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1. Article about Chicago artist Frances Badger--her connection to the Northwoods and Big Lake and her paintings of Ojibwa harvesting wild rice. 1908-1930s - Ms. Badger was employed as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Work Progress Administration to paint murals of American life. MWHS purchased two prints of her paintings of Ojibwa harvesting wild rice on Rice Creek near her family's estate, Keego Lodge, on Big Lake. This article was written by Kay Krans for the MWHS November 2021 newsletter.

   10/2021

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2. "Keego" estate on Big Lake owned by prominent Chicago lumber merchant, A. Shreve Badger 1908-1929 - Possibly the first settlement on Big Lake <1893. Thought to have been previously owned by the Laflin family from Chicago. A.S. Badger sells the summer camp in 1929 to a group of Chicago businessmen, including Laurance Armour. They rename the property "Lake Keego" club.

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3. News clipping about A. Shreve Badger selling the family "camp" on Big Lake. 1929 - The property was sold to a group of prominent Chicago business men to be used as a family fishing and hunting camp and an escape from the city heat for their family and friends. They re-named it The Keego Club. They owned it for ten or so years. Laurence Armour was one of the owners; the property was later referred to as the "Armour estate". Another owner was John R. Winterbotham, father-in-law to A. Shreve's son, Shreve C. Badger.

   7/27/1930

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4. The Alpheus Shreve Badger family on their dock with the gazebo. Big Lake. ca 1910 - Originally named Tamaracks Mrs. Badger, from Kenilworth, IL, renamed the estate Keego Lodge when purchased in 1908. The young girl in front is the artist Frances Badger. Her parents are on the right in the photo. Mrs. Blackwell is the other women standing behind Frances; her husband is in the back.

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5. The Badger family at their estate, Keego Lodge, on Big Lake. ca 1910 - Badgers were the second owners of this property. They changed the name from Tamarack Lodge to Keego (aka Pedrigal).

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