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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Fighting the Phillips Fire of 1894
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:10
	Publish Date:		2021-02-03 05:29:08
	Description:		The early history of Phillips in Price County is primarily one of the railroads and logging industries. Like other Northwoods communities, Phillips had a healthy economy based in logging, and that industry helped contribute to a catastrophic event in its early history. The town of Phillips is in the center of Price County and serves as the county seat of government. It was a logging town but originally came into existence because of the railroad. The Wisconsin Central Railroad was formed in 1871 from the consolidation of two earlier railroads that existed only on paper. The Wisconsin Central was the only land grant railroad in the state and wanted to link the southern part of the state with the undeveloped north. It started building in 1871 with the tracks finally connecting to Ashland in 1877. Before the railroad built through, the Ojibwe had a village on the east side of Elk Lake. In 1876, after the railroad arrived, a small shanty town called Elk Lake popped up around the small
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