Related Records

1. Article from the Elizabethville Echo in PA discusses the effective use of the fish lock at the Rest Lake Dam. 8/2/1934 - The article also discusses how the fish lock operates.

   8/2/1934

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. A Weekend to Remember... 4/20-4/22/1934 - A photographic booklet about the people and places involved in the Dillinger shoot out with and escape from the FBI in Spider Lake, WI (later named Manitowish Waters).

   2018

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. CCC member Eugene Boisoneau was accidentally killed during the botched FBI raid at Little Bohemia in an attempt to capture John Dillinger and his gang. 4/1934 - The record includes a short description of Boisoneau's death, an image of his tombstone in Mellen, WI and a newspaper clipping discussing the proposed pay-out to his mother due the FBI's mistaken shooting.

   1934

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Dedication speech given by Kay Krans at the unveiling of the historical roadside marker in Manitowish Waters on August 24, 2024. - Her speech tells the story of the FBI raid on Little Bohemia Lodge on April 22,1934 in an attempt to capture the Dillinger gang hiding out there. The historic marker commemorates the individuals wounded and killed by the gang as they made their escape.

   August 24, 2024

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Exclusive photos of the FBI Dillinger raid at Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/21/1934, taken by a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter. 4/1934 - The Dillinger girls captured at Little Bohemia hid their faces and gave false names to the authorities. The blonde woman was Jean Delaney (used the name Ann Southern). The woman with the wide blouse lapels was Helen Gillis, wife of Lester Gillis, aka Baby Face Nelson (used the name Marian Marr). The third woman was Marie Comforti (used the name Rose Anker).

   4/25/1934

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Newspaper clippings referencing Ted J. Koerner seeking the republican nomination for Wisconsin General Assembly representing Vilas and Iron counties. 1920 - Iron County Miner newspaper (Hurley, WI)

   1920

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Paul Lange, Sylvan Lodge, tells of his encounter with Baby Face Nelson 4/1934 - Baby Face walked into Lange's cabin, pointed a gun at Paul ordering him to drive Nelson out of the country. They didn't get far before they met up with the FBI, where Nelson fatally shot Agent Carter Baum.

   5/17/1934

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Paul Lange the morning after he was abducted by Baby Face Nelson fleeing the FBI raid at Little Bohemia. 4/23/1934 - Baby Face Nelson ordered Paul, at gun point, to drive him out of the country. They didn't get far before the FBI caught up with them.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Photos and article of the three victims from the shoot-out at Little Bohemia with John Dillinger and George "Baby Face" Nelson. 4/1934 - W. Carter Baum, FBI agent, was killed.

   4/25/1934

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. Vehicle shot up by FBI during John Dillinger's escape from Little Bohemia. 4/22/1934 - This image is from the family of Bill Summers, who was the Project Superintendent at CCC Camp Mercer at this time. One of the Camp enrollees was fatally shot when driving away from Little Bohemia the night of the raid.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Video by FBI historian, Dr. John Fox, telling the story of the unsuccessful raid on Little Bohemia Lodge in an attempt to capture the Dillinger gang in 1934. - Per Fox, this failed raid was a learning lesson for the FBI. It needed to have better training and preparation for raids and employ more advanced tactics. The video has many historic images of Little Bohemia from that time.

    2010

    Record Type: Archive