OSHKOSH COURIER

Geo. H. Read, Editor

February 27, 1856

THE WOLF RIVER PINERIES - The past winter has been unusually favorable for the operations of lumbermen on the Wolf River and its tributaries. It is estimated by those familiar with the business, that the number of logs cut and in readiness for driving on the breaking up of the streams in the spring, will far exceed that of any former season. Eighty millions of feet is considered a moderate estimate of the result of the winters operations. Oshkosh is the market for almost all of this enormous quantity of lumber, and as its average value – in the log and manufactured – cannot be less than $8 per M., some idea of the extent and amount of this trade and its importance to our city can be obtained.

April 16, 1856

THE LUMBER TRADE – The late heavy rains have swollen the streams in the pine regions, and the logs are coming down with a rush. Every lumberman one meets is on the broad grin, for he anticipates early sales, and heavy profits. The pine lands of the Wolf River and its tributaries, will prove mines of wealth to their lucky owners.