Creek Chronicles Chapter 9: Prohibition and the WPA
The end of the lumbering industry coincided with the beginning of Prohibition which lasted from 1920 to 1933, which was then followed by the Great Depression (1929 – 1941).
Creek Chronicles Chapter 8: The Residents of Roy’s Point – 1910-1930
Ernie LaPointe moved with his mother to Roy’s Point in 1913 and at some later time prepared a hand-drawn map of the area as it was when he lived there. According to his map there were 28 houses at Roy’s Point…
Creek Chronicles Chapter 7: Two Other Operations at Roy’s Point – 1906-1913
Chapter 7: Two Other Operations at Roy’s Point – 1906-1913 Finch-Bell Company (1906-1909) The Finch-Bell Company was incorporated in October 1905. It bought 23,000 acres of cedar trees on the north shore and in 1906 it leased land at Roy’s Point from...
Creek Chronicles Chapter 6: The Bayfield Mill Company, aka Weber Mill – 1900-1913
On August 8, 1900 an agreement was reached between the Bayfield Transfer company and
William Knight, granting Knight the right to build a sawmill and other buildings on 6.7 acres of land located along the north side of the creek from the lake shore back to within 100 feet of the Transfer tracks.
Creek Chronicles Chapter 5: Dalrymple’s Bayfield Transfer Railway
The second railroad built in Bayfield was the Bayfield Transfer which serviced the lumber industry on the peninsula from 1898 to 1924.
Creek Chronicles Chapter 4: The Naming of the Creek
According to various property records the name of our creek has changed over the years. It had originally been called “Roy’s Creek” as well as “Stahl’s Creek” after the family that lived along the stream on the west side of Highway 13.
