"Crooked, Rough and Muddy"
During the middle 1870's, when the great logging era of Northern Wisconsin was in its infancy, the Mississippi River Logging Company attempted to float pine logs down the Soft Maple and Potato Creeks to the Chippewa River but the streams were too shallow and crooked. To solve the problem the first logging railroad in Wisconsin was constructed in 1875-76 from Potato Lake to the Big Bend of the Chippewa River with a later extension northward. The town road which can be seen to the immediate west of this site follows that railroad grade. Sleds pulled by horses carried the locomotive, cars, and tracks overland from Chippewa Falls. In July 1884 this railroad and a subsequent line constructed through the Blue Hills were formally organized as the Chippewa River and Menomonie Railway Company.| HM Number | HMUCU |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 90 |
| Year Placed | 1959 |
| Placed By | The Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 12:53am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15T E 623906 N 5030800 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 45.41975000, -91.41628333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 45° 25.185', W 91° 24.977' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 45° 25' 11.10" N, 91° 24' 58.62" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 715 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 53-99 Historic Rd, Weyerhaeuser WI 54895, US |
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