Bob Mackreth is a writer and historian living in the Lake Superior country. With more than thirty years of experience as a park ranger, he takes a special interest in National Park Service issues.
Recent Writing:
The Day The Ships Went Down
Two ships, twelve lives... lost on the Apostle Islands' deadliest day.
O.K. Hall's First Day At Work
The difficult early days of the Outer Island Lighthouse.
Sand Island: Girls
Just
Wanna Have Fun
A discovery in an antique store opens a window into womens' history on the Apostle Islands.
"A Very Poor Imitation Of A Fourth"
The isolation of lighthouse life may have been felt most keenly on holidays.
Finding A New Way To Get Killed
Logging was a dangerous occupation to start with, but one lumberjack got creative at the end.
Basswood Island: The Apostles' Emerald Isle
Searching for- and finding- the islands' Irish heritage.
Julius Austrian: Pioneer, Entrepreneur, Mensch
An unforgettable character from the Apostle Islands' frontier days.
Big Ole: Xtreme Boatman of the Apostle Islands
Paul Bunyan wasn't the only larger-than-life character in the north country... but Big Ole was real.
The Thanksgiving Puppies
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PEER Strikes Out
A fringe group makes an outlandish charge, and brings discredit to the entire environmental movement.
If The Trojan War Had Been A Ball Game
For a change of pace: an in-depth look at the Achaeans' starting lineup, and the latest news on Achilles' contract dispute.
The Saddest Place
Reflections on a visit to a French cemetery.
The Chip In The Rim
A moment of discovery in an English village church.
Cultural Resources In Wilderness: Still At Risk
The keynote speaker at an NPS conference says there's no real need to protect the historic resources in the Wilderness portions of the Apostles Islands. He's wrong, of course, but what does it portend that the agency asked him to speak?
The Apostle Islands Scrapbook
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Contact:
Bob's Blog
Bob's Dog Site:
Greatest Hits Ghosts of the Apostle Islands (Lake Superior, 2004) Lighthouses of the Apostle Islands (Lake Superior, 2002) A Winter's Tale of Fire Island (New York Times, 1988) Dad, Uncle Bud, and 1508 (TRAINS, 2007; PDF) Traces In The Forest (Lake Superior, 2007)
Where I'll be appearing in the near future.
Contact:
Web Design Washburn, Wisconsin, municipal site: "a little town on the Big Lake." Fish Tugs of the Greatest Lake: the hard-working fishing boats of Lake Superior. Nourse's Sport Fishing: sport fishing in the waters of Wisconsin's fabled Apostle Islands.
Some of My Friends Terry Pepper: the best lighthouse page on the Web, bar none. Ann Reed: supremely talented singer-songwriter. Kevin Allman: my favorite contemporary social critic. The Echo:
Organizations Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association |
Last updated June 26, 2010
All content copyright Bob Mackreth, unless otherwise noted.