Events
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The Buildup and the Blowup
Virtual Zoom WebinarConflagrations like the 1871 Peshtigo Fire have reemerged as important threats across North America and around the world. Understanding the factors and the phenomena that produced the fire environment of…
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Peshtigo Paradigm
Virtual Zoom WebinarFor 50 years the kind of fire that swept over Peshtigo plagued the Great Lakes region, in both the U.S. and Canada. The fires furnished an important background for state-sponsored…
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FHAW and Related Collections at the UWSP Archives
The presentation will primarily focus on the Forest History Association of Wisconsin collection held at the UWSP Archives, explaining what topics can be found, how to access the collection and…
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Hoisting Pulpwood, a Century of Hoisting Operations on Chequamegon Bay, 1872-1972
Virtual Zoom WebinarPart History and part memoir, in this presentation, Tom Stanley shares the story of Ashland's pulp hoists in the context of Wisconsin's long and colorful forest history. Why was pulpwood…
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Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic: A Product of Perspective
Virtual Zoom WebinarSteve Swenson, Program Director at the Aldo Leopold Foundation will share Aldo Leopold’s life story through historic photographs and Leopold’s writings to demonstrate how Leopold’s thinking changed over time. Throughout…
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Hoisting Pulpwood, a Century of Hoisting Operations on Chequamegon Bay, 1872-1972
Virtual Zoom WebinarPart History and part memoir, in this presentation, Tom Stanley shares the story of Ashland's pulp hoists in the context of Wisconsin's long and colorful forest history. Why was pulpwood…
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The Bonifas Story: An immigrant’s rags to riches logging era story
Virtual Zoom WebinarEight siblings of the Bonifas family immigrated from Luxembourg to the Garden Peninsula in upper Michigan. They began working in lumber camps and slowly worked their way up to owning…
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The Story Behind the Prentice Hydraulic Loader
Virtual Zoom WebinarPrentice Hydraulics had its beginning in 1945 in the Heikkinen Machine Shop near the village of Prentice. Leo Heikkinen repaired and welded heavy equipment, fabricated steel, and manufactured mechanical jammers…
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When the White Pine was King
Virtual Zoom WebinarA History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in WisconsinFor more than half a century, logging in Wisconsin’s Northwoods provided jobs for tens of thousands of Wisconsinites and impacted…
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William H. Upham, More Than Just a Prominent Central Wisconsin Lumberman
Virtual Zoom WebinarWilliam Henry Upham arrived in Marshfield in 1878, to establish a sawmill and general merchandise store. In the years that followed, Upham became known to many as Marshfield's most illustrious…
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Northwoods Forest History Museum
Virtual Zoom WebinarDiscover how forestry advocates are collaborating to create the Northwoods Forest History Museum. DNR, Manitowish Waters Historical Society, North Lakeland Discovery Center, Youth Conservation Corps Alumni, and folks who prize…
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Wisconsin’s Five Mile Tower Fire of 1977
Virtual Zoom WebinarIgnited by a single match on April 30, 1977, the Five Mile Tower Fire raged out of control for seventeen hours. It would be one of the largest wildland fires…