Rafting on the Mississippi
Posted by: 
jcak1979
N 43° 13.565 W 091° 04.531
15T E 656286 N 4787719
Here logs were caught, sorted, scaled and rafted
Waymark Code: WMKA9
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2006
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After 1837 the vast timber resources of northern Wisconsin were eagerly sought by settlers moving into the mid-Mississippi valley. By 1847 there were more than thirty saw-mills on the Wisconsin, Chippewa and St. Croix river systems, cutting largely Wisconsin white pine.