Home of the Lumberjack Steam Train
About the Logging Camp
In the late 1890's, Camp Five began operations as a logging camp in northern Wisconsin, in 1914, a farm was developed at the site by the Connor Lumber & Land Company to raise meat, produce, and draught horses for their area lumber camps. All logging camps were numbered in succession as forestry moved from one location to another.
In 1969, the Camp Five Museum and Farm Complex opened to the public. It is now operated by the Camp Five Museum Foundation
The site is unique in Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Researchers have yet to find a similar lumber company farm that still exists. For this reason and because of the logging industry’s important role in Wisconsin’s history, it was added to the National Register of Historic places by the US Department of the Interior on January 11, 1996. Today, the farm is still in operation and most of the lumber company farm buildings remain, including the four-square Sears farm house.
Awards:
- 1996 Camp Five was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the US Department of the Interior
- 1987 Presidential Environmental Youth Award, from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for Camp Five’s education and ecology program for Boy Scouts
- 1978 Forest History Association of Wisconsin award
- 1975 Arbor Day Foundation National Award in Education for the Green Treasure Forest Tour
- 1970 Wisconsin State Historical Society Award of Merit
