by Bayfield Heritage Association | 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 Bayfield Heritage Association | 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 Bayfield Heritage Association | 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 Bayfield Heritage Association | 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... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 23, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs, People
Harvey Nourse – Strawberries A Two Story Affair ca 1911Photo: Henry Van CleaveBHA: 1980.9.4 Harvey Nourse Strawberries Iron River Pioneer & Bayfield Progress – July 6, 1911 [Headed by “Brother P. J. Savage, the able editor and municipal judge, the Iron... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 23, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs
Orchard Care – 1909 Spraying the Bordeaux chemical mixture on the CultivarsBHA: 1980.1.35 Orchard Care, Fertilization, Stump Pulling & Cultivars of the Day To spray home orchards and get the best results, the following suggestions are offered by the...