Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 18:27:48 +0000 From: JANET IRENE SEYMOUR <janet.seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Subject: New Book Available: Logging in WIsconsin Message-id: <MWHPR06MB27014FEE48C8F8403CFCBEA687D20@MWHPR06MB2701.namprd06.prod.outlook.com>
Press Release – Logging in Wisconsin
[Text Box: For more information, please contact Diana Peterson at the Paul
Bunyan Logging Camp Museum • 715-835-6200 • Bunyan Logging Camp Museum • 715-835-6200 • info@paulbunyanca
mp.org][Text Box: ISBN: 97814671253211 $21.99
Arcadia Publishing][Text Box: Logging in Wisconsin will be avail
able locally at the Chippewa Valley Museum and the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp
Museum. The book can also be ordered directory from Arcadia Publishing thr
ough Dottie Campbell at 888.313.2665 x204 (dcampbell@arcadiapublishing.com)
and from Amazon.com. The book will be available after the launch reception
.][Text Box: About the Authors: Co-Authors Carrie M. Ronnander and Diana L
. Peterson are executive directors at neighboring museums in Eau Claire, Wi
sconsin. Ronnander, who holds a master’s degree in American history from
the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in history from Marqu
ette University, is at the Chippewa Valley Museum. Peterson, who holds a ba
chelor’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, i
s at the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum.][Text Box: Logging in Wisconsin c
ontains one of the most comprehensive collections of logging photos in one
volume documenting our state’s history. Most of the images are from the C
hippewa Valley Museum’s private collection; the book also contains never-
before-seen photos from the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp’s archives. Royaltie
s from the book will benefit both local museums. This volume keeps the hist
ory alive that formed our state.][Text Box: Join us for a book launch recep
tion at the Chippewa Valley Museum on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 6 pm. Meet
the authors, view original book photos, learn about the authors’ favorit
e images and stories, and enjoy light refreshments.][Text Box: From 1840 to
1910, logging reshaped the landscape of Wisconsin, providing employment to
thousands of workers. The lumber industry attracted businessmen, mills, ho
tels, and eventually, the railroad which led to the development of many Wis
consin cities including Eau Claire, Oshkosh, Stevens Point, and Wausau. Re
p. Ben Eastman reported to Congress in 1852 that the Wisconsin forests had
enough lumber to supply the United States “for all time to come.” By 19
10 the forests were almost decimated. Logging in Wisconsin explores the 70
years of lumber history, the characters who worked in the woods and on the
rivers, the tools they used, what life was like in the camps, and the era o
f conservation that brought the forests back to the state.][X]
Janet Seymour, Northern Region
Local History-Field Services
Office of Programs and Outreach
Wisconsin Historical Society
c/o Department of History, UW-Eau Claire
105 Garfield Avenue Eau Claire WI 54701
715-836-2250
janet.seymour@wisconsinhistory.org
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