Lester and Laura Ferguson's
Iron River Homestead
(click on any picture/image to see a full size version)
Lester and Laura Ferguson came to settle in the Iron River area of Bayfield County, Wisonsin in 1907.
Their farm was 160 acres in section 2 of the township of Hughes (Northwest of the town of Iron River).
1920
Plat Map 
Photo of
their House
Today the Iron River Airport is on a portion of what once was their farm.
Half of the farm is also Bayfield County Forest land today (the Western 40 acres and the Northern 40 acres).
Not much remains of Lester and Laura's home.
During a search of the area I was able to locate to foundation pads and some bricks that were once part of the chimney. In the house area there was a Lilac bush and a Apple tree that likely are remnants that go back to the time of their home here.
There are ruins of an old outhouse just to the North of where the house once stood. It is impossible to tell if these are remains of Lester and Laura's out house or one that was used for the Airport when it was built. The house was removed or destroyed at some point, but perhaps they left and continued to use the outhouse for the Airport. There is also a pipe sticking out of the ground. This looks like it could have once been the well. What makes it very hard to tell to tell if the out house and pipe are from the farm or Airport is that the original entrance to the Airport was located in this area after the house was gone.
The images below are taken while walking around the 160 acres that once blonged to Lester and Laura.
Iron River Homestead
(click on any picture/image to see a full size version)
Lester and Laura Ferguson came to settle in the Iron River area of Bayfield County, Wisonsin in 1907.
Their farm was 160 acres in section 2 of the township of Hughes (Northwest of the town of Iron River).
1920
Plat Map 
Photo of
their HouseToday the Iron River Airport is on a portion of what once was their farm.
Half of the farm is also Bayfield County Forest land today (the Western 40 acres and the Northern 40 acres).
Not much remains of Lester and Laura's home.
During a search of the area I was able to locate to foundation pads and some bricks that were once part of the chimney. In the house area there was a Lilac bush and a Apple tree that likely are remnants that go back to the time of their home here.
There are ruins of an old outhouse just to the North of where the house once stood. It is impossible to tell if these are remains of Lester and Laura's out house or one that was used for the Airport when it was built. The house was removed or destroyed at some point, but perhaps they left and continued to use the outhouse for the Airport. There is also a pipe sticking out of the ground. This looks like it could have once been the well. What makes it very hard to tell to tell if the out house and pipe are from the farm or Airport is that the original entrance to the Airport was located in this area after the house was gone.
The images below are taken while walking around the 160 acres that once blonged to Lester and Laura.
