Jump River

Still others suggest that log drivers named it for the way the water level "jumps" up and down rapidly after rains and thaws.

[2] Indians lived along the Jump in the early years, growing little plots of crops on the river bottoms.

[3] Current thought is that he more likely disappeared at the dells of the Big Rib River, in the southeast corner of Taylor county.

[6][7] Crews cut the white pine first and stored the logs through the winter, then drove them down the river to mills at Chippewa and Eau Claire.

The first bridge across the Jump was the Wisconsin Central Railway's trestle at Prentice, built in the 1870s.

[11] The "Black Bridge" above the village of Jump River's swimming hole was built in 1899 and 1900.

When the water level is medium to high, the stretch from the village of Jump River to County H or to Sheldon is fun.

Fish in the river include northern pike, smallmouth bass, musky, walleye, catfish, redhorse, and suckers.