The Dells of the Big Rib River, below Goodrich, are believed to be the rapids where Father René Menard disappeared in 1661, which attempting to reach a band of Huron Indians near Lake Chelsea. He left his partner at the rapids to carry some supplies and was never seen again.[4]
Log drives began on the upper Rib River around 1874 and continued to 1923.[5]
^Schmirler, A. A. A., "Wisconsin's Lost Missionary: The Mystery of Father Rene Menard", The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 45, number 2, winter, 1961-1962.[1]
^Ruesch, Gordon (January 2012). Kalmon, Lars (ed.). Taylor County Logging and Lumbering. Taylor County History Project. p. 26-27.
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