In 1880, Wisconsin’s Chippewa River became a 7-mile wall of logs as 200 million board feet of timber jammed the river before a flood broke it apart

In 1880, Wisconsin’s Chippewa River became a 7-mile wall of logs as 200 million board feet of timber jammed the river before a flood broke it apart

US News: In the spring of 1880, a log jam of almost unimaginable scale formed on the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, stretching 7 miles from ban.