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6.Andreas, A. T., compiler. History of Northern Wisconsin (originally published 1881; Chicago: The Western Historical Co.), 193.

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9.Andreas, A. T., compiler. History of Northern Wisconsin (originally published 1881; Chicago: The Western Historical Co.), 193.

10.Andreas, A. T., compiler. History of Northern Wisconsin (originally published 1881; Chicago: The Western Historical Co.), 193.

11.Andreas, A. T., compiler. History of Northern Wisconsin (originally published 1881; Chicago: The Western Historical Co.), 193.

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13.Andreas, A. T., compiler. History of Northern Wisconsin (originally published 1881; Chicago: The Western Historical Co.), 193.

14.Andreas, A. T., compiler. History of Northern Wisconsin (originally published 1881; Chicago: The Western Historical Co.), 193.

15.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 4 November 1887.

16.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 4 November 1887.

17.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 9.

18.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 4 November 1887.

19.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 50.

20.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 50.

21.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 8 April 1881.

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23.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 79-80.

24.Leader Telegram (Eau Claire), 1976, p. 41.

25.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 4 November 1887.

26.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 4 November 1887.

27.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 4 November 1887.

28.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 45.

29.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 46.

30.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 46.

31.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 46.

32.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 47-48.

33.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 50.

34.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 51.

35.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 52

36.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 72.

37.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 72.

38.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 72-73.

39.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 73.

40.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 73-74.

41.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 74.

42. Andreas, A. T., compiler. History of Northern Wisconsin (originally published 1881; Chicago: The Western Historical Co.), 198.

43.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 74.

44. Chippewa Herald(Chippewa Falls) 15 April 1881.

45.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 74.

46.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) 17 September 1886.

47.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 30 December 1887.

48.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 18 March 1887.

49.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 6 January 1888.

50.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 25 November 1887.

51.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 18 March 1887.

52.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 19 June 1885.

53.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 19 June 1885.

54.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 19 June 1885.

55.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 19 June 1885.

56.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 27 July 1883.

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60.Brown, Richard C. Sawmilling and Sawmills of the Chippewa Valley. (Eau Claire, 1984.), 31.

61.Fries, Robert F. Empire in Pine: The Story of Lumbering in Wisconsin 1830-1900 (Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1951), 87-88.

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63.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 20 April 1888.

64.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 17 October 1884.

65.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 170.

66.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 87.

67.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 170.

68.Brown, Richard C. Sawmilling and sawmills of the Chippewa Valley. (Eau Claire, 1984.), 21.

69. Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 87.

70.Brown, Richard C. Sawmilling and sawmills of the Chippewa Valley. (Eau Claire, 1984.) 21.

71.Hidy, Ralph W., Frank Earnest Hill, and Allan Nevins. Timber and Men: The Weyerhaeuser Story (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963), 151.

72.Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls), 2 March 1883.

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75.Chippewa Herald Telegram (Chippewa Falls), 9 January 1994.

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77.Chippewa Herlad Telegram(Chippewa Falls), 21, January 1927.

78.Chippewa Herlad Telegram(Chippewa Falls), 21, January 1927.

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81.The Daily Independent(Chippewa Falls), 31 December 1910.

82.Chippewa Lumber & Boom Corporate Records 1870-1929. Accident Reports. Minnesota: Minnesota State Historical Society: Box #2.

83.Chippewa Lumber & Boom Corporate Records 1870-1929. Accident Reports. Minnesota: Minnesota State Historical Society: Box #2.

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