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Lugerville & West Lumber Company Scenes

*** HELP: Does anyone have a map which shows the locations of Camp 6 and the other camps?


This building housed the Mill Administration Office, Post Office, and General Store


Board House. source: Frank Smetak - can you identify the man & the little boy?


Lugerville in the distance. source: Dave Tarcon
QUESTION: is this the fire tower west of town?


Above: Photo Credit: Violet Lowe Christopherson, Phillips
Source: "Lumbermen on the Chippewa" by Malcolm Rosholt; page 264
West Lumber Company mill at Lugerville on east bank of south fork of Flambeau River.
Log cars are being unloaded at left into pond. Silo-like structure is slab burner.


Photo Credit: Violet Lowe Christopherson, Phillips
Source: "Lumbermen on the Chippewa" by Malcolm Rosholt; page 264
Planing Mill at Lugerville, located a short distance east of sawmill

Close-up of mill workers - can you identify any of these men?


Logging Camp barracks. Source: Dave Tarcon


Logging Camp. source: Dave Tarcon


Above and below: log loading sites. Source: Dave Tarcon


Lumber Yard. source: Dave Tarcon


Mill workers in front of the harness shop. Cook shack in the background (click on image to enlarge)
Below zoomed in. Source: Dave Tarcon ~ Can you identify any of these men?


Camp 6 ~ Dining Room


Sprinkling Cart

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Left: Alley in lumber yard; Right: Timber Scene, Section 6, West Lumber Co.


Dewey Wheeler, Sr. and camp mates. Source: Dave Tarcon
Question: who is Arnold?


Dewey Wheeler, Sr. and family on the Tie Bridge. Source: Dave Tarcon

 

 

 

 

 

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