Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Front view of a man holding the reins of two horses hitched to a sled loaded with logs on a snowy path in or near Vinette's logging camp. |
Date: | 1884 |
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Description: | The logging camp of Bruno Vinett. About a dozen horses, most in harness, and a similar number of men stand in front of a barn-like building and a small woo... |
Date: | 1875 |
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Description: | Group portrait of a large logging crew posing outdoors in the snow at their camp in front of a log building. One of the men is playing a fiddle or a violin... |
Read about the Beef Slough War, a business conflict over access to timer in the Chippewa River watershed |
Lumberman and Timber Mogul |
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Biography of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the lumberman and timber mogul who founded the Weyerhaeuser Company and became the 8th richest American ever. |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings. |
Date: | 1869 |
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Description: | Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40... |
Community: | Chippewa Falls |
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County: | Chippewa |
Historic Name: | Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company Office Building |
Reference Number: | 3138 |
Learn more about life in a lumber camp by using primary sources |
Life and Lumbering in Chippewa Falls |
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Read about the life and career of photographer Alfred Bish who documented the lumbering industry and daily life in the Chippewa Falls area. |
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