Ever wonder what the Manitowish Chain of Lakes looked like before the dam and decades of river drive logging? If so, you are in luck, because the Manitowish Waters Historical Society will  deliver pre-dam, historic re-creations, using journals, maps, reports, and photos that reveal the early contours of our shores. Each lake on the chain…

Join Manitowish Waters Historical Society's Jim Bokern as we travel from eastern Iron County to the old growth forest surrounding Star Lake to explore both historic and modern forestry sites surrounding the Northern Highland American Legion Forest. By the late 19th century, Wisconsin’s leaders wished to create a state park or forest reserve in Iron,…

Join us to learn about Northwoods artisans.  During the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration developed a domestic program of recovery called the New Deal.  A series of agencies was created to help people find employment and bring economic relief to Americans.  Two artists, Frances Badger and Marie Bleck, spent many years immersed in the…