Related Records

1. "78 Vilas County Lakes Given New Names by Federal Board" 3/18/1941 - The article lists eight lakes in the Town of Spider Lake that are renamed.

   3/18/1941

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Michael Dunn III- logging activities in MW area 1887-1912 - "A Thumbnail Sketch of Logging Activities in the Manitowish Waters Area". This narrative discusses the logging and lumber history from 1887-1912. It references logging and lumber companies and barons as well as railroad companies and lines.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Northwestern and Milwaukee railroad lines including spur to Little Star Lake. 1911 - Excerpt of 1911 Cram map showing Northwestern and Milwaukee railroad lines in Vilas County. The map includes the rail spur to Little Star Lake where logs were loaded onto rail cars and later, visitors to the area disembarked to be shuttled to resorts by launches. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society WHI Image ID93260 https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM93260

   1911

   Record Type: Archive