The pineries were the forested lands that were owned by the lumbering companies. If he lived at Menomonie he likely was employed by Knapp, Stout & Co., working in the forests cutting trees, getting them to the rivers so they could float the logs to Menomonie & the holding area in what is now Lake Menomin where they were then processed into marketable lumber at the sawmills. Or he could have been a cook, etc., still working in the pineries. The cutting of the trees was done in the winter so they could be hauled on a sled or a motorized tractor to the rivers. Then in the spring the trip down the river would begin, a dangerous journey. My great-grandfather was a machinist at Knapp, Stout & Co. in the sawmill where they cut the logs into lumber. This whole saga is a fascinating story. The term "pineries" was not widely used outside of the old lumbering areas. So Louis likely died in the north woods somewhere. The Area Research Center at University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie is a great source for background materials on the logging era in northern Wisconsin. Nancy