Related Records

1. Article about Bill Mehl's "Deluxe Ice Fishing" shack. January 1962 - The reporter for the Wausau Daily Herald article describes how comfortable and convenient Bill's pickup truck shack is for fishing.

   1/13/1962

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. "How Fur is Caught" 1894. A 5 part series chronicling fur trapping with Fay Buck in the Circle Lily and Turtle Lake areas. - A series of articles written by E. Hough for Forest and Stream, a weekly New York publication, titled "How Fur is Caught". The articles detail Hough's February 1894 journey accompanying pioneer and trapper Fay Buck running his fur trapping line in the Circle Lily and Turtle Lake areas. The last article includes his tales of joining Joe Blair of Plum Lake on the running of his trap line.

   Hunting and Trapping

   Record Type: Library

   
3. Stormy Kromer cap. Belonged to Mark Leistickow. 1903 to current (2021) - From www.stormykromer.com based in Ironwood, MI: Stormy Kromer caps were "invented" in 1903 by the wife of George "Stormy" Kromer, a semi-pro baseball player and railroad engineer. George asked his wife to sew an ear band onto his ball cap to keep his ears warm and to keep the cap secure while on the train.

   Cap

   Record Type: Object