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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UQK_a-turning-point-in-place-and-time-historical_Bayfield-WI.html
You are standing at the "turning Point" for the Bayfield Waterfront Walk and across the water is a place of significance where "turning points" in history occurred. Madeline Island, or "Mooningwanekaaning Minis," the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UQJ_schooner-pretoria-historical_Bayfield-WI.html
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In the waters off Outer Island lies the wreck of the Pretoria, one of the largest wooden vessels ever to sail the Great lakes. On September 1, 1905, Captain Charles Smart and nine crew departed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1386_washburn-historic-waterfront_Washburn-WI.html
In the early days of Washburn, the waterfront was filled with saw mills. The A.A. Bigelow Mill (1887-1902), later to become the Hines Mill, was the largest of three major sawmills in Washburn. It rested on pilings that ran directly out from the pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1382_bayfield-historic-waterfront_Bayfield-WI.html
Bayfield's history has been powerfully shaped by its location. Situated on the shores of a deep, natural harbor, the city is sheltered from Lake Superior's notorious storms by the outlying Apostle Islands. Lighthouses, shipwrecks, and a historic w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137R_washburn-lumbering-days-the-hines-lumber-company_Washburn-WI.html
(side 1)Washburn Lumbering Days
Washburn begins on the shoreline of Chequamegon Bay. The city rises gradually 75 ft. above level of the water. In 1884, the town was created, born of the necessity of the railway (Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137H_the-sprague-well_Washburn-WI.html
The Sprague Well, believed to be the first drilled artesian well in Bayfield County, was completed at 119 feet 8 inches in April, 1903 by Monroe H. Sprague at the mill office of the Akeley-Sprague Lumber Co. Flow from the 4 inch casing was rated a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137G_memorial-to-commercial-fishermen-of-bayfield_Bayfield-WI.html
Dedicated in 1981 to the hard working commercial fishermen whose indomitable spirits will not be forgotten.
Commissioned by Edwin Erickson,Mayor of Bayfield, 1970-1976 & 1980-1988
Designed by Harold Kerr (1909-1981)Constructed by Brian Kerr …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137F_the-booth-cooperage_Bayfield-WI.html
At one time, a local fishery once encompassed this entire block. Early sailing vessels would bring their harvests here to be salt packed in barrels and shipped to market. Here in "The Cooperage," one of the remaining buildings of that fishery, 5 s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWNF_washburn-the-monolith-city_Washburn-WI.html
This title was given back in 1892 when Frederick Prentice, president of the Prentice Brownstone Co. of Wisconsin, offered to supply a huge brownstone monolith for the Wisconsin Exhibit at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. He proposed to furnish th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWND_bank-of-washburn_Washburn-WI.html
The Bank of Washburn is a unique variation of the Romanesque Revival Style designed by architects Conover & Porter of Ashland, Wisconsin. Built in less than one year, the building was fashioned from brownstone quarried at Houghton Point located no…