Related Records

1. Article written by historian Michael Dunn about train service in the Manitowish Waters vicinity. 2017 - The article covers the evolution of railroads in our area. It discusses rail companies, tracks, operations, locomotives and services provided.

   2017

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Buswell lumber company cottages and town. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1635977279981942.1073741829.1635294486716888/1912155695697431/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Buswell mill, Logging, Railroad, lumber mill 1905-1910 - Source information: Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: http://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a. 1635977279981942.1073741859.1635294486716888/191285348960939/?type=3&theater Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Buswell railroad building and laborers. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1704799109766425.1073741844.1635294486716888/1934491413463859/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Buswell railroad tracks from Rice Creek. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1635977279981942.1073741829.1635294486716888/1673200336259636/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Buswell railroad unloading logs 1905-1910 - Source Information: Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: http://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/ a.1635977279981942.1073741829.163529486716888/1912155695697431/?type=3&theater Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Buswell Sawmill and Lumber Yard on Papoose Lake. 1905-1910 - Perkins/Devine Collection Buswell burned in 1910

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Description: Rice Creek Bridge, Buswell railroad trestle ca 1910 - Source Information: Boulder Junction Library

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Fire destroys the lumber town of Buswell, WI. 1910 - Newspaper article from the Montreal Miner reporting on the fire that destroyed the lumber town of Buswell on Papoose Lake. 1910

   1910

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. "Forest fire burned the life out of Buswell" by Jean Rein 2000 - "8 1/2 years the village was established, prospered, burned and ceased to exist" The article lists Buswell's doctors and teachers and includes a history of the town's Post Office.

    Logging Collection

    Record Type: Library

    
11. Hand drawn map of Buswell Lumber Mill community by Abe LaFave. Date unknown - Source Information Media Type: map Provider's name: North Lakeland School URL: https://sites.google.com/nles.us/nlstownhistoryproject/buswell Digital ID: Image ID: Page #:1

    Record Type: Archive

    
12. Harrigan's Branch rail spur to Little Star Lake log landing 1905 - 1905 Vilas County plat map showing GB & NW Railroad's Harrigan's Branch spur to Little Star Lake where logs were loaded onto rail cars. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society URL: http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/1857/rec/13 Image ID: WHI 98378 OR: www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records and enter IM98378 in Search Box

    1905

    Record Type: Archive

    
13. Historical narrative about Post Offices around the Manitowish Waters area written by Michael Dunn. 6/2017 - Some area post offices are long gone as they were built along former railroad tracks. Dunn has an interesting observation regarding the origin of the town name Marinesco, MI.

    2017

    Record Type: Archive

    
14. I Saw Conservation Grow by Harry Kozel (1951) ca 1890-1935 - Kozel interviews Iron County "oldtimers" for their thoughts, recollections and reflections on conservation needs and efforts after the cut-over logging period. They discuss forest fires and prevention, deer populations and hunting, and fishing and stocking of lakes.

    1951

    Record Type: Archive

    
15. Joanne Ohlson at Buswell. ca 1905-1910

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. LaFave family history on Island Lake as reported in a series of three newspaper articles. The articles cover the time period 1860-2007 and reflect on early resort and pioneer days. 1897-2007 - LaFave family history on Island Lake and Island Lake Resort in Manitowish Waters (1897-1967) as reported in a series of three 2007 articles in the Lakeland Times newspaper. The information for the series is drawn from resort brochures, "My Memories of Yesteryear-Life on Island Lake in the Early Days" written by Abe LaFave's son, John, as well as interviews with Abe's granddaughters Olive Johnson and Suzie Bauer. The articles cover the time period from 1860-2007 including John LaFave's reminiscence of the early pioneer and resort days.

    2007

    Record Type: Archive

    
17. Letter from historian Michael Dunn to MWHS board member, MW Town Chairman and good friend John Hanson regarding sharing Dunn's historical writings. 2017 - Dunn's letter also discusses Winchester's Buswell lumber company and references historic area train service (record #2018.7.12) and post offices along train routes (#2018.7.13). See related records for images of the Buswell building siding Dunn discusses.

    2017

    Record Type: Archive

    
18. Map showing rail lines and spurs to Buswell and Little Star Lake. 1911 - Section of a 1911 map of the Chicago and North Western Railway lines in Iron and Vilas Counties, highlighting the Manitowish Waters area. Source: Newberry Library https://mappingmovement.newberry.org/item/map-chicago-and-north-western-railway-lines-iron-and-vilas-counties-wisconsin-0

    Record Type: Archive

    
19. Michael Dunn III- logging activities in MW area 1887-1912 - "A Thumbnail Sketch of Logging Activities in the Manitowish Waters Area". This narrative discusses the logging and lumber history from 1887-1912. It references logging and lumber companies and barons as well as railroad companies and lines.

    Record Type: Archive

    
20. "My Memories of Yesteryear: Life on Island Lake- In the Early Years" by John LaFave 1901-1973 - Anecdotes and short tales by John, son of Abe and Sarah LaFave, early pioneers in the Northwoods. Also linked is a slightly different version of these recollections titled "Stories from Island Lake" by Jack(John) and brother Charley LaFave as well as a collection of Gumps comic strips by Sidney Smith based on his experiences as a guest at LaFave's Island Lake Resort.

    1970

    Record Type: Archive