A Story of Pittsfield and Suamico
Title | A Story of Pittsfield and Suamico PDF eBook |
Author | Lizzie Rice Johnstone |
Publisher | |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Pittsfield (Wis.) |
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When the White Pine Was King
Title | When the White Pine Was King PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry Apps |
Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2020-08-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0870209353 |
“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding of many of Wisconsin’s communities, Jerry Apps does an outstanding job bringing Wisconsin’s logging and lumbering heritage to life.”—Kerry P. Bloedorn, director, Rhinelander Pioneer Park Historical Complex For more than half a century, logging, lumber production, and affiliated enterprises in Wisconsin’s Northwoods provided jobs for tens of thousands of Wisconsinites and wealth for many individuals. The industry cut through the lives of nearly every Wisconsin citizen, from an immigrant lumberjack or camp cook in the Chippewa Valley to a Suamico sawmill operator, an Oshkosh factory worker to a Milwaukee banker. When the White Pine Was King tells the stories of the heyday of logging: of lumberjacks and camp cooks, of river drives and deadly log jams, of sawmills and lumber towns and the echo of the ax ringing through the Northwoods as yet another white pine crashed to the ground. He explores the aftermath of the logging era, including efforts to farm the cutover (most of them doomed to fail), successful reforestation work, and the legacy of the lumber and wood products industries, which continue to fuel the state’s economy. Enhanced with dozens of historic photos, When the White Pine Was King transports readers to the lumber boom era and reveals how the lessons learned in the vast northern forestlands continue to shape the region today.
Wisconsin Magazine of History
Title | Wisconsin Magazine of History PDF eBook |
Author | Milo Milton Quaife |
Publisher | |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Wisconsin |
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Wisconsin Library Bulletin
Title | Wisconsin Library Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 822 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Libraries |
ISBN |
A Bibliography on the History of Brown County
Title | A Bibliography on the History of Brown County PDF eBook |
Author | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Brown County (Wis.) |
ISBN |
The Wisconsin Blue Book
Title | The Wisconsin Blue Book PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Legislative Reference Bureau |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Wisconsin |
ISBN |
Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series
Title | Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
Publisher | Copyright Office, Library of Congress |
Pages | 2754 |
Release | 1930 |
Genre | American literature |
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