We turn back the clock with local historians to find out what life in the Northwoods used to be like. This is part of an initiative by WXPR to tell the history and culture of northern Wisconsin.
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On the second Tuesday of every month, we hear from our contributors in the field. Susan Knight and Gretchen Gerrish both work for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology at Trout Lake Station. Scott Bowe is the Director of Kemp Natural Resources Station.
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Mercer Library upgrades, Copper Peak Plans, Ice Age Trail recognition
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Bởi John Burton
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Tony Sarocka, Remembering a Rhinelander Football Standout
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Anton Sarocka, known as Tony, was a standout football player for Rhinelander High School. Born in Port Washington on October 11, 1910, Tony graduated in 1928.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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Hurricane Helene relief, cranberries and drought, Lincoln Hills death court cast
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Wildlife rehabilitators busy, Wausau drop box, lead pipe replacement
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Antigo homeless shelter, deadly Schofield fire, Wausau drop box
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Fire south of Rhinelander, Hurricane Helene relief, Cranberry Fest
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Stella deer samples, mental health awareness in taverns, breast cancer signs
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No more library fines, Antigo school referendum, Whooping Cough cases
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Bugs in Wisconsin, settlement in fish kill, Ironwood planning
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Habitat home finished, Wausau drop box, airport upgrades complete
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PFAS standards, fighting respiratory illness, drop box controversy
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LDF road dispute, postal problems for newspapers, Interior Secretary visit
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Using plants to clean pollution, Fungi Fest, indigenous language revitalization
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Remembering boarding school impacts, Wausau ballot drop box, climate change funding
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Bringing trees to Rhinelander, Langlade Hospital SANE Program, Wisconsin firewood and invasive species
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Local political campaigns, teens and gambling, Walk to End Alzheimer's
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Historic cemetery tours, wake boat ordinances, Wisconsin presidential polling
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COVID-19 vaccinations, tree nursery upgrades, Pine Crest buyers sought
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Blue-green algae blooms, counselor death court case, presidential campaign attention on Wisconsin
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Pine cone collection, brewery closes, accessing local produce
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Governor visits Tomahawk School District, wolf protections challenged, fatal crash with bear
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The Three Lakes Cyclone, 100 years after
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Sunday, September 21st, 1924 is listed on the Wisconsin Watch website as the third worst day of tornadoes in state history.Few single communities were impacted that day as much as Three Lakes, Wisconsin, which suffered the worst tornado in it’s historyBởi Kerry Bloedorn
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One of the crops most iconic to our area is ginseng, Panax quinquefolia. Marathon County, just south of Lincoln County is the center of ginseng farming, not just in Wisconsin but it is recognized as the largest source and the best quality of ginseng in the world.Bởi Susan Knight
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In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses thermally modified wood, a chemical free way to preserve wood for outdoor use.Bởi Scott Bowe
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Few people know that the Northwoods was once exposed to intense radiation for scientific research amid fears of nuclear war. Fifty-one years ago, a site near Rhinelander, Wisconsin, was developed to study radiation’s effects on northern forest ecosystems, known as the Enterprise Radiation Forest Project.…
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Whenever talk turns to military tanks in the Northwoods, one story still echoes through the forest: the time a mighty tank was swallowed by the infamous McNaughton Swamp, some 65 years ago.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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Salamanders, newts and mudpuppies are amphibians, and they are all salamanders, but not all salamanders are newts or mudpuppies.Bởi Susan Knight
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“Massive Human Bones and Indian Relics Unearthed near Pelican Lake” read a Rhinelander New North newspaper headline on July 28th , 1908. The sensationalist commentary that followed was all the “proof” the unidentified writer needed to confirm that giant people once lived and were buried in the vicinity of Pelican Lake, Wisconsin.…
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In Wisconsin, opening fishing applies to certain species of fish such as walleye, trout, largemouth bass, and northern pike. However, this season opener does not apply to panfish, which are open year-round. Panfish include species such as bluegill, crappie, sunfish, and yellow perch.Bởi Scott Bowe
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Northern Wisconsin: A Handbook for the Home Seeker
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In the fall of 1895, a team from the University of Wisconsin school of agriculture, including Dean William A. Henry, Madison photographer Harvey J. Perkins, and others, traveled to every county north of a line drawn from Green Bay to Hudson. They compiled information and photographs from cutover lands, and already existing farms, in an attempt to s…
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Fifty-one years ago, the United States left Vietnam on March 29th, 1973, after 8 years of fighting. The conflict left a lasting impact on our country, including the Northwoods, where it forever changed the lives of the service members involved and their families. This is one of those stories.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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There are many kinds of record keeping that scientists use to recapture recent and ancient historyBởi Susan Knight
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One of the oldest frame buildings in Rhinelander: The Martin Flat
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Kids corner Pizza in Rhinelander is located in one of the oldest frame buildings in downtown Rhinelander. Kerry Bloedorn – Northwoods Historian, shares the history of that building, The Martin Flat, on this installment of A Northwoods Moment in History on WXPRBởi Kerry Bloedorn
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Apple cultivars brought as seed from Europe were spread along Native American trade routes, as well as being cultivated on colonial farms. By the mid 1800s, United States apples nursery catalogues sold 350 of the "best" cultivars, showing the proliferation of new North American cultivars by the 19th century.…
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In 1926, Three Lakes Wisconsin held a winter sports carnival on a big hill at what is now Camp Luther, and on the ice of Range Line Lake below. A number of winter sporting events were organized, including toboggan races, hockey games, and Wisconsin’s first ever snowmobile race.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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Open lakes, no snow, and sweatshirt weather was the scene this December in Vilas County. Much to the chagrin of ice anglers and cross country skiers, El Nino has taken hold and has had many implications for the local people, economy, and ecosystems.Bởi Gretchen Gerrish
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Booze Operation Busted Up in St. Germain in 1930
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Prohibition began in 1920, banning all sales of alcoholic beverages, as defined by the Volstead Act. The quiet Northwood’s of Wisconsin became a haven for big city black market liquor production and smuggling.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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The Common Watersnake, Nerodia sipedon, is common throughout much of eastern North America. Our local subspecies, the Northern Watersnake, is common throughout much of Wisconsin.Bởi Susan Knight
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Pelican Laker at the Battle of the Bulge
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In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1944, Americans were tuned into newspaper headlines about a German offensive in the Ardenne forest of Belgium between Germany and France. One young soldier from Pelican Lake, would earn a bronze star in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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There are many exotic plants and animals that we don’t consider to be pests. Corn is native to Mexico, soybeans are native to Asia, tulips are native to Europe. Most of our domesticated animals are exotic with domestic cattle originating in Asia. Many of these plants and animals are exotic but not extremely invasive. They have become part of ecosys…
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One of the many construction projects in Rhinelander that was completed this year was a water main repair, causing the closure of the Phillip Street Bridge, located behind the Rhinelander Paper Mill. This bridge has collapsed not once, but twice in its history.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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At the end of the famous book, Tarzan of the apes swoops in to rescue his beloved Jane Porter in the Northern Forests of Wisconsin. This part in the closing chapters of the book never made it into the dozen film adaptations produced over the decades, which is why most Northwoods folk aren’t quite familiar with that part of the adventure.…
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What do the Gulf Stream and a Northern Lake Have in Common?
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Global warming may also be affecting a global water circulation system abbreviated AMOC that includes the Gulf Stream, that river of ocean water that moves warm tropical water north along the east coast of North America before veering off toward Europe.Bởi Susan Knight
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With the return of school comes the return of Friday Night Football.One of the biggest rivalries in the Northwoods is between Rhinelander and Antigo.Local historian and director of the Pioneer Park Historical Complex Kerry Bloedorn shares the story of the Bell Game in this episode of A Northwoods Moment in History.…
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Today, Rhinelander seems like an unlikely place for a presidential hopeful to campaign, but at one time, it was a must stop on the road to the Whitehouse. So it was during a campaign tour in 1959 for a young Senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. Learn about his visit on A Northwoods Moment in History…
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Gardening in the Northwoods can be challenging. Long winters, short summers, and our many whitetail deer friends all conspire against us. In recent years, we have one more pest to deal with, the Japanese beetle.Bởi Scott Bowe
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Joseph Steinwand and his original Wisconsin cheese
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As the famous dairy state of the U.S., cheese is no doubt a staple in Wisconsin. As such it seems only fit that we have an official state cheese. Efforts by law makers in recent years have pushed to make Colby cheese the official state cheese.Bởi Sydney Kuckkan
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The Northwoods has seen its fair share of extreme weather, from blizzards to tornados, but one storm on Independence Day in 1977 swept across the region with such ferocity, it is still remembered vividly today.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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Spiny water fleas are aquatic arthropods called zooplankton. Zooplankton are small shrimp-like creatures, and most of them survive by eating phytoplankton, the microscopic photosynthetic algae at the bottom of the food chain in lakes.Bởi Susan Knight
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The Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport has been fielding planes at its current location just west of Rhinelander since the early 40s. But Rhinelander’s aeronautical history goes all the way back to a flight that occurred in 1912.Bởi Kerry Bloedorn
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