Lumber Rafting on Wisconsin River
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- Created Date
- 1849-1850
- Description
Simon Augustus Sherman came to Wisconsin from Massachusetts in 1848, settling near his cousin in Plover. Trained as a carpenter, Sherman entered the lumber business after he acquired land at the site where the Plover River entered the Wisconsin. Sherman worked actively in the lumber industry for many years, milling, rafting, and selling lumber in various markets. In this article, Sherman describes some early rafting operations on the Wisconsin river
- Creator
Sherman, Simon Augustus, 1824-1906
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
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Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its ... annual meeting ; 58th (1910) - Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Native Americans
Birds
Mammals
Snow
Storms
Dams
Islands
Landforms
Landscape
Rivers
Waterfalls
Boats and boating
Steamboats
Logging - Location
- Madison
Adams County; Columbia County; Crawford County; Dane County; Grant County; Iowa County; Juneau County; Portage County; Richland County; Sauk County; Wood County
Boscobel; Grand Rapids; Helena; Newport; Plover; Portage; Prairie du Chien; Sauk Prairie; Stevens Point; Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin - Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Sherman, Simon Augustus, 1824-1906. Lumber Rafting on Wisconsin River. 1849-1850. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/50728. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Sherman, Simon Augustus, 1824-1906, (1849-1850) Lumber Rafting on Wisconsin River. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/50728
- MLA citation style
- Sherman, Simon Augustus, 1824-1906. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/50728>.