Basswood Island

Basswood Island

Basswood Island is a Wisconsin island in Lake Superior. It is one of the Apostle Islands and a part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

From 1865 to 1923, the island was home to a farm run by Richard McCloud and Elisha Brigham. [ [http://www.nps.gov/apis/farms.htm NPS.gov: Farming on the Apostle Islands] ] It was also the site of a quarry run by the Bass Island Brownstone Company which operated from 1868 into the 1890s. The brownstone from this and other Apostle Islands quarries was in great demand, and brownstone from Basswood Island was used in the construction of the first Milwaukee County Courthouse in the 1860s. [ [http://www.nps.gov/apis/quarries.htm NPS.gov: Stone Quarries of the Apostle Islands] ]

References

External links

* [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_ns/wi/apo_bass.htm Basswood Island hiking]


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