Editing Menominee, Michigan (section)

==History==
In historic times, this area was the traditional territory of the [[Menominee Indian]] Tribe. The town of Menominee was named after their English name which roughly translates as "[[wild rice]]," a nickname given to them by their [[Ojibwe]] neighbors based on their cultivation of wild rice as a staple food.<ref>{{cite book |author = Chicago and North Western Railway Company |title = A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA101 |year = 1908 |page = 101 }}</ref> In their own language, they are known as ''Mamaceqtaw'' which means simply "the people", and the town of Menominee is known as ''Menīkāneh'', which means "at the good village".<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-54.html |title = Menominee Culture |website = Indian Country Wisconsin |access-date = October 5, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www4.uwsp.edu/museum/menomineeClans/places/chart.aspx |title = Menominee Place Names in Wisconsin |last = Hoffman |first = Mike |website = The Menominee Clans Story |access-date = October 5, 2018 }}</ref> They were removed to west of the Mississippi River and now have a reservation along the [[Wolf River (Fox River)|Wolf River]] in North Central Wisconsin after ceding their territory to the United States in the 1836 [[Treaty of the Cedars]].

Menominee gained prominence in the 19th century as a lumber town; in its heyday, it produced more lumber than any other city in the United States of America. During this time of prosperity, the [[Menominee Opera House]] was built. It is being restored.<ref>[http://www.menomineeoperahouse.org/ Menominee Opera House]</ref> In the 1910s, a cycle car, the "[[Dudly Bug]]", was manufactured in Menominee. In the waning years of lumber production, local business interests, interested in diversifying Menominee's manufacturing base, attracted inventor [[Marshall B. Lloyd|Marshall Burns Lloyd]] and his Minneapolis company Lloyd Manufacturing, which made wicker baby buggies. In 1917, Lloyd invented an automated process for weaving wicker and manufactured it as the [[Lloyd Loom]]. This machine process is still in use today.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.mlloyd.org/gen/lloyd/text/mblloyd.htm |title = Marshall Burns Lloyd articles |work = mlloyd.org }}</ref> In the 21st century, the economy of Menominee is based on manufacturing (paper products, wicker lawn furniture, and auto supplies) and tourism.

In 1940, during the "Vote for Gracie" publicity stunt in which comedian [[Gracie Allen]] ran for president, she was nominated for mayor of Menominee, but was disqualified because she was not a resident of the city.<ref>{{cite web |last = Epstein |first = Lawrence J. |title = Gracie Allen for President |publisher = Best American Poetry |date = February 22, 2012 |url = http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2012/02/gracie-allen-for-president-by-lawrence-j-epstein.html }}</ref>

===Sports===
The Menominee Maroons won the state high school championship in its division for [[basketball]] in 1967 and [[American football|football]] in 1998, 2006 and 2007. In the 2006 season, the Maroons finished unbeaten and only allowed 38 points scored against them but their offense scored 513 points in that entire season. They beat the former [[Wisconsin]] and [[Minnesota]] Division One state champions. Menominee shares a historic high school football rivalry with neighbor [[Marinette, Wisconsin]]. The two have conducted the third-longest rivalry in the nation.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.eagleherald.com/llar0911.asp |department = ByeLines |first = Larry |last = Ebsch |title = M&M Game spirit can't be beat |date = September 10, 2006 |work = Eagle Herald |location = Marinette, Wisconsin |access-date = September 10, 2007 }}</ref>

Menominee, like most good-sized towns, embraced the newly emerging 19th-century sport of football.  A local group took the name of North End Athletic Club and, under manager McPhaul, were the visiting opponent for the newly formed Green Bay team sponsored by the Indian Packing Co. led by captain [[Curly Lambeau]].  The Indian Co. Packers of Green Bay defeated the N.E.A.C. Colts of Menominee 53–0 at Hagemeister Field.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.packers.com/news/selling-snake-oil-football-in-green-bay-in-1919-16181553| title=Selling Snake Oil Football in Green Bay in 1919| last=Christl| first=Cliff| date=October 29, 2015| website=packers.com | publisher=Green Bay Packers, Inc.| access-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref>