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In the last half of the 1800s entrepreneurs and businessmen constructed dozens of privately-funded “bridge piers” along the western shores of Lake Michigan. At these piers, Wisconsin’s forests were exchanged…

This is the story of George Banzhaf, a young forester in the wilderness of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as told in the book “Adventures of a Young Entrepreneur: George…

The presentation will discuss the work that Army Engineers have done over the past two centuries in developing the infrastructure of Wisconsin. The focus will be on the Civil Works…

This presentation will cover the grass roots history of the Woodland Dunes Nature Center and their current efforts to restore and maintain quality habitats for all the creatures in or…

Have you heard stories about relatives who worked during the hay-day of logging in Northern Wisconsin? In this program we'll demonstrate how to search free on-line census information about logging…

When workers arrived at the Merrill Woodenware mill on February 1, 1920, they discovered that the mill’s main drive belt had been slashed during the night. Fearing additional actions against…

While Aldo Leopold’s impact on the conservation movement is broad and deep, he is mostly known as the author of the now classic A Sand County Almanac. Celebrating its 75th…

The logging and lumbering industry has been an important part of Wisconsin’s history. That history is rich and fascinating, and the language used by lumberjacks during that time adds a…

Cornell University Founder Ezra Cornell leveraged New York State’s allocation of public lands under the Morrill Act of 1862 to select over 512,000 acres of pine timberland in northern Wisconsin…

Both the lumber and paper industry have both economically and physically transformed the Wisconsin River Valley and played a central role in the urban and community landscape of central Wisconsin.…