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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/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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKME_madeline-island_Washburn-WI.html
To the east is Madeline Island, known to the Ojibway as Moning-wunakauning, "The Home of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker." The French soldier Pierre le Sueur built his post there in 1693. In 1718 a fort was erected which remained France's principal…