paul Juneau]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.juneauwi.org/ |title=Juneau Chamber of Commerce |access-date=2008-12-10 |archive-date=2013-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601180451/http://juneauwi.org/ |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Juneau |url=https://cityofjuneau.net/2162/About-Juneau |website=cityofjuneau.net |publisher=City of Juneau |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> Solomon Juneau's part-[[Menominee]] son, a businessman and state legislator who made his home in the city and served as county [[register of deeds]] until his [[unintentional discharge|accidental shooting]] death outside the courthouse in Juneau in 1858.<ref>{{cite news |title=Recalls death and burial of Paul Juneau |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA1870 |access-date=22 July 2022 |work=Milwaukee Journal |date=1924-06-29}}</ref> Juneau was incorporated as a village in 1865 and a city in 1879.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hubbell |first1=Homer Bishop |title=Dodge County, Wisconsin, Past and Present |date=1913 |publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company |location=Chicago |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0y5IAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref>