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Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection
The Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection contains 16,000 digitized historical newspaper articles and clippings on notable Wisconsin people and communities. Most articles were published between 1860-1940.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Holt Lumber Company
1910
View from the Oconto River of the Holt Lumber Company. A man is standing on a log boom and guiding logs to the sawmill. Writing on the postcard reads: "Holt Lumber Co., Oconto, Wis."
Big pine long since gone but lumbering continues
Mar 10, 1935
Milwaukee Journal
Haunt of the trout once famous for exploits of lumbering days
Jul 28, 1929
Wisconsin State Journal
Holt's Mill
1856
Large piles of logs waiting to be processed into lumber sit next to the Oconto River. In the background stand what appear to be piles of cut lumber. Caption reads: "Holt's Landing, Oconto, Wis."
Arpin Lumber Co. Sawmill
1890
90,000 feet of pine logs floating in the storage/sorting pond at the Arpin Lumber Company sawmill. The sawmill and other buildings are in the background. On the right a man or young boy stands on a...
