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campsite, Laona District
You may want to pay some respects, then. The once-majestic
MacArthur Pine
(west of
Newald off Forest Rd. 2167) was a 420-year-old white pine that narrowly sidestepped the
buzzsaws but couldn't escape fire. Once the tallest of its kind in the world at more than 175
feet, it boasted a 17-foot circumference and 7,500 board feet of lumber. In 2001 the tree
succumbed to a suspicious fire. Many do still come.
West of Laona near Crandon is the heart of the Forest County Potawatomi Native
American tribe (Neshnabek, or “original people,” is what they call themselves; visit
www.fcpotawatomi.com
formore),oneofeight Potawatomi bandsintheUnited States and
Canada. A splendid cultural education comes at the
Forest County Potawatomi Cultur-
al Center and Museum
(5460 Everybody's Rd., 715/478-7474, 9am-4pm Mon.-Fri., $3
