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1. Buswell lumber company cottages and town. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1635977279981942.1073741829.1635294486716888/1912155695697431/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

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2. Buswell railroad building and laborers. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1704799109766425.1073741844.1635294486716888/1934491413463859/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

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3. Buswell railroad unloading logs 1905-1910 - Source Information: Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: http://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/ a.1635977279981942.1073741829.163529486716888/1912155695697431/?type=3&theater Date: unknown

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4. Buswell Sawmill and Lumber Yard on Papoose Lake. 1905-1910 - Perkins/Devine Collection Buswell burned in 1910

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5. Fire destroys the lumber town of Buswell, WI. 1910 - Newspaper article from the Montreal Miner reporting on the fire that destroyed the lumber town of Buswell on Papoose Lake. 1910

   1910

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6. "Forest fire burned the life out of Buswell" by Jean Rein 2000 - "8 1/2 years the village was established, prospered, burned and ceased to exist" The article lists Buswell's doctors and teachers and includes a history of the town's Post Office.

   Logging Collection

   Record Type: Library

   
7. Letter from historian Michael Dunn to MWHS board member, MW Town Chairman and good friend John Hanson regarding sharing Dunn's historical writings. 2017 - Dunn's letter also discusses Winchester's Buswell lumber company and references historic area train service (record #2018.7.12) and post offices along train routes (#2018.7.13). See related records for images of the Buswell building siding Dunn discusses.

   2017

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8. Michael Dunn's notes on lumber company complexes and distinctive equipment.1887-1926 - Michael Dunn's notes on logging and lumber company complexes around Manitowish Waters and the distinctive equipment of logging railroads.

   05/2017

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9. "Old towns now gone: Buswell typifies old northern towns" by Alan G. Barbia 1992 - This article discusses the lumber town of Buswell on Papoose Lake (1895-1910). It also mentions the towns of Fosterville, Winegar, Presque Isle, Winchester and Oxley as well as the push to sell logged land for farming purposes.

   Logging Collection

   Record Type: Library

   
10. Ole Jefferson's lumber piling business in Hackley (Phelps), WI ca 1907 - Jefferson is standing on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad spur tracks in the first image. Jefferson's brother-in-law, Thorvald Evensen is far left on top of the lumber pile in the second image. Most of these men were relatives from Norway.

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11. Turtle Lake Lumber Company.Winchester,WI circa 1890 - Turtle Lake Lumber Company, Winchester,WI

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