by tonyj65@sbcglobal.net | Aug 24, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs
Blueberry Hill Blueberry HillPhoto: Robert J Nelson Collection Blueberry Hill From: Ruminations of a Rambler Posted by Editor- P.V. Collins of the Northwest Agriculturist & in the Bayfield County Press, Friday, October 17, 1913 “In this article I shall discuss... 
by tonyj65@sbcglobal.net | Aug 24, 2021 | History Briefs, Logging
Among the Lumber Laddies Area Logging Camp with the “Cookies” ElevatedBHA: 2010.6.3 Among the Lumber Laddies Bayfield County Press – Saturday, February 9, 1889 The writer, through the courtesy of Undersheriff Van Horn, had the pleasure of spending last Saturday... 
by tonyj65@sbcglobal.net | Aug 23, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs
Bayfield Apple Festival – The Beginning First Apple Festival Queen Mary Ahnen, Orchardist John Hauser Sr and Lumberman Henry J WachsmuthBHA: 1980.22.2 Bayfield Apple Festival – The Beginning By Robert J. Nelson September 14, 2015 Life-long Bayfield... 
by tonyj65@sbcglobal.net | Aug 23, 2021 | Apostle Islands, Brownstone, History Briefs
Stone Quarries of the Apostle Islands Superior Brown Stone Quarry at Bass Island with Schooner StarlightRD Pike Archive Center BASS ISLAND QUARRY ‘The first quarry in this area was opened in 1868 on Bass Island, by the Bass Island Brownstone Company. The first stone... 
by tonyj65@sbcglobal.net | Aug 23, 2021 | Agriculture, History Briefs
Bayfield Canning Company – POW Camp The Bayfield Canning Company Stockholders Meeting AttendeesBHA: 1980.5 Bayfield Canning Company Excerpt: Gus Weber [1] BHA Document 83.29.3 “And so when the Bayfield Canning Company came into existence in 1920 most of the... 
by tonyj65@sbcglobal.net | Aug 23, 2021 | Agriculture, History Briefs, People
A.H. Wilkenson A.H. Lon Wilkenson with wife Lillian Tate – WilkensonPhoto: Scott Hale A Friend of the Farmer- A.H. Wilkenson From Bayfield’s storied historian Eleanor Knight, we learn much about financiering of the horticultural endeavors of the pioneering...