Sigurd
Olson
After graduation from Ashland High School, he attended Northland College in Ashland and the University of Wisconsin in Madison, majoring in geology. He later became recognized as one of the nation's most erudite ecologists. Olson authored more than 100 magazine articles and nine books, The Singing Wilderness, Listening Point, The Lonely Land, Runes of the North, The Hidden Forest, Open Horizons, Wilderness Days, Reflections from the North Country, and Of Time and Place. For further information on Sigurd Olson, read his Hall of Fame monograph.
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Sigurd Olson was a literary
laureate to wilderness lovers. Although
he was born in Chicago and lived much of
his life in Ely, MN, he had early roots
in Wisconsin and was active in fights to
protect Wisconsin wilderness and whitewater.