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1. "Engineer's Error By Which Michigan Lost & Wisconsin Gained Part of Iron Range" 11/27/1914 - Capt. T.J. Cram selected the wrong terminus for establishing the boundary line between the two states. The result was Wisconsin gained 600 square miles of mineral rich territory. This line was disputed for many years. A Norway pine tree with a blaze from this surveyor's expedition was found along the shore of Trout Lake.

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