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1. 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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2. Beach front at Koerner's Spider Lake Resort. ca 1930s - Manitou Island in the background.

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3. Belter's Resort on Stone Lake. ca 1930s

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4. Boat dock at LaFave's Island Lake Resort. ca 1920s-1930s

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5. Boat dock at Voss' Birchwood Lodge. ca 1920s - Two boats by dock including gas launch "Marathon"

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6. Boating at Voss' Birchwood Resort. Henry A.Voss is driving his Chris Craft with passengers on Spider Lake in front of the resort. 1944 ca - Per Ruthie Gardner: This was her grandfather's (Henry Voss') big old Chris Craft. It had wicker furniture in it to sit on. He took guests for rides and pulled surfboards behind it. When it became too costly to maintain and operate, he donated it to a group of nuns. The passengers may be some of the girls that worked at the resort. Palmer Hanson's house is in the background- Spider Lake in Voss bay. ca 1944

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7. Boat launches picking up guests heading to Deer Park Lodge. ca 1910s-1920s - This landing is on Little Star Lake, near the intersection of Powell and Alder Lake Roads.

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8. "Bob Town"- Picture of a boat house and boats most likely at one end of Richard Southgate's hand dug canals to/from his summer estate on Little Trout Lake. 1898 - "Bob Town" was named after Southgate's fishing guide, right hand man and caretaker, Robert "Bob" Loveless, who built the first few cabins at Southgate's summer estate on Little Trout Lake. The tall man standing in front might be Southgate.

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9. Caretaker Manitowoc Club - Henry Bremer - Big Lake Prentiss - Big Lake Collection

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10. Deer Park Lodge postcards ca 1900-1917 - Early owners of the resort were J. LaMotte (1899), C. Paine (1902), J. Paine (1907), M. Engemann (1910-1917) Postcards are part of the David Bohnett postcard collection.

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11. Deer Park Lodge postcards ca 1917-1920s - Charles & Catherine Doriot owned the resort from 1917-1934. These are some of the earlier images. David Bohnett postcard collection.

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12. Guest launch at Voss' Birchwood Lodge dock ca 1920s - Large gas launch, another launch "Lark", and part of a third smaller boat.

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13. Henry A. Voss getting out of a boat. ca 1906 - Henry A. Voss holding a gun, getting into or out of a small boat named "Skip".

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14. Hill Archery Company, Inc opens a fiberglass division near Mercer 1/22/1960 - A celebration was held to welcome this new business to what might be the Mercer Industrial Park south of town. In addition to fabricating arrowheads, the facility also made Mermaid Marine fiberglass boats. Ralph Hill opened Hill's Archery in the mid 1950s and operated the business on Alder Lake in Manitowish Waters. By 1960 H.P. Redding owned the business.

    1960

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15. Keego Lodge on Big Lake ca 1945-1969 - Pictures from Densing photo album. They include images of the main lodge, cabins, lake front, Keego Lake and Rice Creek. Two resort brochures with a property map are included. The resort was owned by Moose Ryberg 1945-1955 and then the Fehner's until 1969. Plumbing was installed after WW II.

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16. Koerner's resort: cars at what appears to be the boat landing at the resort on Spider Lake. ca 1916-1920s - This picture is from a Koerner's photo album.

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17. Koerner's Spider Lake Resort ca 1930s

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18. Koerner's Spider Lake Resort ca 1930s - Two postcards: one image of the resort pier on Spider Lake, the other of one of the cottages.

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19. Koerner's Waterfront and Beach scenes - Koerner's beach and waterfront scenes - David Bohnett postcard collection

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20. LaFave's Island Lake Resort ca 1897-1967 - There are differing dates the resort was established- 1892 or 1897. The last property was sold in 1967

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