A panel discussion of local fishermen sharing stories of the big lake. Including: Jimmy Edwards,...
The Fishermen’s Tales
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JMB Program – Bayfield – The Harbor City Historic Waterfront to 1927
In this John Matthew Black presentation, Bob Nelson explores the earlier evolution of Bayfield’s...
JMB Program – Pureair Sanitorium
For decades Bayfield’s Pureair Sanatorium was a beautiful lakeside refuge from a deadly disease....
JMB Program – William Dalrymple & the Bayfield Transfer
Mary E. Carlson tells the story of William F. Dalrymple's grand plan to turn Bayfield into a major...
JMB Program – The Bayfield State Fish Hatchery
This video provides a fascinating look into the early days of the Bayfield State Fish Hatchery,...
JMB Program – The Life of RD Pike
Dan Wilczek walks you through some of the life and times of Robinson Derling (R.D.) Pike. RD Pike...
Riders of the Storm
Presented by Bob Nelson. Bayfield Heritage Association created a new exhibit containing 32...
JMB Program – A. Booth & Sons Packing Company
Presented by Bob Nelson. This JMB presentation is a condensed biography of Bayfield’s largest ever...
A Tour with Richard Bodin
Richard Bodin takes you on a tour including: Old Houghton School House & Town Hall: 00:15 Old...
JMB Program – On The Hill – The Hauser Story
For over 100 years, five generations of Hausers have kept the Superior View Farm thriving and...
Bayfield Logging and Forestry – History and Careers
Welcome to the third in a series of presentations by John Klungness concerning forestry in the...
JMB Program – Building Blocks of America – Quarries of the Apostle Islands and South Shore
For over 30 years, brownstone quarries on the Apostle Islands and the South Shore were busy...
JMB Program – The Cadottes – A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior
The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one...
JMB Program – With All Hands: The Loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Historian Thom Holden provides some fascinating details about the building of the Edmund...
JMB Program – CCC Role in Reforesting Bayfields Cutover
Learn about logging, forestry and the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps to reforest the...
Bound to Bring a Good Harvest
The role of the Apostle Islands Indian Pageant (c. 1920’s) in shaping northern WI’s tourism...
JMB Program – Booth & Sons Packing Company – Bastion of Bayfield’s Fishing Industry
Late 1800’s – early 1900’s commercial fishing history featuring Alfred Booth Packing Company on...
JMB Program – Bayfield’s Role in the Westward March of Logging
A history of the logging frontier beginning on the east coast of the U.S. to the Pacific Northwest...