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90-458: The vision of creating a mid-continent north-south railroad line between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico was first promulgated by Herbert Sydney Duncombe, a Chicago lawyer, and Frank K. Bull, president of the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company of Racine, Wisconsin . In March 1906 they organized a group of investors to incorporate a company under the laws of South Dakota , and with it also incorporated

180-597: A bridge line between the three major railroads with which it connected -the Soo Line, Northern Pacific and Milwaukee Road. To this end, it advertised itself as The Mid-Land Route . In 1937, the railroad received permission to discontinue timetable freight and passenger services from Jamestown to Wimbledon and to operate on call and demand , meaning that carload freight customers would contact MICO Control at Jamestown to arrange pickup and delivery. Passenger service continued, but on an irregular basis and would have involved

270-640: A boost from the Hispanic community, which formed Cristo Rey , re-energizing St. Patrick's into the strong Catholic community of today. Racine has the largest Danish population in North America. The city has become known for its Danish pastries, particularly kringle . Several local bakeries have been featured on the Food Network highlighting the pastry. In June 2010, President Barack Obama stopped at an O & H Danish Bakery before hosting

360-601: A combined student enrollment of around 16,000. Programs such as International Baccalaureate and Montessori are utilized in the District. Private schools in the city include: The Prairie School is in nearby Wind Point . It was co-founded by Imogene "Gene" Powers Johnson . University of Wisconsin–Parkside is located south of Racine in the Town of Somers . Prior to Parkside's creation there were state college campuses in both Racine and Kenosha, but with their proximity it

450-510: A development company associated with the MICO when the line was built. Franklin has ceased to exist, there is not a trace of it on 65th Street SE -it used to be in Glenmore township, and was named after Franklin, Michigan , because the first folk who settled came from there. Nortonville is notable (see below). Millarton is tiny, but has kept its identity and has a disused grain elevator adjacent to

540-593: A history of organized labor, the city predominantly votes for the Democratic Party . The city's youngest city council president was Tom Mortenson, 28, who was a leading Progressive Republican who led ethical reform that served as a model for other municipal governments. For federal representation, Racine is part of Wisconsin's 1st congressional district , represented by Bryan Steil (R). Wisconsin's two U.S. senators are Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D). In Wisconsin's lower state legislative chamber,

630-466: A look inside artists’ workspaces at the Racine Arts and Business Center. The Racine Theater Guild annually offers a season of seven to eight main-stage plays and musicals, Racine Children's Theatre, Jean's Jazz Series and Comedy Tonight. Every winter, Over Our Head Players at 6th Street Theatre hosts Snowdance, a playwriting contest in which audience members determine the winning plays. Entries for

720-606: A major bridge over the river -but no action was ever taken on this. In 1908, a survey was done from Pembina to Winnipeg, although a Canadian subsidiary was not established, and the immediate intention was to connect with the Canadian Northern Railway at Pembina and acquire trackage rights to Winnipeg. After detailed surveying was completed, construction commenced in North Dakota on 12 August 1909. The first segment ran from Edgeley to Jamestown . This

810-507: A male householder with no wife present, and 37.0% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.17. The median age in the city was 33 years. 27.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.6% were from 25 to 44; 23.8% were from 45 to 64; and 10.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

900-667: A short length of MICO track from the junction curve with the former Northern Pacific line to Streeter . Tracks were still in place at both locations in 2020, the latter being the freight terminal for Edgeley. The surviving former station building in Wimbledon , at 401 Railway Street, is now the Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum opened in 2012. The trunk line route as originally proposed ran from Winnipeg to Pembina , then through North Dakota to Forbes . Pembina to Forbes

990-473: A so-called mixed train consisting of a passenger car attached to a string of freight cars. The former would have been used for LCL ( less than-car-load ) freight items as well. The same arrangement was allowed for Jamestown to Edgeley in 1950. The last passenger was recorded as travelling in 1965. The company continued to be owned privately by the Seiberling family until it was purchased jointly in 1966 by

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1080-524: A special election in October 2017. Racine's other citywide elected official is the Municipal Judge. The city council is made up of 15 aldermen, one elected from each aldermanic district in the city. The council enacts local ordinances and approves the city budget. Government priorities and activities are established in a budget ordinance usually adopted each November. Being a diverse community with

1170-535: A third preference shares and a third in fixed interest bonds. Hence, the construction company's directors bore the burden of finding monies for construction. Surveying on the first phase of the project was in 1907, from Pembina, North Dakota to Wheeler, South Dakota. The latter was the county seat of Charles Mix County before it was flooded when the Missouri River was dammed to form Lake Francis Case . The following segment, south from Wheeler, would require

1260-549: A town hall meeting on the economy and jobs later that afternoon. As of the census of 2020 , the city's population was 77,816, roughly a 1% decrease from its 2010 population. The population density was 5,028.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,941.5/km ). There were 33,871 housing units at an average density of 2,188.8 per square mile (845.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 51.5% White , 23.9% Black or African American , 0.8% Asian , 0.7% Native American , 10.4% from other races , and 12.7% from two or more races. Ethnically,

1350-941: A victim of either violent or property crime in Racine is 1 in 37, thus making the city's crime rate higher than 92% of Wisconsin's other cities and towns. Racine is home to museums, theater companies, visual arts organizations, galleries, performance groups, music organizations, dance studios, concert series and special art events. The Racine Art Museum is the site of the largest collection of contemporary craft in America, with over 4,000 pieces in art jewelry, ceramics, fibers, glass, metals, polymer, and wood, and over 4,000 works on paper and sculptures. RAM's satellite campus, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, presents exhibitions of regional artists along with art classes and workshops. The Racine Arts Council's exhibitions feature local and regional artists. The annual 16th Street Studios Open House offers

1440-860: A warm-summer Continental climate ( Köppen climate classification : Dfb ). Summers are warm and short while winters are cold. Precipitation is dispersed evenly throughout the year, although summers are slightly wetter and more humid than winters. Waves of European immigrants, including Danes , Germans , and Czechs , began to settle in Racine between the Civil War and the First World War . African Americans started arriving in large numbers during World War I, as they did in other Midwestern industrial towns, and Hispanics migrated to Racine from roughly 1925 onward. Unitarians , Episcopalians and Congregationalists from New England initially dominated Racine's religious life. Racine's Emmaus Lutheran Church,

1530-460: A wye at its junction with the MICO line, allowing trains from Jamestown to run directly to Wimbledon downtown. Just before the junction of this curve with the Soo, a short stub ran to the Wimbledon terminal station which was erected at 401 Railway Street in 1920. The MICO main line ran on the east side of the city to the grain elevator at Frazier, on 16 1/2 Avenue SE. Before 1920 the station was on it, on

1620-694: Is also the home of S.C. Johnson & Son , whose headquarters were designed in 1936 by Frank Lloyd Wright . Wright also designed the Wingspread Conference Center and several homes and other buildings in Racine. The city is also home to the Dremel Corporation, Reliance Controls Corporation and Twin Disc . Case New Holland ’s Racine manufacturing facility, which builds two types of tractors (the New Holland T8 and

1710-608: Is home to several National Register of Historic Places listed structures: National Register of Historic Places listings in Racine County, Wisconsin . The city is also home to Regency Mall . Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built the Johnson Wax Headquarters building in Racine. The building was and still is considered a marvel of design innovation, despite its many practical annoyances such as rainwater leaks. Wright urged then-president Hib Johnson to build

1800-599: Is located on the SC Johnson campus, is one of only 2 existing high rise buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright . Fortaleza Hall, designed by Norman Foster , houses the "SC Johnson Gallery: Frank Lloyd Wright At Home" and a Frank Lloyd Wright library. The Johnson Wax disc-shaped Golden Rondelle Theater was originally constructed as the Johnson Wax pavilion for the 1964 New York World's Fair and then relocated to Racine. The Racine Art Museum , designed by

1890-595: Is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River , situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago . As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 77,816, making it the fifth-most populous city in Wisconsin. It is the principal city of the Racine metropolitan statistical area (consisting only of Racine County, 2020 pop. 197,727). The Racine metropolitan area is, in turn, counted as part of

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1980-464: Is located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Racine's south side historic district. Racine has a mayor-council form of government . The mayor is the chief executive, elected for a term of four years. The mayor appoints commissioners and other officials who oversee the departments, subject to Common Council approval. The current mayor is Cory Mason (D); he is the 58th mayor of Racine, currently serving his second full four-year term after taking office in

2070-522: Is on 37th Street SE, and is a field with a farm to the east. The station site, railroad grade and townsite have all been plowed out. North of this the line was crossed by the Interstate 94 highway on an overcrossing. Then came the crossing of the NP intercontinental trunk line, done by boring through the fill of the trunk line at this point and creating a very narrow bridge now over a private road. This bridge

2160-404: Is remembered because the family of the singer Peggy Lee was in residence at the time. The line to Wimbledon started with a triangular wye, Jamestown Junction , just north of Homer -the wye is crossed by 38th Street SE. To the north of this, State Hospital station was on 37th Street SE. From here, the hospital spur had a junction facing Edgeley and ran to the hospital complex. The line from here to

2250-655: Is the namesake (but not current owner) of radio station WRJN (1400), and is owned by Lee Enterprises . The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel formerly published a Racine-specific page on Thursdays and a Racine County section on Sundays, but dropped them in 2007. The Insider News covers issues specific to the city's Black community. The Racine County Eye also covers Racine County news. Happenings Magazine covers local entertainment events in Racine. The city has one television station owned by Weigel Broadcasting , WMLW-TV (Channel 49), an independent station which airs syndicated content, and had its analog transmitter just north of

2340-577: The Goodyear Tire Company became involved in the project in 1912, when he advanced $ 400,000 cash in exchange for a mortgage on the construction company. This injection of funds allowed the beginning of the second phase, running north-east of Jamestown. The new line had to cross the transcontinental trunk line of the Northern Pacific Railway ( reporting mark NP ) in that town. This was too dangerous to do at grade, and

2430-480: The Great Northern Railway . The GN was the fourth major railroad operating in North Dakota, and in the event the MICO never connected with it. The Norton proposal was quickly dropped in favor of an extension to Grand Forks . This was promoted by Seiberling when he took over. An outline survey of this route had been made in 1910. The stations would have been Revere GN, Skaar (not to be confused with

2520-537: The Midland Construction Company to construct the railroad. The distance traversed by the proposed trunk line was 1 800 miles (2900 km), although the actual track length was estimated at 2 500 miles (4 000 km). Authorised share capital was $ 70 000 000. The construction company entered into an agreement with the MICO to build the line in exchange for securities, at the rate of $ 75 000 per mile. A third of these were to be ordinary shares,

2610-672: The Potawatomi expanded into the area, taking part in the French fur trade. In November 1674, while traveling from Green Bay to the territory of the Illinois Confederation , Father Jacques Marquette and his assistants, Jacques Largillier, Pierre Porteret, and Nathan Kowitt camped at the mouth of the Root River. These were the first Europeans known to visit what is now Racine County. Further expeditions were made in

2700-631: The Wisconsin State Assembly , Racine is split between the 62nd Assembly district in the north, represented by Robert Wittke (R), and the 66th Assembly district in the south, represented by Greta Neubauer (D). In Wisconsin's upper chamber, the Wisconsin Senate , the area represented by the 66th Assembly district falls within Wisconsin's 22nd Senate district , represented by Robert Wirch (D). The area represented by

2790-622: The Wisconsin Supreme Court declaring the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 unconstitutional, and later, the Wisconsin State Legislature refusing to recognize the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court . This saga played a significant role in the building up of tensions that preceded the Civil War . Racine was a factory town almost from the beginning. The first industry in Racine County included

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2880-769: The 62nd Assembly district falls within the 21st Senate district , represented by Van H. Wanggaard (R). Fire protection and ambulance service is provided by the Racine Fire Department with six fire stations. Law enforcement services are provided by the Racine Police Department. Racine's public schools are administered by the Racine Unified School District, which oversees one early education center, seven elementary schools, eight K-8 schools, two 6-12 schools, three high schools and one alternative education center with

2970-796: The Case IH Magnum), offers public tours throughout the year. Racine includes the Old Main Street Historic District . Historic buildings in Racine include the Badger Building , Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252 , St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church , YMCA Building , Chauncey Hall House , Eli R. Cooley House , George Murray House , Hansen House , Racine College , McClurg Building , First Presbyterian Church , Memorial Hall , Racine Depot , United Laymen Bible Student Tabernacle , Chauncey Hall Building , Thomas P. Hardy House , and Horlick Field . The area

3060-536: The Chicago architecture firm Brininstool + Lynch , is a modern reuse of an existing structure to house RAM's permanent collection of contemporary craft. The building has an exterior façade of translucent acrylic panels that are illuminated at night, making the museum glow in the dark like a Japanese lantern. The OS House, a private residence designed by the Milwaukee architecture firm Johnsen Schmaling Architects ,

3150-439: The MICO connecting curve and a very short stretch of line survive here in use. From Edgeley, passenger stops were at Winal, Franklin, Nortonville, Millarton, Sydney, Kloze, Homer and State Hospital. Winal was just south of where the MICO crossed the NP line to Streeter, on 71st Street SE, and does not exist as a place any more (the location is just west of a mobile phone mast). The next four stops were actually platted as towns by

3240-561: The MICO couldn't afford the bridgework or approach fills. It was forced to build around the east side of the city from a wye south of the terminal station, leaving the latter on a stub, crossing the NP main line where the latter was on a fill which could be easily bored through to create a narrow bridge. The end of this new extension was Wimbledon where a connection was made with the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad ( reporting mark SOO ). The actual terminus in Wimbledon

3330-762: The Milwaukee County line in Oak Creek . For all intents and purposes, the station serves all of southeastern Wisconsin, with the station offices located in West Allis and the station's current transmitter is located on the Weigel tower in Milwaukee's Lincoln Park. WDJT-TV (its sister CBS station) continues to produce a weekend public affairs program called Racine & Me which is devoted to topics of interest to Racine residents. Wimbledon, North Dakota Too Many Requests If you report this error to

3420-581: The NP line to LaMoure before heading slightly east of north. Passenger stops were Durkee, Hurning, Johnson, Clementsville, Durupt, Wimbledon and Frazier. Durkee, Johnson, Clementsville and Durupt were platted as towns in the same way as those of the Edgeley line, except that the associated company here was the Dakota Land and Mortgage Company . This was a very late example of the foundation of railroad towns , and all four have become ghost towns . Durkee

3510-485: The NP's main line station. A roundhouse, passenger station and freight depot were built there, and were ready by 1917. The company headquarters were established here. Also, the railroad laid s spur to the North Dakota State Hospital . Maps of the period show that the company intended to extend from Wimbledon due north to Sutton on the Great Northern Railway ( reporting mark GN ) instead of in

3600-499: The Northern Pacific and Soo Line railroads. Closure mostly occurred in 1969, after serious flood damage that spring. Formal abandonment took place on 31 October 1970. A stub from Jamestown south to Kloze remained until 1976, and formally abandoned in 1979. Also the Soo Line took on a stub at Wimbledon, from Frazier to Clementsville, and this survived until 1982. Only two portions of the system survived to date (2020). One

3690-854: The Racine Writer in Residence Program awards two 6-month residencies each year with a stipend of $ 1,500; the Racine/Kenosha Poet Laureate Program chooses one poet from Racine and one poet from Kenosha every 2 years. Racine has several examples of Frank Lloyd Wright 's work, including the Johnson Wax Headquarters , Wingspread , the Thomas P. Hardy House and the Keland House . S.C. Johnson offers free tours of its corporate campus, and receives about 9,000 visitors per year. The Research Tower , which

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3780-458: The Soo Line. Durupt is another crossroads, on 22 Street SE, but there is nothing there again and the site is under the plow. The MICO terminated in Wimbledon where it interchanged with the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Soo Line). After crossing the Soo trunk line, the MICO had two reverse junction spurs running back to connect with it east and west. The west curve had

3870-633: The area by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1679 and by François Jolliet De Montigny and Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes in 1698. Nearly a century later, in 1791, a trading post would be established along Lake Michigan near where the Root River empties into it. Following the Black Hawk War , the area surrounding Racine, which had previously been off-limits, was settled by Yankees from upstate New York and New England . In 1834 Captain Gilbert Knapp USRM , who

3960-464: The area surrounding his own. Some of the settlers were from the town of Derby, Connecticut , and others came from the New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The area was previously called "Kipi Kawi" and "Chippecotton" by the indigenous peoples, both names for the Root River. The name "Port Gilbert" was never really accepted, and in 1841 the community

4050-405: The city in 2013 dropped in several categories to the lowest point in decades. Racine saw a 38.3 percent drop in violent crime from 2009 to 2013, making it the 10th largest decrease in the country. Property crimes were at their lowest point since 1965, while the number of violent crimes was the lowest for any year on record. However, that trend has since changed. As of 2018, the chance of becoming

4140-570: The city is home to some works by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright . Native Americans inhabited the area of Racine for thousands of years. Artifacts that have survived include the burial mounds in what is now Mound Cemetery. Historians separate the natives living in the Root watershed at that time into Woodland people and Hopewell people. After Europeans contacted the Natives, the Miami and later

4230-482: The city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. Racial Makeup of Racine (2023) Racial Makeup of Kenosha treating Hispanics as a Racial Category (2023) NH=Non-Hispanic Racial Makeup of Hispanics in Kenosha (2023) Racine employs community-oriented policing , the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to address the immediate conditions that give rise to crime. The number of crimes committed in

4320-424: The city was 58.8% White , 22.6% African American , 0.5% Native American , 0.8% Asian , 10.3% from other races , and 4.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.7% of the population. There were 30,530 households, of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.5% were married couples living together, 20.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.3% had

4410-464: The city's eastern outskirts. A site was chosen on the corner of Railway Street and 4th Avenue, opposite the Soo main line station, and a short spur built to it from the western junction curve to the Soo Line. The station building was moved to its new location. This was the last construction that the railroad achieved. The railroad's subsequent history was primarily as a short line serving local agriculture and its service industries. Its major claim to fame

4500-473: The city, opening up churches for their own ethnicity, such as St. Stanislaus (Polish), St. Rose (Irish), Holy Name (German), St. Patrick (Irish), Sacred Heart (Italian), St. Joseph (German), St. Mary (German), Holy Trinity (Slovak), St. Casimir (Lithuanian), and others. As years passed, populations moved and St. Stanislaus, Holy Name, Holy Trinity, St. Rose, and St. Casimir merged in 1998, forming St. Richard. With new waves of people arriving, older parishes received

4590-456: The city. In 1854 Joshua Glover , an escaped slave who had made a home in Racine, was arrested by federal marshals and jailed in Milwaukee . One hundred men from Racine, and ultimately 5,000 Wisconsinites, rallied and broke into the jail to free him. He was helped to escape to Canada . Glover's rescue gave rise to many legal complications and a great deal of litigation. This eventually led to

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4680-917: The contest come from all over the world. The Racine Symphony Orchestra performs 2-3 Masterworks concerts per year, several free pops concerts, and an annual concert for fifth graders. Local bands perform free noontime and evening concerts at downtown's centrally located Monument Square throughout the summer. Weekly open mic opportunities for musicians and other performers are hosted by Family Power Music. The monthly BONK! Performance Series showcases local, regional and national poets. There are four opportunities for area artists and poets to receive recognition for their work: The RAM Artist Fellowship Program awards four $ 3,000 Artist Fellowships and one $ 1,500 Emerging Artist Award every two years with recipients given solo exhibits; The Racine Arts Council ArtSeed Program provides grants ranging from $ 500 to $ 1,500 to projects that are new, innovative, experimental and collaborative;

4770-501: The direction of Cooperstown as previously intended. In 1916, the Midland Construction Company defaulted on its bonds. Seiberling filed a foreclosure suit, and took over control of the MICO to safeguard his investment. The construction company was wound up, resulting in the end of the dream of a trunk line. Seiberling announced originally that he wished to extend the line to Grand Forks instead. Meanwhile, in early 1917 he ordered improvement to depot and station facilities, especially to

4860-432: The exception of Nortonville. This is on 59th Street SE, just west of 80th Avenue SE, and has kept part of its grid layout -3rd to 6th Avenues, and 2nd and 3rd Streets (59th Street doubles up as 1st Street here). There is a Roman Catholic church, and two old grain elevators as well as some other old buildings. The railroad station was where a timber merchant is today, adjacent to the south elevator. It burned down in 1930, which

4950-560: The first public high school in Wisconsin, opened. The high school operated until 1926, when it was torn down to make way for the new Racine County Courthouse , an Art Deco highrise. Washington Park High School was built to replace the original high school. Before the Civil War , Racine was well known for its strong opposition to slavery , with many slaves escaping to freedom via the Underground Railroad passing through

5040-439: The former NP junction and the spur are still in use and the track is in place, with enough track to the south of the station site to allow for switching. The original route continued to Jamestown , where the line maintained an interchange with the Northern Pacific Railway . The junction spur, south to north, begins at 11th Street SE and forms a triangular wye with the NP line from Jamestown to LaMoure . The original 1912 terminus

5130-439: The greater Milwaukee combined statistical area . Racine is the headquarters of several industries, including Case Corporation heavy equipment, S. C. Johnson & Son cleaning and chemical products, Dremel , Reliance Controls , Twin Disc , and Arthur B. Modine heat exchangers. The Mitchell & Lewis Company , a wagonmaker in the 19th century, began making motorcycles and automobiles as Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company at

5220-429: The manufacture of fanning mills, machines that separate wheat grain from chaff . Racine also had its share of captains of industry, including J. I. Case (heavy equipment), S. C. Johnson & Son (cleaning and chemical products), and Arthur B. Modine (Heat Exchangers). Racine's harbor was central to the shipping industry in Wisconsin in the late 19th century. Racine was also an early car manufacturing center. One of

5310-510: The north side 7th Street SE east of 7th Avenue, and the former grade crossing here still had a "Railroad Crossing" sign in 2013 (removed by 2020). In 1927, the railroad had two steam locomotives, seventeen freight cars, two passenger cars and two work cars. Racine, Wisconsin Racine ( / r ə ˈ s iː n , r eɪ -/ rə- SEEN , ray- ) is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin , United States. It

5400-490: The north. So, the NP had a short stub line running from a wye to terminate on the western city limits at 6th Avenue. Also there was an interchange curve east to south from this, where the MICO crossed just outside the northern city limits, north of 72nd Street SE. The NP terminal was abandoned by the Red River Valley and Western Railroad , which established its freight terminal for the city at the old MILW site. Hence,

5490-751: The oldest Danish Lutheran Church in North America, was founded on August 22, 1851. Originally a founding member of the Danish American Lutheran Church, it has subsequently been a member of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (UDELCA), the American Lutheran Church (ALC), and, since 1988, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). There was also a large Catholic movement to

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5580-695: The place in McKenzie County), Cooperstown NP (these had been on the original trunk line route), Romness, Sharon GN, Goose River, Northwood GN, McRae and Brenna. The route as built started in Edgeley at an end-on interchange with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad . The two companies shared some facilities, and the MICO used the MILW passenger station. Formerly, the Northern Pacific line from LaMoure to Streeter bypassed Edgeley to

5670-494: The population was 24.2% Hispanic or Latino of any race. According to the American Community Survey estimates for 2016–2020, the median income for a household in the city was $ 44,346, and the median income for a family was $ 54,161. Male full-time workers had a median income of $ 42,864 versus $ 36,299 for female workers. The per capita income for the city was $ 22,837. About 15.7% of families and 20.7% of

5760-555: The population were below the poverty line , including 29.0% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over. Of the population age 25 and over, 86.5% were high school graduates or higher and 17.2% had a bachelor's degree or higher. As of the census of 2010, there were 78,860 people, 30,530 households, and 19,222 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,094.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,966.9/km ). There were 33,887 housing units at an average density of 2,189.1 per square mile (845.2/km ). The racial makeup of

5850-448: The railroad grade, instead of conforming to the land survey grid as most North Dakota country roads do. It runs between 81st Avenue SE and 42nd Street SE. Homer is also tiny, but the station site survives next to the crossroads of 39th Street SE and 85th Avenue SE. The MICO platted eight railroad towns , through subsidiary land development companies. All but one have lost any civic identity that they ever might have had and are ghosts, with

5940-488: The road access for some of them. Although mule carts could cope with dirt tracks in wet weather, the newly developing motor vehicles could not. However, the US entered WWI in 1917. From then until 1920 the railroad was under government control. All thoughts of extension were abandoned after that. In 1920, immediately on getting its railroad back, the company moved its Wimbledon passenger station downtown from its former location on

6030-518: The route: Franklin, Nortonville, Sydney and Millarton. Even so, money was so tight that the line was only finished on 1 November 1912 and had taken over three years to build. Because of the financial difficulties, a new Midland Continental Railroad Company was established in August 1910 under the laws of North Dakota, and the original company of that name had its name changed to Midland Continental Railroad Company of South Dakota . The latter transferred

6120-535: The start of the 20th century. Racine is also home to InSinkErator , manufacturers of the first garbage disposal. Racine was also historically home to the Horlicks malt factory, where malted milk balls were first developed, and the Western Publishing factory where Little Golden Books were printed. Prominent architects in Racine's history include A. Arthur Guilbert and Edmund Bailey Funston , and

6210-425: The station site on Millarton Street between 81st and 82nd Avenues SE and 51st and 52nd Streets SE. Sydney is a single farm on 47th Street SE, with traces of ruins adjacent to the station site. Kloze was the freight terminus of a surviving portion of line from Jamestown until 1976, after the rest of the route had been abandoned in 1969. Kloze is a tiny hamlet. Unusually, it is accessed by a diagonal road which parallels

6300-576: The structure outside of Racine, a city that Wright, a Wisconsin native, thought of as "backwater." Johnson refused to have the Johnson Wax Headquarters sited anywhere other than Racine. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 15.66 square miles (40.56 km ), of which, 15.47 square miles (40.07 km ) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km ) is water. Racine has

6390-453: The unfinished line to the former in October 1910. The new MICO was chartered to build from Pembina to Forbes on the South Dakota border, and the MICO(SD) was to take it on from there to St. Lawrence, South Dakota where interchange would have been made with the Chicago and North Western Railroad ( reporting mark CNW ). This latter section appeared in publicity material, but otherwise vanished into oblivion. Frank Seiberling , president of

6480-612: The west and in Oklahoma, Guthrie and Oklahoma City to the east. It intended to penetrate Fort Worth, Texas . South of there, there would have been a major junction at Cleburne with the Galveston branch bypassing Houston to the west and the Corpus Christi branch bypassing Austin to the east. After the Wimbledon line had been finished in 1913, the initial intention was to extend from Wimbledon due north to Sutton on

6570-668: The world's first automobiles was built there in 1871 or 1872 by J. W. Cathcart, as was the Pennington Victoria tricycle , the Mitchell , and the Case. In 1887, malted milk was invented in Racine by English immigrant William Horlick , and Horlicks remains a global brand. The garbage disposal was invented in 1927 by architect John Hammes of Racine, who founded the company InSinkErator , which still produces millions of garbage disposers every year in Racine. Racine

6660-487: Was also the subject of the 2006 documentary The World's Best Prom . In addition to the large prom Racine has become known for, the city has also been hosting a special needs prom called A Night To Remember every year since 2013. The A Night To Remember prom always takes place on the Sunday following Racine's larger prom and includes those from age 13 to 30. Racine is served by the daily newspaper The Journal Times , which

6750-534: Was an extension of a line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ( reporting mark MILW ) running from Aberdeen, South Dakota and terminating at Edgeley. The company had not attracted any substantial investment, hence lacked the funds for this short length of line -32.7 miles (52.6 km). Certain of its investors set up the Midland Townsite Company in October 1909 to speculate in land at four future railroad town sites on

6840-423: Was at the spur junction, about the end of 10th Street SE. The junction wye still has track (2020). From there, the 1916 extension paralleled the NP line for the short distance to the terminal station, depot and roundhouse at the east end of 2nd Street SE. An original MICO wooden bridge spans 17th Street SE, just north of the interstate highway junction. The Wimbledon line ran east of Jamestown Junction and crossed

6930-479: Was decided they would be better served by one larger campus in between the two cities. A campus of Gateway Technical College , which serves the tri-county area of the southeastern corner of Wisconsin, is located in the downtown district on Lake Michigan. The Racine Legion , a professional football team and part of the National Football League , played here from 1922 to 1924. Its official name

7020-407: Was from Chatham, Massachusetts , founded the settlement of "Port Gilbert" at the place where the Root River empties into Lake Michigan . Knapp had first explored the area of the Root River valley in 1818, and returned with financial backing when the war ended. Within a year of Knapp's settlement hundreds of other settlers from New England and western New York had arrived and built log cabins in

7110-607: Was immediately followed by Hurning on 33rd Street SE. Not a single building is there, but the road crosses the line via a bridge built in 1936 which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Midland Continental Overpass . Johnson is a single farmstead on a crossroads on 30th Street SE. Clementsville is a grain elevator on 26th Street SE accompanied by a small farmstead, and tracks were in place here until 1982 being operated by

7200-667: Was incorporated as the village of Racine, after the French word for "root". After Wisconsin was admitted to the Union in 1848, the new legislature voted in August to incorporate Racine as a city. In 1852, Racine College , an Episcopal college, was founded; it closed in 1933. Its location and many of its buildings are preserved today by the Community of St. Mary as part of the DeKoven Center. Also in 1852, Racine High School ,

7290-458: Was interested in buying all of a new bond issue to finance further extension. This issue comprised $ 6 000 000 gold bonds at 5%, authorised in 1910. Before the deal could be signed, WWI started in Europe and Ismay withdrew his offer. The bond issue was cancelled. In 1916, the MICO managed a short half-mile extension from its junction with the NP east of Jamestown, to a new downtown terminus nearer to

7380-535: Was named after a prominent member Lynn Frazier (later state governor). After completing the two segments from Edgeley to Jamestown to Wimbledon, funds ran out and additional investors were solicited. Finding no new investors in the United States, Frank K. Bull the original promoter headed to Britain in 1914. He found that J. Bruce Ismay , former chairman of the White Star Line and Titanic survivor,

7470-561: Was not on the planned route. It was finished in October 1913, apart from a very short extension of 0.3 miles (0.5 km) to a location called Frazier north of the Wimbledon station to serve a grain elevator. This was opened in December. The Wimbledon passenger station was east of downtown, on 17th Street SE. Frazier was the site of an abortive town project sponsored by the North Dakota Nonpartisan League , and

7560-689: Was recognized in 2011 as one of the top 10 residential projects in the United States by the American Institute of Architects . The LEED Platinum -certified home was also named in 2011 as one of the top 10 green projects in the country by the AIA, and in 2012 as one of 11 national winners in the Small Projects category. The OS House has been featured in the New York Times . The house, an example of 21st-century modern architecture,

7650-638: Was surveyed ready for construction from Forbes to St Lawrence , and outline surveyed to Wheeler (on the Missouri River, now drowned). Connections were to have been Leola Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway ( reporting mark MSTL ), Craven MILW, Cresbard MSTL, Rockham CNW and St Lawrence CNW. The trunk line south of Wheeler was not surveyed. The 1913 publicity map shows the line avoiding most major cities. In Nebraska, it would have passed Grand Island and Hastings to t he east; in Kansas, Wichita to

7740-459: Was that the singer Peggy Lee , who was born in 1920, had a father who was an employee of the MICO from 1916 to 1944. He was in charge at Nortonville station when it burned down in 1930, and of Wimbledon station from 1934 to 1937 where she was resident as a teenager -and helped out with station duties when he was too drunk to cope. Despite its minor status, under the presidency of Seiberling the railroad made strenuous efforts to promote itself also as

7830-607: Was the Horlick-Racine Legion. The team then operated as the Racine Tornadoes in 1926. They played at Horlick Field . The city is known for its large prom celebration, at which students from all the high schools in the city participate in an after prom party. This was featured on the radio show This American Life in Episode #186 "Prom", which originally aired on June 8, 2001; Racine's prom tradition

7920-504: Was the only section of the entire project, the construction of which was actively undertaken. The route was, with intended railroad connections: Pembina, Carlisle, Hamilton GN, Crystal GN, Park River GN, Fordville SOO, Niagara GN, Moraine, Aneta GN, Cooperstown NP, Helena GN (the GN called its station here Revere ), Courtenay NP (not Wimbledon), Jamestown SOO, Edgeley NP MILW, Merricourt SOO (a ghost town) and Forbes GN. The route

8010-590: Was the spur to the North Dakota State Hospital, which was operated by the BNSF Railway until taken on by the Red River Valley and Western Railroad . This includes the original interchange junction wye at Jamestown, together with a short stub track running in the direction of the original terminus and terminating at 12th Avenue SE north of 7th Street SE. The RRVW railroad also took over the former Milwaukee Road depot at Edgeley, along with

8100-500: Was to be just beyond downtown to the north-east. Durkee, Johnson, Clementsville and Durupt were platted as towns on this route, in the same way as those of the Edgeley line, except that the associated company here was the Dakota Land and Mortgage Company . The original plan was that the trunk line would run from downtown Jamestown to Courtenay which is the next city on the Soo Line north-west of Wimbledon. Hence, this new extension

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