All Aboard! – Clam Lake’s Railway
Learn more about Clam Lake’s lumber era railroad!
Learn more about Clam Lake’s lumber era railroad!
This ad for Leinenkugels Beer was featured in the Chippewa Falls Herald Telegram in November of 1959.
This summer our Clam Lake Community Building will be 75 years old. My next few Snippets will tell how this building came to be.
This summer our Clam Lake Community Building will be 75 years old. My next few Snippets will tell how this building came to be.
In the late 90’s a group of Clam Lakers decided to put together a twice yearly newsletter that they titled the “Clam Lake Clippings”. Much work went into this bi-annual letter. It contained information on the area, upcoming events and historical write -ups.
Looking back to January and June of 1996 this is what was going on in Clam Lake according to the Clippings.
The Clam Lake Fire Tower is at a 1522 foot elevation, providing views of more than a dozen lakes and the West Fork of the Chippewa River.
The 1930’s are remembered as a time of gangsters and criminals heading to the…
The early women of Clam Lake did not have it easy, to put it mildly. Yet, here they are! dressed in flapper attire with rows of pearl necklaces as ornament.
The holiday season is once more upon us and with it comes memories of “Christmas Past”.
In affiliation with my writings on Camp Fire Island, I had the good fortune to become acquainted with Kim Potaracke, a Forest Archaeologist. She has archived the story of Camp Fire Island for us. She, in return, shared some early Clam Lake history with me that she had found.