John Berg 327 pages softcover
Early in 1888 the leaders of the Phillips Lumber Company, John R. and Benjamin W. Davis, secured the assistance of the officers of the Wisconsin Central Railroad to build a spur into the rich pine timberlands east of Phillips. This act brought into existence the Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad, one of many logging railroads being built by numerous lumber companies in Wisconsin at that time. By the summer of 1926, Pierson Kneeland, successor to the Davis brothers, ceased operation of the Lake Shore & Eastern east of Phillips. He directed company crews to dismantle the spur. In the Autumn of 1932, Kneeland terminated the existence of the Lake Shore & Eastern by ending operations at the Company's branch in Morse, Wisconsin, some 45 miles to the north. The impact the lumber industry had upon these communities and their citizens lingered on as sales continued on a reduced scale. The common sight of the logging railroad faded rapidly, and apart from those who actually worked on it, little was remembered about the Lake Shore & Eastern.
Profusely illustrated with stunning photographs & maps, this is an informative, well-paced narrative one of Wisconsin's largest logging railroads.
