The building at Bayfield later used by Booth Fisheries was once the Bayfield station of the Bayfield Transfer Railroad Company. This collection of records was left in the attic of the building when H. C. Hale left the city. The business records connected with the operation of the road were transferred to the Railroad Retirement Board in Chicago about 1940. The remaining papers were sent to the Historical Society in 1942 for examination and selection, and preservation of those valuable for historical use.
