Rib Lake Historical Society

03/22/2025

Are you planning to visit the historic town of Rib Lake this year? Here’s a great place to stay!

01/22/2025

Thank you to Janice Tidwell Allen!
She reached out with photos of her husband's great grandfather, DR. Alva Allen. Per Janice, “The 1910 census lists him as living in Rib Lake, WI. Evidently he only lived there a few years. We have a couple of pictures of him in his buggy.”

Not sure exactly which part of town they were taken in, but they are great shots!

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

11/23/2024

The founder of the Rib Lake Historical Society, Robert “Bob” Rusch, passed away last Sunday. Bob’s passion for history -especially the history of the Taylor County area- was evident. He will be missed!

Share memories & support the family

07/05/2024

Happy Independence Day!! 🇺🇸

Photo Number 12322 in the “Index to Rib Lake Photo and Document Collection” shows “…4th of July, see flag on locomotive, foreground-McComb Ave.; center-First “roundhouse”; right-chute to load hog feed from RLLC mill”.

05/29/2023

Great to see the town honor it’s fallen Veterans today. 🇺🇸

12/20/2022

Happy Holidays, everyone!

In this photo,
c. 1928 - a worker from the Lamberty jobber camp walks between the rails of the Rib Lake Lumber Co. logging railroad -in the town of Corning (Lincoln Co., WI). But for the prior cutting of scattered white pine, the forest is virgin; note a preponderence of hemlock trees.

03/10/2022

Similar view - 25 years apart! c. 1925 looking south from Fayette Ave. down McComb Ave. Then, c. 1950 looking south showing the north part of McComb Ave.

10/29/2021

Have a good Halloween weekend!

Photo: Bass Lake and Timms Hill seen from the white picket fence of Hill of Beans restaurant. Halloween pumpkins decorate two pillars of the fence - from collection of Star News.

06/18/2021

View north on McComb Ave across RLLC (Rib Lake Lumber Co) logging railroad tracks.

Happy Friday!

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12/25/2020

Merry Christmas! 🎄☃️

08/19/2020

Can you name the object?
This item was recently found in the woods in and around Rib Lake. It appears to have been for logging. But, we are unsure what it is, and unsure what it was used for. There are two of these items and they have some additional apparatus that go with them. So, do you know? 😃
If so (or, if you have a guess!), please comment below!