“Sand and Fire” – New Book about the Barrens!
Exciting news! Friends Board Member Dave Peters has written a wonderful book about the Namekagon Barrens titled “Sand and Fire.” Published by the Wisconsin Historical…
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Announcing a New Book – Sand and Fire: Exploring a Rare Pine Barrens
Friends of the Namekagon Barrens Board member Dave Peters has written about about the Barrens! It’s soon to be released by the Wisconsin Historical Society…
Humans on the barrens: “Too dang cold” for the Hillocks
(Once the homestead of Benjamin Hillock at the corner of Dry Landing Road and St. Croix Trail.) Humphrey Hillock may never have seen the Namekagon…
History walk: Better than a crumbling foundation
(Plum trees left from the Samual and LuAnn Turner homestead 100 years ago?) Four of us took a history walk on the barrens today, and…
Humans on the barrens: The wandering Arvid Lyons
We know for certain where Arvid Lyons lived out the end of his eventful life. And we know where he lies at rest in the…
Humans on the barrens: Clemens family, Clemens Creek
Concrete foundations of what likely were silos for hay on the homestead of William and Mary Clemens. At least three of us – Brian Finstad,…
Humans on the barrens: Jim Anderson
Vern Drake and Dave Peters visited Jim Anderson on June 5, 2018, and he shared with us several documents, photos and his memory of his…
Humans on the barrens: Severne’s lilacs
The lilacs of Severne Bradley were the telltale, opening a window on a century-old community of struggling farmers in the sands of northwest Wisconsin. In…
150 yr old Bridge site
Hello all, last April some of us from FNBWA took a walk from the south unit of the NMBWA up to the boot end of…