Ellsworth Saw Mill, Tavera, Richwood Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1898
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- ca. 1898
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Newspaper Clipping Description: Black and white group portrait of mill and lumber workers with 2 teams of horses, lumber and the mill with a tall smoke stack behind them. Front Print: “REPUBLICAN OBSERVER, Richland Center, Wis., Thursday, March 23, 1961, Page 3, This is the Ellsworth saw mill at Tavera and its crew of men. The picture was taken about 1898. Who They Are – Standing near the tree is John Nicholson, Claude Akright, driving team; first row, standing, Henry Akright; seated, Ben Benson; standing in boards, George Bell; in front of team, Mike Love. Back row, left to right, Leaning on lumber, M. D. Ellsworth, owner of the mill; Carl Akright; William Vance; Sherman Spears; Melvin Steiner; George Taylor; in rear just his head showing, Dave Taylor. The black horses are Dock and Sam, the white ones Jack and Jim. When the whistle blew the teams knew it was time for dinner or supper and if not watched, take off toward the barn.” Accompanying article: “Tavera Ray Ellsworth of Richlan
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Fogo, Steven William (1878-1962)
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Richland County History Room
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Brewer Public Library - Subjects
- Nicholson, John Thomas David (1882-1958)
Akright, Claude
Akright, Henry
Benson, Benjamin P. ‘Ben’ (1862-1951)
Bell, George Taylor (1828-1914)
Love, Mike
Ellsworth, Marcellus Richard ‘Dick’ (1847-1923)
Akright, Carl
Vance, William
Spears, Sherman
Steiner, Melvin Arthur (1882-1954)
Taylor, George W. (1841-1921)
Taylor, Dave
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Mills
Lumber industry
Livestock
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- This work by Richland County History Room, Richland Center Wisconsin is licensed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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- Fogo, Steven William (1878-1962). Ellsworth Saw Mill, Tavera, Richwood Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1898. ca. 1898. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/5465. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
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- Fogo, Steven William (1878-1962), (ca. 1898) Ellsworth Saw Mill, Tavera, Richwood Township, Richland County, Wisconsin, ca. 1898. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/5465
- MLA citation style
- Fogo, Steven William (1878-1962). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/5465>.