[2] In 1901 the newly formed Nash Lumber Company bought 40,000 acres of timber in southern Ashland and Sawyer county.

[3] The little mill town in northern Wisconsin was named "Shanagolden" after the fishing village in County Limerick, Ireland from which the Nashes' ancestors came.

And they let workers buy lots and build their own homes as they chose, so the two streets weren't lined with identical boxes.

There was talk of rebuilding, and that summer the company improved some of its buildings, but the sawmill was not rebuilt and most employees were laid off in November.

[3] After a couple years the Mellen Lumber Company bought the mill at Shanagolden and much of the surrounding timber.