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 | Aug 23, 2021 | History Briefs, Transportation
New Railroad to Bayfield Waterfront at Bayfield Wisconsin – 1911Robert J Nelson Collection New Railroad to Bayfield Bayfield Progress, December 14, 1911 W.H. Holmes- Editor Rumor that the “Bayfield Transfer Line will be extended” and “Would Provide Market for... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 22, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs, Transportation
Fruit Shippers Association – Part 2 On the lake side of the intersection of Manypenny and 1st Street. Bayfield Fruit Shippers Association Excerpt from: Bankers Had a Good Time Here Bayfield County Press Friday, June 19, 1914 “Our last stop will be at the... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 22, 2021 | Fruit Farms, History Briefs, Transportation
Fruit Shippers Association – Part 1 Employees of the Bayfield Fruit Packing Company – July 11 1933Photo: James and Marge Miller Collection Bayfield Fruit Shippers Association “The work being carried on by the Bayfield Fruit Shippers Association... 
by Bayfield Heritage Association | Aug 21, 2021 | History Briefs, Transportation
True Hometown Built – Tug Bayfield Click or tap photos for full-size view. The Tug BayfieldJim and Marge Miller Family Collection Robert Emmett Waiting for a Towca 1903BHA Pike Research Center Archive Collection Lake Superior Towing Company Fleet ca 1910The...