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Thanks for this history, I miss my grandfather William Jacob Bonifas (1925-2017). Or we called him Bill Bonifas.

Incredible. I hope to visit soon

I found a log in the Wisconsin river below eagle river that had a big headed nail with a number,and letter on it,

My in laws have a house on Virgin lake,I metal detected off of eagelsham rd.lots of real short RR spikes,

Yay history! Thank you for this I wanted to know more about these.

how many river floods were caused by log jams and how serious was the flood damage?

Rocks.

Wow! Absolutely fascinating! A big thank you to everybody who was involved in this!

Thank you for this!

Thank you so much for your informative talk about the horrific conflagration of Northern Wisconsin, Michigan thumb and of course Chicago. I remember reading somewhere that the Thumb fire occurred during the afternoon of October 8 resulting in a lesser death toll than Peshtigo which occurred at night when people were sleeping or getting drunk and not realizing what was happening until it was too late.

WOW! I missed the original presentation because I was in Arkansas. So glad you save your webinars as RUclips videos. I’ve already shared the link to two people who were, and maybe still are on our Honoring the Mormon Loggers. I was told that there is a new person in charge of Neillsville Heritage Days who has expressed interest in our participation. And now that I live down in the Milwaukee area, I don’t have my hands in it very much. But I don’t ever stop talking about to anyone who will listen. I’ve also had a few thoughts rolling around inside my head about some things I would really like to do with your displays. By the way, have you ever taken a trip on Hwy 10 into Neillsville? There’s an official Wisconsin historical marker located in a pullout off of Hwy 10 overlooking the Black River. There is also an historical marker at the beginning of a walking trail in Black River Falls . The trail begins by the Chamber of Commerce Building at the Field of Honor Park. Just to let you know, my husband passed away 6months ago. I’m still in the process of getting myself on a good track. (So glad to be able to watch your webinars.)

This a great video and very insightful!

I’m looking for a map of logging camps in Sawyer County Wisconsin

The fallers could also be starting the undercut for the face, which would then be chopped out with an axe. Can't see the other side of the tree to know for sure which way they were taking it, though each lumberjack has their axe within reach suggesting they were prepared to chop the face notch once they'd finished their undercut. Not likely they'd start their back cut without moving those axes out of the way.

Very informative so far but will comment further after I finish watching. Just a little chuckle. At 13:13 I paused for a phone call then just about spit out my coffee when I looked at the screen and saw a slide where they list the vehicles needed and the first one is a 4x4 with a power WENCH

Are you saying that Norway Pines were not virgin timber?

Always looking for historical information on Saddle Mound and the Pray area. Thank you

The moment that German POWs realized there were as many Germans here as there were in Germany. And they weren't pro-H!tler.

👍🙌💪

William A. Holmes was my great grandfather

silt?

remember everyone cooked with fire in cookstoves..sparks out the chimneys in the extremely high fire hazard condition

Great story. I've run and owned dozens of Prentice machines over the past forty years I've been around them.

Pls continue to upload more Wisconsin history content

Nice!

Thank you. This was a great presentation. Would love to see one about Door County's lost piers. My 3x Great Grandfather, Chauncey Hitt, was co-owner of the Clay Banks pier at one time.

Thank you for this fine presentation of Michigan history and the hard working people from years past. Quite an amazing family!

So logging on a hilly area with oxen is better than with horses?

Absolutely fantastic and interesting

Working as a switchman for the Soo Line, summer of 1971, I switched many of the pulpwood cars in the Soo Line Marshfield yard. We assembled trains 26/27 headed for the mills in Nekoosa.

Was the pulpwood cut to length across the lake?

Where can I get copies of some of these photos?

☀️ "Promosm"

I was wondering if anyone had any information about Camp 21 near Lake Tomahawk WI. I know people who live on Camp 21 Lake and really can't find info about the spot.

I've scratched the surface on the Wisconsin River, doing some panning and sluicing, in the Rapids area by Nepco and Biron dam. Lots of garnets and magnetic black sands. I prospected areas containing exposed bedrock, large boulders and deposits of heavy cobble, and gravel. It would be interesting to have some geological history on this area in regards to how much glacial till has been washed and deposited in this area on the Wisconsin River.

Very interesting. My grandfather worked for John (Jack) Hammes lumber company in Padus, Wi during the Great Depression (Forest County) as a header. He made barrel lids.

A very interesting presentation. Too bad the audio is sped up so it's difficult to understand what's being said.

Some of the photos show 2 horses pulling stacks of 60' logs. I'm guessing those weigh over 2 tons each. I know horsepower is good, but I don't think it's that good.

My youngest brother was born in Wisconsin

Hey, where can I find information about the Lumber company/ Barons of Eau Claire such as Valley Lumber Company, John S. Owen, and shaw lumber Co. I am deeply interested in company towns and labor laws/disputes I appreciate all your work thanks!

Wiscosin community some day may find crude oil 🛢 signs existence in this area for the benefit of local community sufficient enough atleast.

Very interesting presentation! My very first loader was the remains of an old truck mount FEBA hydraulic cable loader that I modified into a single axle 2 cord dray for farm tractor use. Later I had a '66 Mack with a "F" Prentice loader end mount. Those were the days....!

Sad you can't remember a first and 40 year employee. I'd be on that, because he deserves some credit 🙏

Very impressive!! I'm from Florida and have always known the Prentice name and now I know the history!! American ingenuity is the best!!👍😎

I can’t imagine how strong these sawers had to have been cutting with those two man saws all day. We had one when I was young and chainsaws were way too expensive and I remember that they worked you to death. 6 days a week must have been tough

I use to run a your model 110 log loader on a log truck. Nice to see the history of how it started and changed till now.

Good narration, and nice music. I wish more RUclips video creators would see this to get a better idea of video music presentation well done. It's not rude, raucous, or loud. Thank you. Please note: the cant hook was mentioned but that picture was outdoors. That means it would be the similar peavey, which had a different tip on it. When the sawyer squares up a log in the mill, the log is then called a cant. (No punctuation.) So that's where you find the cant hook in use. It has a blunt tip so as not to mar the lumber & log surface. Late in the video are two men using cant hooks on a large slab.

Very good and the man was a genius and hard worker.

that whole presentation was really cool thank you for putting it together for us to enjoy