Forest History Association of Wisconsin. Proceedings (1976-1985)
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In 1976, a group of scholars, local historians, collectors, and other people interested in the history of logging and lumbering in Wisconsin formed the Forest History Association of Wisconsin. They have met every year since to read and discuss papers, which have been published in these Proceedings. Although these are not primary sources, we have included them at Turning Points in Wisconsin History because they bring together a wealth of useful scholarship not easily found elsewhere and because the earlier volumes are now extremely rare. They total more than 1,500 pages, we have broken the series into three separate sequences. Some of the articles in volumes 1-10 document school forests, log marks, remarkable tree sizes, tanneries, John F. Dietz and the Cameron Dam, the Northern Wisconsin Settler Relocation Project, logging on the Lac Court Oreilles and Menominee Indian Reservations, the Civilian Conservation Corps, forest fire protection, and the towns of Merrill and Dr
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Forest History Association of Wisconsin
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
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- Stacks
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- Forest History Association of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Native Americans
Cutover lands
Dams
Deforestation
Forest conservation
Lumber camps
Blue collar workers
Forests
Forest products industry
Logging
Sawmills
Menominee
Ojibwe - Location
- Wausau, Wis.
Douglas County; Bayfield County; Ashland County; Iron County; Vilas County; Burnett County; Washburn County; Sawyer County; Price County; Oneida County; Forest County; Florence County; Marinette County; Polk County; Barron County; Rusk County; Saint Croix County; Pierce County; Dunn County; Pepin County; Chippewa County; Eau Claire County; Taylor County; Clark County; Marathon County; Wood County; Lincoln County; Langlade County; Portage County; Waupaca County; Menominee County; Oconto County; Shawano County; Outagamie County; Brown County;
Wisconsin - Type
- text
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- English
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- Forest History Association of Wisconsin. Forest History Association of Wisconsin. Proceedings (1976-1985). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/34300. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Forest History Association of Wisconsin, Forest History Association of Wisconsin. Proceedings (1976-1985). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/34300
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- Forest History Association of Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/34300>.