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1. Abe LaFave brief biography and tales of being a pioneer family in the Northwoods. ca 1880s-1920s - Includes Abe's 1931 homestead claim certificate. T42N R6E S18 Lot 7

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2. Abstract for Lange's Sylvan Lodge property 1907-1920 - 1907: US Government sells to Grant A. Beeman 1908-1909: Beeman has mortgage with Loren Doriot 1909 :Grant sells to Romey and Frances Theriault 1910-1913: Theriault has mortgage with Martin Noskwviak 10/9/1920:Theriault sells to Paul and Minnie Lange

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3. Abstract for lots 79,80 &81 in Shore Acres development on south-east end of Rest Lake. 1894-1912 - E.R. Perkins, developer of Shore Acres, acquired the property in 1910. It was later owned by the Mark Leistickow family until his death in 2021 when the Manitowish Waters Lakes Assoc acquired it to keep as an undeveloped lot per Mr. Leistickow's wishes. Current address 13585 Oak Street.

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4. Abstract for property along the south shore of Manitowish Lake, Alder Lake Road. T42N R5E S22 Lots 6 & 7 1874-1939 - Sequence of ownership: USA<1874, John Ross 1874, Warren & Ellen McCord 1885, Laird Norton Co 1885, American Immigration Co (Chippewa Falls) 1906, John Nichols & Ervin Frissell 1907, John Nichols 1911, Charles H. Doriot 1919, 1922 & 1926, Harry & Mary Bell Hurd 1922 (Woodchuck Hollow area), Albert & Maude Johnson 1922 (Woodchuck Hollow area), William Franzen 1935, Elizabeth Holzman 1935 & 1939.

   1939

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5. Abstract for property along the south shore of Manitowish Lake along Alder Lake Road. T42N R5E S22 Lot 7 1874-1947 - Sequence of ownership: USA<1874, John Ross 1874, Warren & Ellen McCord 1885, Laird Norton Co 1885, American Immigration Co (Chippewa Falls) 1906, John Nichols & Ervin Frissell 1907, John Nichols 1911, Charles H. Doriot 1919, 1922 & 1926, Harry & Mary Bell Hurd 1922 (Woodchuck Hollow area),William Franzen 1935, Elizabeth Holzman 1935 & 1939.

   1947

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6. Abstract for property known as Deer Park Lodge on Manitowish Lake. T42N R5E S23 Lot 3 and part of Lot 2; SW 1/4 of Section 24 1901-1962 - Sequence of ownership: USA<1901, Joseph LaMotte 1899-1901,Cassius Paine 1902, John Paine 1905, August Pleiss 1909, Max Engemann 1910, Alma Graf 1914, Moses Goldman 1917, Catherine Bell Doriot 1917,Globe Investment Co 1928 (sheriff sale), Wm. Franzen (sheriff sale) 1935, Elizabeth Holzman 1939 & 1941 (from 1935 land contract) and Ben & Ruth Epstein 1948 & 1959.

   4/1962

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7. Abstract for the Cagney property on the north shore of Island Lake. 1897-1949 - Gov't Lot 2 Section 18 T42N R6E Boulder Junction. USA to W Robinson 1897 Kossuth Kent Kenan 1900 Timber only deed to Bissell-Winston Lumber Co (Wausau) 1900 Timber only deed to Brooks and Ross Lumber Co 1902 Wade H Richarson 1905 Hiram McCullough & Andrew Jensen 1905 Brooks & Ross Lumber Co 1905 Nathan Friend (Chicago) 1912 Francis & Florence Fallon 9/1945 J. Albert & Marie P Cagney 8/1949

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8. Abstract for the northwest 1/4 of the south-east quarter of Section 36 Township 42 Range 5E, specifically a portion of the Trout River between Alder and Wild Rice Lakes. 1872-1977 - The property had several individual owners until 1889 when purchased by the Dells Lumber (and Shingle) Company. Timber rights were sold to the Flambeau Lumber Co. in 1901. Dell Lumber sold the entire north 1/2 of the SE 1/4 to Richard Southgate in 1910. Wife Ella inherits the property which passes to her second husband Jacob E Himes in 1923. Himes loses the property; a sheriff's sale in 1929 show it is purchased by the Aid Association for Lutherans. In 1946 Harold and Clara Vorreyer purchase the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4. The Vorreyer family sold it to Donald and Anne Marie Jaroch in 1965 and 1973.

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9. Abstract for the property known as the Fireplace Inn. 1872-1987 - The document includes ownership transfers of many different lots from the Rest Lake dam and logging camp on Vance Lake to The Fireplace Inn on Tower Road. Attached are summary real estate transfers by lot, or groups of lots, to help follow ownership.

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10. Aerial view of the Town of Winchester, WI ca 1910s-1920s - From the Pearl (Buck) and Lee Allen scrapbook collection found in the files of historian Michael Dunn III. Winchester was the location of two lumber mills- Turtle Lake Lumber Co and Vilas Lumber Co. Included is a picture of the Winchester baseball team.

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11. Andrews Family, Manitowish, WI ca 1900 - Alexander Ramsey Andrews was born in Eau Claire, WI 1871 and died in a hotel fire in Hurley,WI in 1912. He and wife Emma had 3 children, Phyliss, Geraldine and Gordon. Emma and Phyliss were long time postmistresses at the Manitowish Post Office, where they lived. Geraldine and Phyliss were popular local musicians. Phyliss also owned Sunset Lodge on Manitowish Lake.

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12. 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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13. Article about the history of Beaumont's (aka Belter's) Island Resort and tavern on Stone Lake. 1904-1960 - The island was best know for the tavern where there was plenty of entertainment. Customers needed to ring the bell for the launch to pick them up from the mainland. Previous owners were Ed McGuire (1904), a boys camp, Koerner's, Doriots (Cedar Lake Lodge- ca 1916), and Hungers Cedar Lodge Resort (ca 1926-1931).

    2009

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14. Article about the history of Ilg's Camp/Resort on Rest Lake. 1890s-1973 - The article was written by Logan Duerst for the MWHS web page and the March 2022 newsletter.

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15. Article about traveling by canoe from Manitowish, WI to the Mississippi River. The group travels with Alexander Andrews from Manitowish, WI to the Rest Lake Dam and through the chain of lakes before heading downstream. 1905 - The clippings are from the Oshkosh Northwestern, authored by Edward B. Barr, the Northwestern Sportsman of Milwaukee. The author provides rich details of the Northwoods post Phase 1 logging and travelling the Flambeau River prior to the creation of the Turtle Flambeau Flowage. He discusses old logging camps and Rest Lake dam caretakers.

    9/25/1905

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16. Article written by historian Michael Dunn about train service in the Manitowish Waters vicinity. 2017 - The article covers the evolution of railroads in our area. It discusses rail companies, tracks, operations, locomotives and services provided.

    2017

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17. A series of news clippings documenting the Staar family's time at their seasonal cottage on the Rest Lake island near the channel. - Frank and Minnie Staar (Chicago) owned the island and a small mainland parcel since approx 1905. By the fall of 1910, Judge George Kersten was listed as "visiting" and the island was referred to as the Staar and Kersten cottage. Daughter Minna marries Judge George Kersten in 1912. The island was later referred to as "Kersten's Island".

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18. A young Henry Voss ca 1908 - Henry standing in front of a small structure

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19. Biography of Abe LaFave. 1858-1924 - Includes establishment of Island Lake Resort and Inland Resort. Obituraries attached

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20. Biography of Romey Theriault 1886-1921 - Born in Canada in 1886, Theriault moved to the US in 1880 and Manitowish Waters area in 1901. He worked on the construction of the Rest Lake dam, as a logger, then a guide for Buck's resort. He tried his hand at farming on Manitowish Lake and eventually settled as the caretaker for P.D.Durant at Rest Lake Lodge.

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