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Crane Lifting Logs at Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: At Hein's logging camp, a crane mounted on a railroad train lifts logs onto a flatbed railway car. Other logs are stacked on the snowy ground. A number of ...
Photograph

Logging Sled at the Landing

Date: 1904
Description: Five men stand on or nearby a sled loaded with logs and pulled by two horses at the landing at Hein's logging camp. There is snow on the ground.
Photograph

Hein's Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: A man stands atop a sled load of logs drawn by two horses at Hein's Logging Camp. Several other men stand atop large pile of logs behind him. Snow lies on ...
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Sled Load of Logs

Date: 1903
Description: Two sled loads of logs each drawn by teams of two horses at Bruno Vinett's logging camp. Drivers sit atop the loads. The ground is covered with snow.
Photograph

Logging Camp Dining Room

Date: 1900
Description: Ten men sitting and standing around tables set with dishes and food in the dining room of the Vinette logging camp.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

One-room shanty of old logging days passes with pioneer woodsman

Date: 1923-02-04
County: Chippewa
City: Eau Claire
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The lumber camps of long ago

Date: 1915-01-14
County: Chippewa
City: 
Photograph

Chippewa River

Date: 1929
Description: View of the Chippewa River rapids.
Postcard

Logs in Chippewa River, above the Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard of logs floating in river, looking east between falls and railroad bridge. In the upper right corner is a large number of logging pylons...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Stanley sawmill saws last log after 29 years operation

Date: 1920-09-17
County: Chippewa
City: Stanley
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Early day sawmills in the Chippewa Valley

Date: 1934-06-29
County: Chippewa
City: 
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Many sawmills built in county in early days

Date: 1933-08-17
County: Chippewa
City: 
Photograph

Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log driving crew on the Chippewa River.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin timber lands principal support of big eastern university

Date: 1922-02-05
County: Chippewa
City: Cornell
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Cornell university lands in the chippewa valley, and their very interesting history

Date: 1922-01-29
County: Chippewa
City: 
Photograph

Brunette Falls on the Chippewa River

Date: 1908
Description: Brunette Falls on the Chippewa River. Several logs are jammed on a rock formation in the river.
Photograph

Loggers in Bateaux

Date: 1900
Description: Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge.
Photograph

Log Drive at Jim Falls

Date: 1909
Description: Men in bateaux for the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's log drive on the Chippewa River at Jim Falls.
Photograph

Log Jam at Big Eddy

Date: 1905
Description: Log jam at Big Eddy on the Chippewa River during the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log drive. There is a bridge in the distance, and trees are along the s...
Historical Essay

Weyerhaeuser, Frederick 1834-1914

Lumberman and Timber Mogul
Biography of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the lumberman and timber mogul who founded the Weyerhaeuser Company and became the 8th richest American ever.

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