I had an interesting drive this afternoon in the Gov. Knowles State Forest. My niece gave me a book on Wisconsin ghost towns/villages and it has been fun finding some of these towns or what remains of them. Last fall, I thought I'd found the remnants of a town called Trade River. However, today in the above mentioned state forest, along the Trade River, I found the remnants of what may really have been the town/village of Trade River. All that is left is a small chapel and a cemetery. When looking at these pics, can you imagine Sunday worship at this small church 150 years ago??? Life in these Northwoods must have been brutal. Can you imagine a winter in the 1800s, living in a log cabin and your only heat would have been a wood stove or a fireplace? The cemetery tells its own story of the harshness of that life. Mable Erickson...born 1901 died 1902...for instance and that was only 120 years ago. I need to find out more about this area, this town, and the people that lived here...especially the real Americans who lived here before the European settlers arrived...the Saint Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
"Trade River" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)
"Old Settlers Memorial Chapel" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)
"Peering thru the window of the old chapel" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)
"Anna Munson, deceased at 40 years old" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)
"August Nordstrom, deceased at 26 years old" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)
"Vivid blue sky and an old cemetary. Peace, quiet, and the sound of the wind in the trees..." (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)
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