Chapter 8 BURNETT, WASHBURN, SAWYER AND BARRON COUNTIES.

Burnett County.

Location and Description 230

Organization 231

Pine Barrens 231

Murders 232

Old Geezhic 233

The First Mission 234

The Chippewas of Wood Lake 236

Grantsburg 237

Canute Anderson 237

The Hickerson Family 238

The Anderson Family 238

Robert A. Doty 238

The Cranberry Marshes 239

Washburn County.

Description, Town Organization 240

First Events 240

Shell Lake, Summit Lake 241

First Board of County Officers 241

Shell Lake Lumber Company 241

Sawyer Creek 242

Spooner Station 242

Veazie Village 242

Sawyer County.

Organization, Description 242

County Indebtedness 243

Town of Hayward 243

Village of Hayward 243

First Events, Schools, Churches, etc. 244

Bank, Lumber Company 244

Malcomb Dobie 245

Milton V. Stratton 245

Barron County.

Description, Organization 245

Turtle Lake, Town and Village 245

Barron, Perley Village 246

Cumberland Village 246

Sprague 246

Comstock and Barronett Villages 247

Charles Simeon Taylor 247