People Archives - Bayfield Heritage Association

JMB Program – Unearthing Captain R.D. Pike: New Research, New Stories

Jul 23, 2026 | JMB Programs, News, People, Videos

This fascinating summer lecture brings fresh insight to one of Bayfield’s most important early...

JMB Program – Women of the Apostle Islands

May 17, 2026 | JMB Programs, News, People, Videos

The history of the Apostle Islands is full of unforgettable women. Some were Ojibwe storytellers,...

JMB Program – Colonel Isaac H. Wing

Jan 19, 2026 | JMB Programs, News, People, Videos

Step back into Bayfield’s turn of the 20th century with a fascinating presentation on one of...

Len Erickson and Bill Deragon

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Dave and Yvonne Moody

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Ben, Janet, and Joe Gustafson

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Tom and Teresa Polaski

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Marge Miller, Ardy Kennedy, and Shirley Bodin

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Lucille Eckels

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Len Erickson, Bill Deragon and Margaret Motiff

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Xanadu Fashion Show – Hilda Reynolds

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Allen and Mary Jo Rabideaux

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

The Halvorson Family

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Marvin and Virginia DeFoe

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Jean Buffalo

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Lawrence and Dorothy Wachsmuth

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Morris Boutin

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Gary Russell

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Caroline Cadotte

Sep 25, 2025 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

The Fishermen’s Tales

Jul 18, 2025 | Industries, Lake Superior, People, Videos

A panel discussion of local fishermen sharing stories of the big lake. Including: Jimmy Edwards,...

JMB Program – Silent Mooring – The Watercolor Legacy of Leonard Anderson

Jul 18, 2025 | JMB Programs, News, People, Videos

Dr. Alicia Peters delivered a presentation involving immersive research into her granduncle's...

JBM Program – Sand Island: It Was a Different Time!

Aug 15, 2024 | JMB Programs, Lake Superior, News, People, Places, Videos

Bob Dahl talks about the life and times on Sand Island covering the years from roughly 1955 –...

JMB Program – William Dalrymple & the Bayfield Transfer

Jul 11, 2024 | Industries, JMB Programs, News, People, Transportation, Videos

Mary E. Carlson tells the story of William F. Dalrymple's grand plan to turn Bayfield into a major...

JMB Program – The Viking Way

Dec 5, 2023 | JMB Programs, Lake Superior, People, Videos

Dean Rau tells the story of his phenomenal journey across the North Atlantic where he traced the...

JMB Program – The Life of RD Pike

Aug 28, 2023 | Industries, JMB Programs, News, People, Videos

Dan Wilczek walks you through some of the life and times of Robinson Derling (R.D.) Pike. RD Pike...

R.D. Pike Day Ceremony

Aug 28, 2023 | Events, People, Videos

Watch as the Mayor of the City of Bayfield declares August 23, 2023 as R.D. Pike Day. Guest...

JMB Program – A. Booth & Sons Packing Company

Feb 22, 2023 | Industries, JMB Programs, Lake Superior, People, Transportation, Videos

Presented by Bob Nelson. This JMB presentation is a condensed biography of Bayfield’s largest ever...

A Tour with Richard Bodin

Jan 26, 2023 | Industries, People, Places, Videos

Richard Bodin takes you on a tour including: Old Houghton School House & Town Hall: 00:15 Old...

Richard and Rosemary Bodin

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Mark Johnson

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Jerry and Mary Phillips

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Mary Hepner

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Denise Koch

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Hilda Reynolds

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Bill and Mary McCarty

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Shirley Johnson

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

James Sr and James Jr Hauser

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Celia Duquette

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Larry MacDonald

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Gary Connell

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Julian and Bob Nelson

Jan 26, 2023 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

JMB Program – Florantha Thompson Sproat – La Pointe and Beyond

Nov 14, 2022 | JMB Programs, Lake Superior, People, Videos

Bob Mackreth talks about the life and times of Florantha Sproat and her adventures at La Pointe on...

JMB Program – On The Hill – The Hauser Story

Sep 12, 2022 | Industries, JMB Programs, People, Videos

For over 100 years, five generations of Hausers have kept the Superior View Farm thriving and...

Ruth Moon and Gayle Haiden at Rebekah Lodge

Apr 23, 2022 | People, Places, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

William “Bud” and Shirley Bodin

Apr 23, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Julian Nelson

Apr 16, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Robert and Jean Brander

Apr 16, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Robert and Elizabeth Emery

Apr 16, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Robert Hokenson

Apr 16, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Mary “Betty” Hulings and Margie Johnson

Apr 16, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

James and Marcie Frostman

Apr 9, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Jim Erickson

Apr 9, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Jim and Muriel Erickson

Apr 9, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Jim Miller

Apr 9, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Harold Noreng

Apr 9, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Frank Montano Plays Flute in Red Cliff Woods

Apr 2, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Ed Erickson Lutefisk Dinner

Apr 2, 2022 | Events, People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Conrad Meyers

Apr 2, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Carl-Art-Larson

Apr 2, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Bob Nelson

Apr 2, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Wally and Dorothy Nordin

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Dee Bainbridge

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Stuart and Marian Aiken

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Harvey and Elva Baker

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Merle and Agnes Nelson and Harriet Broman

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Eleanor Frostman and Norma Chape

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Walter S. Newago Sr.

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Hale & Roger O’Malley and Roberta Durham

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Rose Buffalo, Madeline Schreyer and Gladys DePerry

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Alden “Skip” Allen

Mar 11, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

JMB Program – The Cadottes – A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior

Feb 2, 2022 | Industries, JMB Programs, Lake Superior, People, Videos

The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one...

Helen Gordon

Jan 14, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Mary Rice Garden Party 1990

Jan 14, 2022 | Events, People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Hugo Ungrodt and Chick Sheridan

Jan 14, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Zilpha Goldman

Jan 14, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Marie Malden and Fred Brauns

Jan 14, 2022 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Wilford Peterson

Dec 31, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

The Settlement: Rubie and Lawrence Butterfield

Dec 31, 2021 | People, Places, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Mary Rice Christmas Party 1989

Dec 31, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Josephine Betzold

Dec 31, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Gen Ahnen

Dec 31, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Florence Hokenson

Dec 31, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Fern Pulaski and Mary Hudak

Dec 31, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Bibi – Emma – Lee Meierotto

Dec 31, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Frank Basina

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Ruth Moon

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Pat Knode & Ellen Russell

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Nancy Bainbridge

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Virginia Torke

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Victoria Gokee, Jim LaGrew, Edmund Thomas & Warren Conner

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Harriet & Vermont Johnson

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Mary Rice Garden Party – June 25, 1988

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Stewart & Marion Aiken

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Elsie Peterson & Bertha Hyde

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Gladys Hyde & Annette Johnson

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Pat Morrin

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Mel & Helene Mattson

Oct 30, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Old Bayfield City Jail

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Places, Videos

Bayfield's historic city jail, a 25 x 25 foot stone building, offers a glimpse of the old days and...

Mary Rice Garden Party – June 26, 1988

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Ed Erickson, Julian Nelson, Walter Linquist, Roger O’Malley and Leroy Olson

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Dawson Hauser

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Roger O’Malley

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Holly, Lyman and Mickey Nordin Nourse

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Hellen Cease

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Ray and Connie Humphrey

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Marjorie Fischer Benton

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

A.D. “Bill” and Mary “Betty” Hulings and Sam and Beverly Jensch

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Elvis and Margarite Moe, Mari & Fred Dahl and Alma Dahl – Part 2

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Elvis and Margarite Moe – Mari & Fred Dahl and Alma Dahl

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Frank Uptadel

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Howard Palm

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Walter Lindquist and Hjalmer “Governor” Olson

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Julian Nelson – Part 2

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Roberta Durham

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Al Galazen, Mary Kniffen and Celia Schultz

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

John Boehme

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Ed Erickson

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Julian Nelson

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Julian and Marie Nelson

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Julian and Marie Nelson and Martha Benson

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Fern Polaski

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Eleanor Knight

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Myrtle Dooley

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

Mildred La Pointe

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Videos

Part of the Bayfield Video Archives, these interviews with Bayfield elders capture the stories,...

JMB Program – A Stroll Back in Time – Part 4

Aug 3, 2021 | JMB Programs, People, Places, Videos

Dan Wilczek continues the popular "Stroll Back in Time" series chronicling historic buildings,...

JMB Program – History of Bayfield Baseball – 1903 – WWII – Part 2

Aug 3, 2021 | JMB Programs, People, Sports, Videos

Travel back in time to small town America and the age of community baseball, when teams and fans...

JMB Program – Ace Fireballers – Early Bayfield Baseball – Part 1

Aug 3, 2021 | JMB Programs, People, Sports, Videos

Baseball was all the rage in 1878 Bayfield. The Harbor City's fast-ball players formed teams and...

JMB Program – A Stroll Back in Time – Part 3

Aug 3, 2021 | JMB Programs, People, Places, Videos

Dan Wilczek continues to lead us back in time on a tour of early Bayfield. Part 3 focuses less on...

Lightkeepers – Present Day Volunteers and Their Stories

Aug 3, 2021 | Lake Superior, People, Videos

Hear from Apostle Island Lightkeeper volunteers about their experiences living on the islands and...

JMB Program – A Stroll Back in Time – Downtown Bayfield through History – Part 1

Aug 3, 2021 | JMB Programs, People, Places, Videos

Who would you meet and what would you see when strolling downtown Bayfield 100+ years ago? Special...

JMB Program – Booth & Sons Packing Company – Bastion of Bayfield’s Fishing Industry

Aug 3, 2021 | Industries, JMB Programs, People, Videos

Late 1800’s – early 1900’s commercial fishing history featuring Alfred Booth Packing Company on...

JMB Program – A Stroll Back in Time – Part 2

Aug 3, 2021 | JMB Programs, People, Places, Videos

This is a continuation of "A Stroll Back in Time, PART 1," providing a virtual stroll down...

Time Travels Epic Events – Part 1

Aug 3, 2021 | Events, People, Places, Videos

Time Travels Chequamegon & Bayfield, WI, A Chronological History of Chequamegon Bay and Bayfield

Burt Hill

Aug 3, 2021 | People, Places, Videos

A history of Sand Islander and photographer Burt Hill through his memoir and photo albums.

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