The papers cover the period 1916-1938 and consist of letters to stockholders and directors of the Wisconsin Colonization Company, correspondence with settlers, sales letters, notices, and a ledger of operating expenses of the company, 1923-1925. One folder deals with the development of the village of Ojibwa and includes townsite and community center names suggested, estimates and reports on public utilities, restrictions and protections necessary to make the place an ideal community in which to live, work, and play. Maps and photographs illustrate this interesting project.
Mr. Faast gathered historical data on the upper Chippewa River region and at his request articles on the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian reservation and early transportation among the Indians and lumbermen of northern Wisconsin were written by various people; some of these articles are included in the collection. A short history of southern Sawyer County very entertainingly depicts the story of the Sioux and Ojibwa warriors, relates the history of the fur trade and lumbering industry, and contains biographical notes on some of the early settlers of the region. Faast also was interested in the establishment of a children's home at Lake Hallie, Wisconsin, by the Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
