Related Records

1. A Weekend to Remember... 4/20-4/22/1934 - A photographic booklet about the people and places involved in the Dillinger shoot out with and escape from the FBI in Spider Lake, WI (later named Manitowish Waters).

   2018

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Bar at Voss' Highway 51 building. - Voss Photos

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3. Commerce in the 1920s. By JoAnn Miller - The article explores some of the first resorts and businesses opening in the Town of Spider Lake in the 1920s as tourism was begining to grow.

   2/2021

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Dedication speech given by Kay Krans at the unveiling of the historical roadside marker in Manitowish Waters on August 24, 2024. - Her speech tells the story of the FBI raid on Little Bohemia Lodge on April 22,1934 in an attempt to capture the Dillinger gang hiding out there. The historic marker commemorates the individuals wounded and killed by the gang as they made their escape.

   August 24, 2024

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Entrance to Voss' Birchwood Resort ca 1920s

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. General history of Manitowish Waters published in the Vilas County News Review Centennial Edition 2/19/1986. 1890-1937 - 1911-1930s: Logging and local sawmills 1890s-1911: First area resorts 1927: Established Town of Spider Lake 1920s-1930s: Town Hall, School, Cemetery, Fish Hatchery 1934: Dillinger gang at Little Bohemia 1937: Became Town of Manitowish Waters

   2/19/1986

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Horses at Entrance to Voss' Birchwood Lodge - Voss Photos

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Images of service station and entrance at Voss' Birchwood Lodge. ca 1920s-1930s

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Newspaper articles referencing William (Bill) Mehl as a fishing guide. 1951 & 1974 - Bill was reported to be "the most successful Manitowish Waters guide" in the 1951 Musky Marathon tournament.

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. Original lodge at Voss' Birchwood resort 1908

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11. Outers' Book- Recreation article about fishing on Spider Lake. June 1918 - This is the third of the author's five articles about fishing the Manitowish chain. He discusses the lake structure, where to fish and places to stay.

    Fishing Collection

    Record Type: Library

    
12. Voss' Birchwood Lodge ca 1920s-1930s - This Lodge building was built in the mid 1920s

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Voss' Birchwood Lodge ca 1940s - Lodge at Voss' colorized

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Voss' Birchwood Lodge ca 1950s - Voss Photos Lodge at Voss' in odd stylized black & white

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15. Voss' Birchwood Lodge cabins - Caption reads: "Cottage at Voss' Birchwood Lodge - Manitowish Wis. - Northern Wis' Finest Summer Resort"

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Voss Service Station along Highway 10. ca Late 1910s - early 1920s - This building was expanded in the 1920s and 1930s to include the Palm Gardens dance hall, a bar and a coffeeshop

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Waterfront at Voss' Birchwood Lodge. - Voss Photos A colorized postcard of the beach/shore area at Voss. Caption reads "Scene at Voss' Birchwood Lodge, Manitowish, Wis."

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Work on Highway 51 bridge reconstruction is completed. 7/1/1949 - New clipping detailing the celebration and first vehicles to cross the newly reconstructed bridge. Work began on 9/15/1948 and finished 6/17/1949. Click on the link to read the clipping. See record # 2020.5.024 Photos for pictures of where the new highway approach was reloacted through Koerner's resort property.

    7/1949

    Record Type: Archive