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Menominee is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,599 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Menominee County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba. Menominee Township is located to the north of the city, but is politically autonomous. Menominee is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area. Menominee and Marinette, Wisconsin are sometimes described as "twin cities." See Interstate Bridge (Marinette, Wisconsin – Menominee, Michigan) ==History== Menominee gets its name from a regional Native American tribe known as the Menominee, which roughly translates into "wild rice." The area was originally the home of the Menominee Indian Tribe. They now have a reservation along the Wolf River in North Central Wisconsin. Menominee gained prominence as a lumber town. In its heyday Menominee produced more lumber than any other city in America. During this time and shortly after, Menominee boasted an opera house, which is now being restored.〔(Menominee Opera House )〕 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 to Menominee inventor Marshall Burns Lloyd and his Minneapolis company Lloyd Manufacturing — a manufacturer of wicker baby buggies. In 1917 Lloyd invented an automated process for weaving a man-made wicker and the Lloyd Loom was born — a process still in use today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marshall Burns Lloyd articles )〕 Today, Menominee relies on manufacturing (paper products, wicker lawn furniture, auto supplies, tourism, etc.) for its economic well-being. In 1940, during the "Vote for Gracie" publicity stunt in which Gracie Allen ran for President, she was nominated Mayor of Menominee, but disqualified because she was not a resident of the city. The Menominee Maroons won the state championship in its division for basketball in 1967 and 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 point in that entire season . They beat the former Wisconsin and Minnesota Division One state champions. Menominee shares a historic football rivalry with neighbor Marinette, Wisconsin. The two were noted as hosting the oldest interstate high school rivalry in the country and it is now recognized as the third longest rivalry.〔("ByeLines by Larry Ebsch: M&M Game spirit can't be beat" ); September 10, 2006; Eagle Herald; Retrieved September 10, 2007〕 Menominee shares a hospital, community foundation, newspaper and chamber of commerce with Marinette. Numerous city groups work together to benefit the entire, two-city, two-county community. Menominee's waterfront is the setting for events all summer long, including a city-sponsored festival. The Marinette Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce coordinates a concert series held on Thursdays from late June to mid-August. The Cabela Master Walleye Circuit brought hundreds of fishermen and women to the area for tournaments in 2005, 2008 and 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Menominee, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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