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1. Charles & Catherine Doriot's Cedar Lodge (aka Clear Lodge) on Stone Lake. ca 1908-1917 - The resort was located on Belter's/Beaumont's island. Doriot shuttered the resort from 1917-1920 and purchased Deer Park Lodge. The resort was listed as Stone Lake Resort on a 1918 Outer's magazine map. Gus Koerner purchased the property from Doriot in 1920. Included is an excerpt from John LaFave's memoirs about a brawl at the resort between Louie LaPorte and George Devine.

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2. Guide Louis (Louie) LaPorte taking a group out fishing. ca 1930. - The outboard motor in this photograph was invented by the Evinrude company in 1909. In this original model the piston and spark plug were facing forward, which could result in shocking the operator.

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3. Henry & Susan LaPorte family portrait ca 1901 - Left to Right: George, Susan holding Lloyd, Louis (aka Louie), Nancy in front, Henry and Ruth

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4. LaPorte and Doriot family photo at logging camp in Manitowish. ca 1915 - Seated left to right: 2 Doriot wives with children, Nancy LaPorte Wanatka, Susan LaPorte (in the hat), Ruth LaPorte Voss, Ruth's daughter Audrey Voss (Dickerson), Mrs. Chuck Doriot (?) Standing in back left to right: 2 Doriot men, Elmer Doriot (?), unknown, Henry LaPorte (Susan's husband), Henry A. Voss (Ruth's husband), holding son Lloyd, Lloyd LaPorte (?), Louie LaPorte holding son Clarence.

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5. Louie LaPorte's moonshine still at Grant Lake near Manitowish, WI. ca 1920s - A team of horses near a low shack, four men with two large jugs in the foreground, and many more in the background

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6. Louis LaPorte and Andrew Johnson arrested for the unlawful possession of liquor. February 1922 - Three newspaper clippings reporting the arrest in Manitowish, WI at the train depot.

   1922

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7. Louis LaPorte indicted by US Federal Grand Jury in Madison, WI for violation of Prohibition law. 3/8/1924 - Newspaper clippings from The Sheboygan Press reporting the indictment of 19 individuals for various offenses.

   1922

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8. Two images of Louie LaPorte's moonshine camp(s) in Manitowish and newspaper clippings of being arrested and indicted for possession of liquor during Prohibition. ca 1922-1924 - Louie had a still on Grant Lake in Iron County and may have had stills in other locations.

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