We’ve added the 1947 Crandon Cardinal Yearbook to our Photo Gallery.  You can view it here.

The Forest county Historical and Genealogical Society is now on Facebook! Our Facebook page will keep members and friends up-to-date on the Society’s activities, events and news by posting updates and photos online.  Join us today!

Funeral services were held at 9 o’clock yesterday morning at the Halverson Funeral Home in Crandon for John Goode, 71, of Laona, with Father S. A. Stern officiating.

Additional obituary information available.

The Forest Republican, January 17, 1957

Mrs. Anna Redig, 69, of Alvin, died at 7:20 Tuesday evening at the Stambaugh General hospital, Stambaugh, Mich.  She had been ill several weeks.

Additional obituary information available.

The Forest Republican January 17, 1957

Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 Monday afternoon by the Rev. Frank D. Harris in the Presbyterian church at Laona for Mrs. Albert Egan, 57, of Long Lake.

Additional obituary information available.

The Forest Republican, January 10, 1957

Roy John Jesse, 47, of Argonne, died at 9:30 Sunday morning at the Forest county highway shop in Crandon, where he had served as hop superintendent for a number of years.

Additional obituary information available.

The Forest Republican, January 10, 1957

Funeral services for Archie Ray Bonesteel, 74, of Newald, was held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Mission Covenant church in Newald, with the Rev. Sam Diskerud of Norway, Mich., officiating.

Additional obituary information is available.

The Forest Republican, January 3, 1957

A township of Crandon page has been added to the site.  A real estate property index and a personal property tax index for the year 1926 has been added under the township page.

The Forest County Historical Society is now officially closed for the season.  The museum is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day each year.  This past year we were open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Although the museum may be closed for the winter, we still can conduct research upon request.

During the winter, society members work on various projects.  Our board meets quarterly throughout the year.  New members are always welcome.

Kentuck Days 2010 is quickly approaching! The Forest County Historical and Genealogical Society is looking for some more Kentuck Family photo boards and stories to feature at our museum during the event. Sharing your Kentuck family information will guarantee that future generations of Kentuck families know the traditions… and stories that make this culture unique. Contact a museum volunteer for more information.

The combined Nov/Dec meeting of the historical society will be on Dec 10, 2009 at the Crandon Public Library, lower level.  The meeting begins at 7 p.m.

The excellent film from the WBGH website, The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), is offered in its entirety on this site. “Heal the man, heal the
land,” was the philosophy of the CCC, and they engaged in some of the first environmental conservation work in the country.  Since many academics,
politicians, and lay people compare the current troubled times with what was seen in the 1930s, this film is particularly pertinent and visitors can
decide if it’s an apt comparison or not.  Regardless, the stories of the three million young men who benefited from the regular meals, healthcare,
clothing, diversity and hard work are fascinating.  The trailer for the film starts playing right upon entering the website, but can be stopped just by
clicking on the screen.  Visitors can scroll over the “The 1930s Collection” logo to the right hand side of the film’s screen to see the playlist for the
film, but watching the whole film is recommended, as it is truly a treat. [KMG] - Source:  The Scout Report — November 13, 2009

According to a news release published today by the Wisconsin State Historical Society, Minertown in the Town of Carter, Forest County was recently added to the State Register of Historic Places, Wisconsin’s official listing of state properties determined to be significant to Wisconsin’s heritage.

Minertown, Town of Carter, Forest County

Vernon County brothers Wilbur and Henry T. Miner, with the assistance of their sister Mary, established Minertown in 1899, soon after the Chicago and North Western Railroad expanded into Forest County. They purchased a 4,000-acre tract of hardwood-covered land from the railroad and constructed a sawmill. The settlement began with a boarding house and company store and grew to include a planing mill, roundhouse, depot, store, blacksmith shop, cook shanty, several small four-room houses and a barn. Many of the original settlers came with the Miners from the Kickapoo Valley in Vernon County while others came from Kentucky.

Until 1922, when the Oconto Company acquired the facility, the mills produced saw lumber for at least one company, the Menasha Woodenware Company. On June 11, 1931, a fire attributed to a carelessly discarded cigarette destroyed the mill. Mill workers from Minertown and Carter subsequently moved away, finding work with other lumber companies, and had completely abandoned the town by 1939. What remains is an archaeological site that can tell us about the physical structure and people of a lumber company town.

We now have a page for family files that we have in our history room.  Check it out to see if your surname is listed.

We now have a genealogical request form available on the site!  Yay!  The form is located on the left side of the page.  Please do not post research requests in the comment section. So if you have a request, simply fill out the form (follow the instructions) and we will do our best to assist you.

We are happy to do genealogical requests for a small fee.  At this time, we are trying to develop a form for the site that will answer this need.

If you are looking for information, please be specific in your request.  We are unable to answer requests that are too general.  As an example, we can not answer requests for any information on the “John Doe family”.  We can answer requests such as:

I am looking for a birth certificate for John Doe.

I am looking for a death certificate for John Doe.

I am looking for a marriage for John Doe.

For now, genealogical requests may be made via the Guestbook here on the site, or you may send a written request to the society.

Forest County Historical & Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 432, Crandon, WI 54520