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WXPR A Northwoods Moment In History

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  • 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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Episodes
  • Tank Mired in the McNaughton Muck

    Tank Mired in the McNaughton Muck
    Jul 3 2024
    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.
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    4 mins
  • The Pelican Lake Giant

    The Pelican Lake Giant
    Jun 5 2024
    “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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    3 mins
  • Northern Wisconsin: A Handbook for the Home Seeker

    Northern Wisconsin: A Handbook for the Home Seeker
    May 1 2024
    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 showcase the potential of the area.All this work was put into a 200 page booklet titled “Northern Wisconsin: A Handbook for the Home Seeker”.
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    5 mins
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