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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Time and fate tear down what Oshkosh pioneer built well

Date: 1934-01-28
County: Winnebago
City: Oshkosh
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Menomonie: is set back in 1846

Date: 1917-03-29
County: Dunn
City: Menomonie
Photograph

Logging Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of loggers with two teams of oxen.
Photograph

Logging Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of loggers with their tools near their lodge.
Photograph

Workers with a Haul of Logs

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of seven men posing on or around a pile of logs. Some of the men are carrying cant hooks. The logs are being hauled on a sled pulled by two ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Eau Claire

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye view of Eau Claire.
Photograph

Group Amidst Logs

Date: 
Description: A group of men and women sit among a large number of logs.
Photograph

Ice Gorge

Date: 
Description: View of logs and ice in the river, probably the Ice Gorge of 1876.
Historic Marker

Beef Slough Historic Marker

Location: State Hwy 35
Nearby City: Alma, Buffalo County
Body of water: Mississippi River
Photograph

Stony Hill Logs at Brule

Date: 1960
Description: Several men are working with logs and equipment in Brule River State Forest.
Photograph

Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Stump removal at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the foreground.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

John O'Keefe, Sr. recalls days on the Wisconsin River when rafts were tied at Prospect Hill Point

Date: 1935-08-31
County: Columbia
City: Portage
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin timber lands principal support of big eastern university

Date: 1922-02-05
County: Chippewa
City: Cornell
Museum

Marinette County Historical Soc. Museum

Location: Stephenson Island
Nearby City: Marinette, Marinette County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Property Record

4500 N BRANCH ST

Community: Wabeno
County: Forest
Historic Name: Larry the Logroller
Reference Number: 241059
Photograph

Felling White Pine

Date: 
Description: Two lumberjacks pose at the base of a tree with a double-handled saw poised to cut.
Photograph

Log Drive on Wisconsin River

Date: 1913
Description: Eight men are in a boat driving logs down the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Cutting Corn

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of two men with a logging crosscut saw cutting a giant ear of corn. A mound of giant corn stands beside them. There is a barn in the backgroun...
Photograph

Truck Transporting Logs

Date: 1947
Description: An International K-model truck with logs piled on its trailer parked next to a dirt ramp or embankment leading to a river(?). Industrial buildings are to t...
Photograph

The Forest Interior and a Railroad Stockcar

Date: 
Description: A postcard with two views functioning as a "before" and "after" of forestry. The view on the left features a man standing in the distance among large trees...

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