Related Records

1. An Outing of Waukesha Men in the Wilds of Wisconsin 9/27/1900 - An article telling of a fishing trip to the Manitowish waters and surrounding area. Interesting references: Dan Devine, George Buck, water levels, Divide's logging camp, Lafin's on Big Lake, moonshine, plus many others. The author of the article, A.H.Y., could be the Waukesha Freeman owner, author Henry Youmans.

   1900

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2. Boiling maple tree sap to make syrup. ca 1900 - Photo is from the Fayette Buck estate.

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3. Government documents giving title for land in what is now Winchester and Manitowish Waters to George W. Buck & Son. 1895 and 1900 - 1895 patent was for land on the northwest end of North Turtle Lake.(T43N R5E S5 L4) 1900 indenture was for the property on Spider and Manitowish Lakes where Buck's Spider Lake Resort was located. (T42N R5E S14 L9) Buck may have homesteaded the properties as early as 1892.See attached 1896 and 1898 news clipping inferring the resorts were established prior to ownership documents.

   1895 and 1900

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4. Hand drawn map by Fayette Buck for the G.W. Buck & Son showing the Turtle and Manitowish waters where they operated resorts. 1900 - The map highlights their Divide Resort in Winchester and Spider Lake Resort on Manitowish and Spider Lakes. It also notes their area tent camps and Buck's Hotel in Manitowish,WI. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM97107

   1900

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5. "Logging Season On" newspaper article about upcoming logging season in our area. 10/7/1900 - Article discusses board feet to be harvested and rail spur extensions needed by Manitowish Lake.

   10/7/1900

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6. News clippings pertaining to ownership of G.W. Buck & Son resorts and Manitowish Hotel. 1896-1908 - 1893 Divide Resort and tent camps opened 1896-1901 Bucks owned the hotel in Manitowish by the depot 1900 Spider Lake Resort established (although attached 1898 news clipping indicates it existed prior to officially owned) 1908 G.W.Buck & Son dissolves and the resorts properties are divided between G.W. (George) and son Fayette. George keeps Spider Lake Resort for son Roy to manage. Fayette and wife Anna take over the Divide Resort in Winchester.

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7. News clippings referencing Peter Vance's Resort, aka Rest Lake Resort. 1896-1903 - Per Rosetta Plunkett Wysocki's 1973 interview with historian Michael Dunn, Vances' "resort" was located the south shore of Rest Lake, what would later become Joe Ilg's resort. It was more of a lodge or hotel than a resort. In 1903, Vance leased the resort to A.R. Andrews however it burned down that year. Note: The Mitchell's opened a resort on the southwest corner of Rest Lake in 1912, also named Rest Lake Resort.

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8. Ojibwe birchbark canoes in Winchester ca 1900 - Photo is from the Fayette Buck estate.

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9. Stacking lumber at the Winchester mill ca 1900 - Photo is from the Fayette Buck estate. Men and women working at the mill.

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