Exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places.
North exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places.
Built prior to 1868 by Reid & Essler, it was first used as a saw mill. In 1870 it was purchased by Essler, Ahrens & Berndgren and tt was then made into a grist mill. Steam was put in to use as an emergency in case the creek got to low. Photo crica 1940 before the mill was destroyed.
Interview with Belle Spaulding. She gives a very brief history of Sarah Chapman, including how her husband had the first saw mill at old Crow Wing village. This interview is part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Crow Wing County during the years 1936-1939. This outreach effort sought to record personal accounts of the lives of early Crow Wing County pioneers and settlers.
MacGillis & Gibbs Company employees in 1925 with their horses. Much of the early heavy work was done by horses and hard-working men. MacGillis & Gibbs Company and Bell Lumber and Pole provided employment and added to the economy of the community for many years.
Many New Brighton men found employment by hiring out as loggers at Lawrence Schmalzbauer's logging and sawmill plant at Kingsdale, Minnesota. A team of horses pulls logs while workers stand behind. Kingsdale is located near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border, near Danbury, Wisconsin.
Lawrence Schmalzbauer's logging and sawmill plant at Kingsdale, Minnesota, provided seasonal employment for New Brighton area men who needed work in the winter. In 1925, a forest fire in the area roared out of control and destroyed Schmalzbauer's uninsured sawmill, bringing the enterprise and employment to an end.
This photograph shows the sawmill of Charles Purrington at Traverse des Sioux in Nicollet County, about 1912. Purrington is the man in the center of the photograph.
The manicured grounds of the Virginia & Rainy Lake Co. Mill No. 3 are shown, as is a sign for Yard F. This is the left half of a panoramic photograph included with the U.S. Steel Traffic Committee photo album.
Four views from Baudette including the E.A. Engler Lumber Company sawmill; dredge at work in Baudette channel; the International Railway Bridge (CNR); and the Williams Dray Line.
Four views of Spooner, Minnesota showing the Shevlin Mathieu lumber mill; Spooner from the Baudette Bay on July 5, 1909; the new school, 1909; and street scene of August 3, 1907.
Exterior view of the livery barn at the sawmill on Pennington Avenue. The old iron bridge or railroad bridge to the mill is visible in the background. View is looking to the northwest.
Red Cliff lumber company sawmill was located at 512 39th Avenue West from 1902-1913. A rollway is an artificially inclined surface used by lumberjacks to slide logs into a waterway for transport.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections