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Title |
Drought Having Great Effect on Lake Levels by Michael Dunn for the Lakeland Times (Minocqua, WI) July 1976 |
Scope & Content |
The article discusses how the lack of rainfall for the last two years is impacting water levels across the entire Manitowish River watershed and how the dam helps to mitigate those effects. Dunn interviews longtime dam caretaker Cal LaPorte and his father, George LaPorte. Included are pictures taken for the article. Dunn also shares a brief history of the role of the dam in river drive logging in the late 1880s- 1906 |
Date |
July 1976 |
Media Link |
Click here to read Dunn's article. |
Source |
LaPorte, Calvin- Estate of |
Collection |
Rest Lake Dam Collection |
Catalog Number |
2020.5.035 |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Search Terms |
1970s Drought Weather water levels watershed Manitowish Chain Rest Lake Dam Dam Caretaker Dam keeper Dam caretaker Logging river drives Livery early days early pioneers Chippewa & Flambeau Improvement Company river drives river logging |
People |
Dunn, Michael III LaPorte, Cal LaPorte, Calvin LaPorte, George |
Subjects |
Logging Dam construction Dams Weather Droughts |