Secondary education in Wisconsin really had its beginnings in two locations.  The Wisconsin-Michigan Conference had a developing school named Walderly, and the Wisconsin-Illinois Conference also had a fledgling school developing which was Bethel Academy.  Walderly really appeared on the map when the railroad came through from St. Paul to Superior and Duluth in 1880.  This was a forest community near Superior where there was a great deal of logging and sawmills.  The lion's share of logs had been removed from the area before 1900, but there was still enough timber in the area for landowners to build homes and other buildings as needed... Continued