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WASHBURN , a city and the county-seat of Bayfield county, Wisconsin , U.S.A., about 52 M. E. of Superior, Wis., and about 6 m. N. of Ashland
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grain elevators and large coal docks, and in the neighbourhood are valuable stone quarries. In 1659 Radisson and Groseilliers touched here on their trip along the south
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Wisconsin , which he named " La Pointe du Saint Esprit," and which in 1669 was placed in charge of Father Jacques Marquette. The place was visited by Du Luth in 16811682, and here in 1693 Le Sueur, a fur trader, built a stockaded post. In 1718 a fort was erected and a French garrison placed in it. About 182o1821a trading post of the American Fur Company was established in the neighbourhood. The present city, named in honour of Governor C. C. Washburn, dates
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