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1. 1912 Lafollete Cabin - Lafollette cabin 1912 july Buchard Orvis, Mary. "Summer Camps on the Bargain Counter-Wisconsin's Unique Forestry Policy." LaFollette's Weekly Magazine, July 6, 1912. p.7

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2. 1913 Along the Bank of Trout Lake - 1913 Along the Bank of Trout Lake - railroad grade

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3. Aerial view of the Vilas Lumber Company railroad tracks at a lakeside loading area. circa 1920's - Image is from "The Wisconsin logging book, 1838-1839 which is an illustrated history and lumbering in Wisconsin. https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/mcml/id/3757/ Creator: Malcolm Rosholt Publisher: Rosholt House 1980 Submitter: McMillan Memorial Library OCLC number: 06829658

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4. An excerpt from the American Angler magazine about Dan Devine guiding fishing parties from the Manitowish railroad station to Presque Isle Lake, via the Manitowish chain. 1896-97 - Devine would meet the fishermen at the Rest Lake dam and boat them to Clear Lake where they would travel via foot to Papoose Lake and then boat to Presque Isle Lake.

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5. 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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6. A steam engine pulling cars of logs through the woods near Winegar, WI. ca 1910s - http://content.mpl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/Langlade/id/327/rec/4 Source: Langlade County Historical Society-Antigo WI

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7. A steam engine pulling cars through the woods near Winegar, WI. ca 1915 - The logging town of Fosterville was established in 1905. Upon sale to W S Winegar in 1910 it was renamed Town of Winegar. In 1955 the name was changed to Town of Presque Isle.

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8. Benson Lake rail line. circa 1910 - This standard U.S.G.S. topographic map was annotated by civil engineer and railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show the location of existing and defunct rail lines around the communities of Winchester and Manitowish Waters. Kaysen enhanced about 1,200 maps this way, typically drawing rail lines in red ink and adding statistical and historical information about lumber companies and railroads in the margins. This section of the map shows the Flambeau Lumber rail line on the south, south west side of MW and the spur into Benson Lake. Date annotated: 1981 Source: Wisconsin Historical Society URL:http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/3144/rec/38 Digital ID: none Image ID: none Page #:1

   circa 1910

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9. Buswell mill, Logging, Railroad, lumber mill 1905-1910 - Source information: Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: http://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a. 1635977279981942.1073741859.1635294486716888/191285348960939/?type=3&theater Date: unknown

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10. 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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11. Charles "Bud" Smith Jr. 1991 interview about the Smith family's long history in Manitowish Waters. 1915-1991 - The original Smith property was on Manitowish and Little Star Lakes. They continue to own Olivida on the northwest shore of Manitowish Lake.

    10/23/1991

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12. Chicago Northwestern Depot in Mercer, WI ca 1910's- 1930's

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13. Dept of Agriculture holds demonstrations on new land clearing practices and machinery to encourage converting logged land to farms. 1917 - Called the "Land Clearing Special" Click on the link to read the full article.

    1917

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14. Description: Rice Creek Bridge, Buswell railroad trestle ca 1910 - Source Information: Boulder Junction Library

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15. Earliest map of rail line from Powell depot to Little Star and Manitowish Lakes. 1900 - This is a segment of the map titled "Lakes Tributary to G.W. Buck and Son Resorts" hand drawn by Fayette (Fay) Buck in 1900. This map illustrates the earliest rail line from the town of Powell, by today's Highway 47, to Little Star and Manitowish Lakes where logs were loaded onto rail cars and visitors to the area were dropped off to get launches to area resorts. This map dates the existence of the railroad spur at 1900. The map also shows the Manitowish Depot, phone lines and resorts Source: Wisconsin Historical Society URL: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM97107 Digital ID: 97107 Image ID: GX9028 V69 1900 B 1903Page #:1

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16. Earliest rail connection to Fifield and Park Falls to gain river access to the MW area. 1874 - Asher & Adams' 1874 map cropped to highlight northern Wisconsin. The map shows early railroad lines when the northern third of the state was just beginning to develop with railroads reaching the infant cities of Superior, Bayfield and Ashland. These railroads were used to gain river access to the Manitowish Waters and surrounding areas. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society George S Parker Map Collection URL: http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/248/rec/19 WHI Image ID 73172

    1874

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17. 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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18. Flambeau Canal a Fascinating History Story- a Lakeland Times article. 1968 - The article discusses the man made canals used to transport Richard Southgate, Marvin Hewitt (Hughitt) and visitors from the railroad stop in Lac du Flambeau to their summer estate on Little Trout Lake.

    5/23/1968

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19. Flambeau Lumber Company office and bunk house (right) located in Pancake Hollow on Little Star Lake. 1900-1916 - The Chicago Northwestern rail line extended access from a government logging spur line for the Flambeau Lumber Co just south of the Powell depot to Little Star Lake by 1900. The Company operated a large boom and loading area on the southwestern bay of the lake. Current address is 13602 Star Point Lane.

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20. Flambeau Lumber Co. rail line around South Turtle Lake to Winchester, WI. circa 1910 - This standard U.S.G.S. topographic map was annotated by civil engineer and railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show the location of existing and defunct rail lines around the communities of Winchester and Manitowish Waters. Kaysen enhanced about 1,200 maps this way, typically drawing rail lines in red ink and adding statistical and historical information about lumber companies and railroads in the margins. This section of the map shows the Flambeau Lumber rail line connecting Papoose Jct. to the Winchester area around the south side of South Turtle Lake. Date annotated: 1981 Source: Wisconsin Historical Society URL:http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/3144/rec/38 Digital ID: none Image ID: none Page #:1

    circa 1910

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