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Michigan’s border with Wisconsin shifted for 86 years after the Toledo War and the compromise granting Michigan the Upper Peninsula. Faulty maps, geographic mistakes, and imaginary rivers in a roadless wilderness kept the line unsettled as surveyors struggled to chart a reliable route. Even after their work, the states clashed over a wandering braided river that moved the boundary nearly 20 miles and affected about 500 square miles. At stake were valuable mineral deposits, ultimately awarded when the U.S. Supreme Court settled the dispute.

Presented by Tom Jerow, vice president of the Forest History Association of Wisconsin’s Board of Directors. A retired Wisconsin DNR employee, he volunteers as Rhinelander’s city forester and stays active with a food pantry garden and family genealogy.

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Please note: The webinar is Free, but pre-registration is required.