| Wisconsin (Marinette County), Marinette — 10,000 Board Feet of Logs |
| | This is a typical load of 10,000 board feet of logs, as harvested during the lumber boom, about 1885. The logs were marked and piled at the river's edge. In the spring, they were floated down the Menominee River to the various booms of the thirty saw mills located here.
After cutting, most of the lumber was transported to Chicago by sailing schooners.
Peter Weber, who has contributed much to the preservation of forest lands, donated this load of logs, the Marinette Marine Corporation, . . . — Map (db m16130) |
| Wisconsin (Marinette County), Marinette — Menominee River |
| | This river is named after the Menominees who lived here until they moved to the Wolf River in the 1850's. The Menominee River served as the main artery of commerce until the 1850's. Indians and fur traders moved their furs downriver in canoes to a fur trading post on the river run by Marinette, a French Indian woman, and her partner, William Farnsworth. The decline of the fur trade in the late 1820's led Farnsworth to turn to lumbering in 1831.
The Menominee River became one of the most . . . — Map (db m15956) |
| Wisconsin (Marinette County), Peshtigo — In Memoriam |
| | To the memory of over 600 men, women and children who perished when every building in the Village of Peshtigo was burned and many surrounding farms were devasted in the great tornado of fire October 8, 1871. — Map (db m15654) |
| Wisconsin (Marinette County), Peshtigo — Latitude 45° N |
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Theoretical Half Way Point
North Pole [right arrow]
3117.55 miles
Equator [left arrow]
3097.39 miles
The spheroidal shape of the earth makes degrees of latitude in the north longer than in the south. The true half-way point between pole and equator on Highway 41 is marked 710 feet north of Menominee. On Highway 141 see marker 3/4 mile north of Beaver.
Erected by
Frank E. Noyes, 1938 — Map (db m4413) |
| Wisconsin (Marinette County), Peshtigo — 1 — Peshtigo Fire Cemetery |
| | On the night of 0ctober 8, 1871, Peshtigo, a booming town of 1700 people, was wiped out of existence in the greatest forest fire disaster in American history.
Loss of life and even property in the great fire occurring the same night in Chicago did not match the death toll and destuction visited upon northeastern Wisconsin during the same dreadful hours.
The town of Peshtigo was centered around a woodenware factory, the largest in the country. Every bulding in the community was lost. . . . — Map (db m12456) |
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