Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:24:31 -0500 From: JOSEPH HERMOLIN <hermolin@facstaff.wisc.edu> Subject: Re: Military trail Message-id: <7030c2c840478.4a76accf@wiscmail.wisc.edu>
The Military Road is described in "The History of Langlade County" by Robert Dessureau (written in 1922). It did go from Green Bay to the Keweenaw Penninsula in the UP, as you said, and went in part through what is now Langlade County. In part it was constructed as a protection during the Civil War because northern states feared the British and, by extension the Canadians, and sympathetic Indians might help the South. The Military Trail was supposed to help in troup movements should they have to move up to the Canadian border.
The Langlade County Historical Society in Antigo has a copy of Dessureau's book as well as a small book put out by the White Lake Historical Society on the part of the trail that went through Langlade County. I'm not sure how much the books cover the area in Price County.
Joe Hermolin
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From: Marcie Braski <cen95870@centurytel.net>
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:52 pm
Subject: Military trail
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
> Hi
> Does anyone have knowledge about the Military Trail during the Civil
> War that went from Green Bay to Superior? The route was purported to
> bypass more lakes than another route.The trail was made for Cavalry
> use to protect the settlers from Indians.. Then there were no hostile
> Indians. A local person related that he had read about it and it goes
> thru my property in Price County. The ruts are still visible in places
> on nearby land. Anyone have access to history books on this subject or
> location of the trail from Price county to Superior?
>