Join author Susan Apps-Bodilly to discuss Wisconsin’s logging boom and its impact on our landscape.
Long ago, huge trees filled the Northwoods. In the mid-1800s, logging camps and sawmills opened. Lumberjacks moved in. This was the beginning of the logging boom, when millions of trees were cut to help build towns and cities. What was it like to live and work in the woods? How did giant logs get from the forests to the sawmills? What happened after the forests were cut down?
Timber! A Northwoods Story of Lumberjacks, Logging and the Land explores the origin story of Wisconsin’s logging boom, the damage it caused to the land, and the extraordinary efforts to restore the cutover land and log sustainably. Timber! will inspire readers to explore, protect, and learn more about the trees and forests in their own communities.
The History Makers Tour is free of charge and is open to all ages.
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages for sale.
Sponsored by the Crandon Area Historical Society and the Hotel Crandon.