Event Calendar

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.…

Treaties made in the 1800s between the United States and the Indigenous nations of what is now Wisconsin had profound influence on the regions cultural and political landscape. Yet few…

David Grignon, Menominee Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, will review Menominee treaty discussions with the New York Tribes and the Federal Government Presenter: David Grignon, is a member of the Menominee…

Mary Jurgaitis, a researcher and spokesperson of Honoring the Mormon Loggers of the Wisconsin Pineries Mission 1841-1845, will share the story of how a group of people built the foundation…

Historically fire was central in creating and maintaining an array of native communities in the Lake States and fire remains a critical management tool. Much of what we know of…