On his father's farm in 1922, Roy Larson and his brothers Clarence, Newell, and Leonard cleared an 80 rod strip for a runway. Roy had received flying instructions in Chicago in 1919, paying $50 per hour, and Roy and Clarence attended the Sweeney Mechanics School in Kansas City, Mo. After buying their first airplane, a Canuck, in 1922, Roy taught his brothers to fly, and during the winter the plane was stored in the barn with its wings removed. In 1924, they built a 52 x 60 hangar and established a real airport, where they instructed students and gave pleasure rides for $5 for 10 minutes, with loops and rolls available for an extra $5. The brothers left the plow to fly over the fields in their machines, and they barnstormed at county fairs, picnics, and political campaigns throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota. During 1926-27 they held the agency for Waco Planes in Wis. and Upper Mich. Roy became a well known pilot throughout the midwest, and his aviator friends used the airport to refuel and rest. During World War II, Leonard instructed army glider pilots at Antigo and in Missouri. Leonard, the sole surviving brother, and his wife, Viola, continued to operate the oldest exiting airport in the state. On April 5, 1984, the airport was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.