Ojibwa (Ojibwe: Anishinaabe-oodena) is a town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
The Hines Lumber Company loaded its logs on railroad cars and shipped them to Park Falls.
Remains of the old Crooked Rapids Spur can still be seen from Highway 70 just west of the Albert Skogen farm.
The logging industry was short-lived in the Ojibwa area, the major operation being shifted to Radisson and Winter.
Mr. Ben Faast of Eau Claire organized the Wisconsin Colonization Company and purchased large tracts of cut-over land south of Ojibwa.
Mr. Faast had visions of a prosperous city that would be supported by farmers who would be anxious to develop modern farms where the loggers had left slashings in their hasty operations to make quick profits.
A variety of nationalities settled in the vicinity of Ojibwa; such as the Scandinavians, Polish, English, French, German and Irish.
They were industrious, ambitious, thrifty, and honest people, who tilled the soil in the summer and worked in the logging camps in the winter.
Slowly and reluctantly, one by one, the families deserted the farms and returned to the cities to resume work in factories.
An old schoolhouse, the Crawford School, was moved from a site near the airport to the village in the winter of 1922.
Mr. Henry LeBeau, who was the town clerk of Radisson, was present and gave the oath of office to the newly elected officials.
It consists of three hundred fifty acres of heavily wooded land which is a beauty spot and attracts many tourists.
There are many outdoor accommodations, such as, picnic tables, fireplaces, baseball diamond, shelter house, well, campsites, and hiking trails.
Although there is no incentive to encourage an influx of permanent resident to Ojibwa, it will continue to live as a memento of the prosperous logging days and serve many city people who own summer cabins on the banks of the picturesque Chippewa River.