by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 23, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs, People
Our Fruit Industry – Nathan Carver Nathan Carver Grapes Our Fruit Industry By Nathan E. Carver Friday, March 29, 1907 Nathan E. Carver, of the Carver-Quayle-Nourse Land Company, was interviewed by the Duluth Evening Herald paper on the fruit industry near...
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 23, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs, People
William Knight William Knight ca 1914 William Knight – 1843 – 1941 By Granddaughter Eleanor Knight (1913-1994) In 1890 Bayfield received by freight 4,067 bushels of potatoes and 723 tons of hay. The Bayfield County Press commented: “The items of potatoes and...
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 23, 2021 | Apostle Islands, Fruit Farms, History Briefs, People
Island Orchards – Roswell Pendergast Roswell H. Pendergast – Minnesota Horticulturist Offered by the Minnesota State Historical Society Ventures forth Roswell H. Pendergast By Robert J. Nelson To say that Roswell H. Pendergast was the first Bayfield...
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 22, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs
Comments on the Apple Industry Local District Presently Hauser Superior View OrchardPhoto: Henry Van Cleave Comments on Apple Industry Local District From Many Apples are now being Sold & Winners at Produce Exhibit Superior Evening Telegram & Bayfield County...
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 22, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs
Fruit Handled in 1903 Martin and Christine Erickson picking Cortland apples on the old Erickson farm ca 1960sPhoto: James Erickson Family Collection Fruit Handled in 1903 Bayfield County Press – Friday, June 19, 1914 “Our last stop will be at the Bayfield...
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 22, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs, People
Hauser’s Superior View Farm – John Hauser John Frederik HauserPhoto: Superior View Farms Hauser Family Raising Mums with his SonsDawson, William, John Sr., John and James Hauser ca 1957Photo: Family of Dawson and Opal Hauser A BRIEF HISTORY – HAUSER’S...