Minertown-Oneva

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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 planning 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.

Added to the NRHP on May 4, 2010.

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19th Century (38,084)
Archaeological site (290)
Built 1899 (560)
Built during 1890s (7,683)
Forest County, Wisconsin (14)
Lost 1931 (2)
Lost during 1930s (10)
Lumber (1)
Wisconsin (2,627)

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• September 13, 2010: Added by J.R. Manning

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• J.R. Manning - Lugnuts969 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Wikipedia

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