Minertown-Oneva, also known as Minertown, in Forest County, Wisconsin is a historic logging camp built in the early 1900s by Wilbur and Henry T. Miner.[2] It's in the vicinity of Carter, Wisconsin.
Minertown-Oneva | |
 Abandoned general store in 1939 | |
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| Location | State Trunk Hwy. 32, vicinity of Carter, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 45°22′56.62″N 88°37′32.02″W / 45.3823944°N 88.6255611°W |
| Area | 43.5 acres (17.6 ha)[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001315[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 4, 2010[1] |
According to the National Park Service:
In 1899, brothers Wilbur and Henry T. Miner from Vernon County, WI, purchased a 4,000 acre tract in Forest County, Wisconsin, where they constructed a sawmill and related settlement known as Minertown. The settlement included a boarding house and company store for those employed by the Miner Lumber Company, as well as a planing mill, roundhouse, depot, store, a blacksmith shop, a cook shanty, several small four-room houses, and a barn. In 1931, the mill was destroyed by fire and the remaining community was subsequently abandoned. Today, the Minertown-Oneva site is significant for its potential to provide information relevant to late nineteenth century settlement of Forest County, as well as the history of Wisconsin's hardwood logging era.[3]
The site was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 2010.[1] The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of May 28, 2010.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for May 28, 2010". Weekly Listings. National Park Service. May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- ^ a b C. Stephan Demeter; Nancy Ford Demeter & Kathryn C. Egan-Bruhy (February 5, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Minertown / Oneva, FS Site No: 09-06-05-031; State Site No: 47FR0112; FS Special Management Area (SMA) 8F" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 3, 2010. (46 pages, with 5 figures and 7 photos)
- ^ "Weekly Highlight 05/28/2010 Minertown-Oneva, Forest County, Wisconsin".
- ^ "Weekly List Actions". National Park Service. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
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