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Jan 9, 2021
Marvin Lundin of Quinnesec looks over a new book, “Niagara, Capital City of Nicknames.” 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. ....

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