Lumberjack - Ashland, WI USA - Murals on Waymarking.com

Ashland, Wisconsin has become The Mural City of Wisconsin due to the efforts of two artists. Their earliest mural dates back to 1998, and they have painted many since. A brochure on The Ashland Mural Walk can be obtained at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, or the Ashland Museum. In the brochure, this mural is described as follows:

Lumberjack Mural:
4th Avenue West & Main Street - 2003
The Lumberjack Mural depicts the men (and one rare woman) of Ashland's lumber era, when the work day was from 4 a.m. until dark, first freeze to first thaw. An average day's work for a pair of sawyers was 100 pine logs at $1.00 a day. In 1893, 10,000 lumberjacks worked in the logging camps to supply Ashland's ten sawmills.

(Note: the brochure quotes sawyers for no apparent reason. That's what they were: sawyers!)

City: Ashland, Wisconsin Location Name: Building Artist: Kelly Meredith, Susan Prentice Martinsen Date: 2003 Media: oil on brick Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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