Gary Entz
Commentator - Northwoods Moment in HistoryIn addition to being a historian and educator, Gary R. Entz serves on WXPR's Board of Directors and writes WXPR's A Northwoods Moment in History which is heard Wednesdays on WXPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
After serving six years in the US Navy, he returned to college and earned a B.A. in history from Bethel College, Kansas. He earned an M.A. in history from James Madison University, Virginia, and a Ph.D. ftom the University of Utah. He is the author of "Llewellyn Castle: A Worker's Cooperative on the Great Plains," University of Nebraska Press, 2013. He and his wife Ocie Kilgus have made the Rhinelander area their home since 2009.
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Throughout the last year, our local historian Gary Entz has uncovered why many towns in the Northwoods are named what they are.Some previous installments…
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Organized labor’s campaign for a ten-hour workday gained momentum in the 1870s and 1880s. The often-violent response to union demands in places like…
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Ole Catfish and his family led quiet, unassuming lives in their home at Lac du Flambeau. They were not remarkable in any way and not the type of people…
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Charles Sanders was a carpenter who relocated to Lake Tomahawk in 1888 to help construct the station building for the Milwaukee Line. Sanders paid $125…
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Thousands of children come to the Northwoods each year to participate in organized summer camps. While many camps are storied with long histories, there…
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On a steamy summer day in early August of 1960, two teenage boys living in Warrensville, Illinois, John Hudetz, age 15, and Peter Jonssen, age 14, were at…
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Edward Gropengeiser was born in Rhinelander in 1903. His parents, Fred and Emma Gropengeiser were German immigrants, and his father worked in the paper…
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The town of Hazelhurst, like so many others in the Northwoods, got its start through the logging industry. But unlike other Northwoods communities with…
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Nicolet is a familiar name in the Northwoods. There are many small businesses that carry the name, a college, and perhaps most important, a National…
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Another Fourth of July holiday has come and gone. It was a happy experience for almost everyone in the Northwoods. A few people, though, yearn for the…