Antigo’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Antigo. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The name Antigo is derived from the Ojibwe phrase "niibin-inaandagoog-ziibiing", meaning "summer balsam firs by the river", which was recorded by early settlers as "nequi-antigo-sebi". An alternate etymology, nibii-aamijiwan-ziibiing, seems to be derived from mookijiwan-ziibiwishenh, "spring little-river", which became the name of the river which runs through modern Antigo, Spring Brook. This alternate etymology lives on in the name of Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation near Pearson.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Antigo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Antigo’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewA bird's eye view of the city of …, 1886: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Antigo, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as A bird's eye view of the city of Antigo, Wis. county seat of Langlade County 1886 (1886) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.