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The Holt and Balcom Logging Camp No. 1 in Lakewood, Wisconsin was built around 1880 in what was then timber along McCaslin Brook. It is probably the oldest lumber camp in Wisconsin still standing in its original location, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [2]
The Camp Five Museum is a living history museum located in Laona, Wisconsin that interprets the forest industry and transportation history of Wisconsin. It includes part or all of the Camp Five Farmstead, also known as Camp Five Logging Camp, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1] The museum was established in ...
The Trout Point Logging Camp was in operation from the late 19th century to the 20th century. Located on Stockton Island near Bayfield, Wisconsin , it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 [ 1 ] and the State Register of Historic Places early the following year.
The Battle of Cameron Dam was a conflict lasting from 1904–1910 in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, where John F. Dietz had numerous confrontations with law enforcement over the rights of logging companies to pass logs through a dam that was partially on his property. The two most serious shootouts occurred in 1906 and 1910.
For one of the state’s preeminent experts on ancient Indigenous mounds, it made sense to Kurt Sampson to help write a book about the subject, focusing on a mound-rich region in Wisconsin.
The requirements of the logging industry involved the creation of a working site and housing from the pristine wilderness. The construction of the logging camp consisted of a transformation of the natural environment to the built environment. [1] Logging was seasonal in nature, with farmers often working as lumberjacks during the winter.
Winter hikes are beautiful. Dineo Dowd is the founder of the website Wisconsin Adventure Family, an author of children's books and a leader of epic tours and hikes to places such as Machu Pichu ...
The event will run 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 20. Wisconsin Maritime Museum to host 'Shipwreck Day' featuring book-signing with author Kathy Groth