Wisconsin Camping: History by Joe “Woods Goods and Stuff“
Long Before eBay and Antiques Road Show
That’s when collecting had to be a true obsession, when a lifetime might be spent in pursuit of beauty and history or just peculiar oddities.
It seems that people always collected stamps and autographs, but many also simply collected old stuff. [...]
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Wisconsin Camping: History
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Wisconsin Camping: History
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Wisconsin Camping: History
The Peculiar Birth of Paul Bunyan
No, this is not one of the famous tall tales. It’s the story of a young Wisconsin woman who rescued those tales from oblivion 100 years ago.In 1901, when William Laughead (1882-1958) was staying with three brothers in a logging camp in the Pacific Northwest, they entertained him [...]
Wisconsin Camping: History
Posted in History on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wisconsin Camping: History
Amusing Grace
When Rev. Alfred Brunson (1793-1882) retired in 1873, his colleagues celebrated his career at their annual conference in Eau Claire. Brunson was a pioneer missionary who had spent several decades serving his faith. In 1837 he travelled 1,500 miles through the upper Mississippi Valley trying to prevent war between the Ojibwe and [...]
