Related Records

1. 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

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. "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

   
3. Rail lines in the Winchester area. 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 rail lines in the Winchester/Turtle Lake area. 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

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Turtle Lake Lumber Company -Winchester, WI 1900-1916 - From the Pearl (Buck) and Lee Allen scrapbook collection found in the files of historian Michael Dunn III. The photos were labeled "Winchester Mill". As Buck's resort was located on Turtle Lake, it is assumed these images are of the Turtle Lake Lumber Company.

   Record Type: Photo

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

   Record Type: Photo