John T. CAHO-[4268]
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NEWSPAPER: BAYFIELD COUNTY PRESS
NEWSPAPER: Compiler's Note: Currie G. Bell, my great-grandfather, became the editor and publisher of the Bayfield, Wisconsin weekly newspaper, the BAYFIELD COUNTY PRESS, in the fall of 1882. The paper remained in the Bell family until July 1927. In addition to the usual birth, marriage and death announcements, THE PRESS printed local "chit-chat" columns that provided snippets of information on the residents of Bayfield and the surrounding towns. On a time-available and experimental basis, we have decided to post some of this data in the hopes it may be of use to family historians researching their Bayfield county ancestors. --John Griener
NEWSPAPER: Bayfield's Infant Days
NEWSPAPER: [Note: Following are two items concerning the early days of Bayfield; the first written by Mrs. Alonzo H. Wilkinson, nee Lillian TATE, whom I believe to be the daughter of Andrew TATE, although he is only referenced as "my father" in the text. The second is a response to the article making a few corrections. The author was not identified except as an "old resident." Together, they present a detailed account of the early days of Bayfield.]
NEWSPAPER: Taken from the 25 March 1904 issue of the Bayfield County Press
NEWSPAPER: The Bayfield Women's Club held an unusually interesting meeting Monday afternoon at the Island View hotel parlors. The occasion being "Bayfield Day," the program was made up to correspond and those who attended as visitors were treated to a general surprise. The infant days of the Harbor City were reviewed in a manner that reflected great credit upon the writer. The compiling of these historic notes represents a heap of hard labor as it is one of the most complete pages of history that has ever been given to the people of Bayfield. Through the courtesy of Mrs. WILKINSON we herewith publish in full the paper read at the meeting entitled "Early History of Bayfield."
NEWSPAPER: In the early fifties LaPointe, as you all no doubt know, was the only settlement, with the exception of Superior, on this end of the lake. It was the county seat of LaPointe county which included what are now Douglas, Ashland, and Bayfield counties. The North American Fur Company, formerly the Hudson Bay Fur Company, had its principle post there. The regular Indian payments were made there, bringing hundreds of the braves from the surrounding country every year, and fully a thousand whites made it their home. But LaPointe, with its interesting history or the privations endured by her white people, is not for me to dwell upon today and I must turn to the subject chosen for me.
NEWSPAPER: The Early History of Bayfield
NEWSPAPER: The land upon which the town stands was originally owned by Hon. H. M. RICE, formerly of St. Paul, a gentleman prominent in the history of Minnesota. Mr. RICE was a firm believer in a glorious future for our little town and was frequently spoken of as the father of Bayfield. Bayfield was named for Lieut. Bayfield, an officer in the British navy, and for many years we were the only town in the United States bearing his name.
NEWSPAPER: On the morning of the 24th of March 1856, the inhabitants of LaPointe were startled to see smoke curling up through the trees on this thickly covered shore. Thinking a band of Indians had come over land and were camped here, a few men came over and found a party of nine men under the charge of John C. HANLEY, had driven down on the ice from Superior and landed on the point where Mr. C. G. BELL's house now stands and it was there the first trees were cut. The first cabin built was nearly opposite Mr. BELL's residence, and about where the old land office stood. The cabin was finished on the 26th and on the 27th of March, Major McABOY, a civil engineer, and his assistants arrived and the work of surveying and laying out the town was begun on the 28th. The hauling of timbers for the dock was also begun on the 27th of March, and the first crib sunk on the 30th. The dock was finished on the first day of May. It was known until very recently as the "Vaughn dock." In 1890 it was bought
