Jan 9, 2021
Marvin Lundin of Quinnesec looks over a new book, âNiagara, Capital City of Nicknames.â Lundin assisted author Jim Zukowski in providing many of the nicknames and stories behind them.
(Terri Castalez/Daily News photo)
NIAGARA, Wis. “Pope,” “Jug,” “Hubba,” “Boots,” “Shanks,” “Pickles.”
Those are just a handful of the names that can be heard around Niagara.
The once one-company mill town appears to have been “Capital City” when it came to nicknames. So why not write a book about them?
That’s exactly what former Niagara resident Jim “Zuke” Zukowski of California did. Published in September, “Niagara, Capital City of Nicknames” documents 337 nicknames and features the background behind 85 of them.
mlanthier@ironmountaindailynews.com Niagara Area Historical Society member Karen Klenke stands by the roadside area used for viewing the bluffs along the Menominee River. The Niagara Area Historical Society is seeking grants to place a historical marker in that area explaining the history of the bluffs. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo) Karen Klenke shows some of the submissions from a bluffs event that was sponsored by the Niagara Area Historical Society in 2016. From left, a drawing by Jill Klenke Smith, a photo by Michael Hohol and a painting by the late Virginia Eggen. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
Niagara Area Historical Society member Karen Klenke stands by the roadside area used for viewing the bluffs along the Menominee River. The Niagara Area Historical Society is seeking grants to place a historical marker in that area explaining the history of the bluffs. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)