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Racine is located along Lake Michigan. In 2006, the city had a population of 79,592. The city is 18 square miles with 2 square miles on water and it sits at an elevation of 617 feet above sea level. Racine is known as "The Belle City of the Lakes".

Eight canoes carried French explorers into the Root River in 1699. These were the first white men to visit the area that would become Racine. They established a trading post there and the name Racine was chosen because it means "root" in French. Settlers from New York settled the area after the Blackhawk War in 1832. For a short time the area was called Port Gilbert, but it was incorporated in 1841 and it was officially named Racine. It became a city in 1848.

People in the area opposed slavery and slaves on the Underground Railroad passed through the city on their way to freedom. Joshua Glover was an escaped slave who came to live in Racine. The federal marshals arrested him in 1854 and a large group of people went to Milwaukee to free him and they helped him get to Canada. There was a lot of litigation about his case and it led to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.

Czechs, Danes and Germans settled in the area after the Civil War. African Americans settled there during World War I and they settled in other industrial towns in the Midwest. After 1925, Mexicans began to move to the area.

Factories have been important to Racine over the years. Fanning Mills was the first manufacturer and their machines separated wheat grain from chaff. In addition other businesses manufactured: cleaning and chemical products, heavy equipment, and many other products. Some inventions in the area include: garbage disposal, "in-sink-erator", and malted milk.

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