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1. Buswell lumber company cottages and town. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1635977279981942.1073741829.1635294486716888/1912155695697431/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

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2. 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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3. Buswell railroad building and laborers. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1704799109766425.1073741844.1635294486716888/1934491413463859/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

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4. Buswell Sawmill and Lumber Yard on Papoose Lake. 1905-1910 - Perkins/Devine Collection Buswell burned in 1910

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5. "Forest fire burned the life out of Buswell" by Jean Rein 2000 - "8 1/2 years the village was established, prospered, burned and ceased to exist" The article lists Buswell's doctors and teachers and includes a history of the town's Post Office.

   Logging Collection

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6. "How Fur is Caught" 1894. A 5 part series chronicling fur trapping with Fay Buck in the Circle Lily and Turtle Lake areas. - A series of articles written by E. Hough for Forest and Stream, a weekly New York publication, titled "How Fur is Caught". The articles detail Hough's February 1894 journey accompanying pioneer and trapper Fay Buck running his fur trapping line in the Circle Lily and Turtle Lake areas. The last article includes his tales of joining Joe Blair of Plum Lake on the running of his trap line.

   Hunting and Trapping

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7. Joanne Ohlson at Buswell. ca 1905-1910

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8. "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

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9. Stacking lumber at the Winchester mill ca 1900 - Photo is from the Fayette Buck estate. Men and women working at the mill.

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10. Tom Devine and Jack Luck walking along the main rail line to the lumber town of Buswell, passing the Papoose Jct. depot. ca 1912 - On the left is Tom Devine, Sr. a railroad engineer from Portage, WI. His bother Dan Devine Jr. lived on Clear Lake. The man on the left is Jack Luck, a friend of the Devine family. The Papoose Junction depot was along the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway tracks. The track leaving the main line behind the two men in the photo is a logging spur running west from Papoose Junction to Rest Lake. It was operated by the A.H. Strange Lumber Company. The log building is the depot where Agent Livenash was on duty. It is located on the northeast side of the wye. There were a couple of railroad cars located off the rails here. They were originally used as living quarters for George Gozline who was the first section foreman. Later the LIvenash family would live there.

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

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12. Vilas Lumber Company, Fosterville, WI. circa 1920's - Image from Boulder Junction, WI Library

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