Forest History Association Of Wisconsin
Educating the citizens of Wisconsin on the history and importance of our forests in the continued growth of our state.
Upcoming Webinars & Events
Wisconsin – Michigan State Border Debate 1836 to 1923
Michigan’s border with Wisconsin shifted for 86 years after the Toledo War and the compromise granting Michigan the Upper Peninsula. Faulty maps, geographic mistakes, and imaginary rivers in a roadless wilderness kept the line unsettled as surveyors struggled to chart a reliable route. Even after their work, the states clashed over a wandering braided river that moved the boundary nearly 20 miles and affected about 500 square miles. At stake were valuable mineral deposits, ultimately awarded when the U.S. Supreme Court settled the dispute.
Presented by Tom Jerow, vice president of the Forest History Association of Wisconsin’s Board of Directors. A retired Wisconsin DNR employee, he volunteers as Rhinelander’s city forester and stays active with a food pantry garden and family genealogy.
Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yjHTPwxKQ_iqgebOSTpaww#/registration
Please note: The webinar is Free, but pre-registration is required.
Featured Collection
Menominee Logging Camp
The whole family will enjoy a trip through the largest and most complete logging museum in the United States. Guides are available to explain the many old logging artifacts as you tour the bunk-house, cook shanty, wood butcher’s shop, blacksmith shop, saw filer’s shack, horse barn, and old time camp office. Located on the Wild Wolf River at Grignon Rapids just below the famous Keshena Falls, the seven log buildings of the complex will bring back the roaring times of the earliest days of Wisconsin’s first industry , logging. Located in Keshena , Wisconsin.