Related Records

1. Buck's early camping outposts. 1903-1904 - George Buck and son Fayette operated the Divide Resort on the Turtle Lakes and Spider Lake Resort on the Manitowish Chain. They used outposts, as seen on Fayette's maps included in this record, to offer guests side trips away from the resort.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Campsite on Big Lake ca 1920s - Prentiss - Big Lake Collection - caption reads "This certainly was a great campsite"

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Eddie Seybold preparing a meal at his and Henry A. Voss' campsite. ca 1900-1908 - Eddie Seybold and Henry A. Voss lived together in Milwaukee, WI. Eddie was getting sick from chemicals at his place of work so he moved to Manitowish Waters to be with his good friend and roommate Henry. They lived in little "hooches" and camped in the area. Eddie later moved in with Madeleine and Serafino "Suds" Morichetti on Spider Lake when Henry began building Voss' Birchwood Lodge.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Henry A. Voss camping. ca 1902-1908 - Prior to Henry A. Voss marrying Ruth LaPorte and building Voss' Birchwood Lodge, he and his friend Eddie Seybold lived in tents and camped around the Manitowish Waters area in the summer. This is one of their sites. Also see Photos Catalog #2018.2.129.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Marty Cain's Resort- Chamber of Commerce ads from 1944-1948. - Marty purchased the resort on Alder Lake and Highway 51 from (C.E. &) Lillian Carlson in 1943.

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Michael Dunn III "A Look Back" historical overview of Manitowish Waters published in the 1987-1992 Chamber of Commerce guides. 1600-1999 - The overview covers the period from the 1600s to 1999. The document discusses the Chippewa Indians, logging, resorts, tourism, summer homes, fishing, agriculture and economic and business development. Attached are two documents, both with the same text. One history has images embedded and the other is text only.

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Published journal depicting the 350 mile canoe trip from High Lake in Boulder Junction to the Chippewa River, illustrating the historic importance of the Manitowish River and Chain of Lakes as a corridor of travel. 1926 - The canoe trip was foiled by low water and pulp mill dam operations. The journal contains key insights of conditions on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage while the Turtle Dam was under construction. Joe Ilg 's Camp, which had gained a reputation as a destination, is referenced in the journal.

   Lakes & Rivers- MW and area

   Record Type: Library

   
8. "The Other Islands of Island Lake" by Kay Krans - Names and histories of the smaller islands.

   6/2023

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Virgin Forest Resort Chamber of Commerce ad 1942 - C E and Lillian Carlson owned the resort after the death of Robert Loveless. They owned it only a year or two before selling to Marty Cain in 1943.

   1942

   Record Type: Archive