Minertown-Oneva Explained

Minertown-Oneva
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:State Trunk Hwy. 32, vicinity of Carter, Wisconsin
Coordinates:45.3824°N -88.6256°W
Added:May 4, 2010[1]
Refnum:09001315

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for May 28, 2010 . May 28, 2010 . 2010-06-03 . Weekly Listings . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: 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 . February 5, 2009 . C. Stephan Demeter . Nancy Ford Demeter . Kathryn C. Egan-Bruhy . amp . . 2010-06-03. (46 pages, with 5 figures and 7 photos)
  3. Web site: Weekly Highlight 05/28/2010 Minertown-Oneva, Forest County, Wisconsin .
  4. Web site: Weekly List Actions . 2010-06-03 . National Park Service.