Vast forests of virgin white pine were the treasure which brought the first wave of white settlers to Northern Wisconsin. The farms came later, but for half a century the forests were local history.
In 1847, the Knapp, Stout & Co. purchased . . . — — Map (db m45069) HM
Indian burial mounds such as this one were once common in the Chetek area. The mounds were built hundreds of years ago before the arrival of Columbus in 1492 by bands of the Ojibwa and Sioux people. This mound may be the last one located in the . . . — — Map (db m263688) HM
