by Bayfield Heritage Association | Nov 18, 2022 | History Briefs, People, Transportation
William F. Dalrymple – His Bayfield Transfer and Harbor Project – by Mary E. Carlson According to an anonymous writer, William Dalrymple came to Bayfield for his health, a reason why a great number of visitors came to the village. By 1882 William Dalrymple had... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Apr 11, 2022 | History Briefs, Logging, People, Transportation
The Sawmill Community at Roy’s Point – by Mary E. Carlson The Sawmill Community at Roy’s Point chronicles the history of Roy’s Point from 1893 to 1920. Learn about the early days in Bayfield, the sawmill that occupied the marina location and how the creek came to be... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Feb 11, 2022 | History Briefs, People, Transportation
Marvin Defoe’s Birch Bark Canoe Marvin Defoe pictured with his birch bark canoe. The canoe is on exhibit at the Bayfield Heritage Association museum. Marvin Defoe, a member of the Red Cliff Anishinaabe (“Original Person” or “Second Human”) has studied the... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Nov 1, 2021 | History Briefs, People
1903 High School Baseball Highlights Lincoln High School Baseball Team – 1903 Bayfield County PressMay 1, 1903 Bayfield Boys Easily Defeat Washburn’s: Boys Played Good Ball: – Score 10 to 6. For the first time the Bayfield high school has a baseball team... 
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...