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1. Automobile with bullet holes from the FBI Dillinger shoot out at Little Bohemia Lodge. April 1934 - The locals in the car did not heed FBI commands to halt. The FBI agents, expecting the occupants to be members of the Dillinger gang, mistakenly shot and killed Eugene Boisoneau and wounded John Morris and John Hoffman, all civilians.

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2. 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

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3. Brief published history of the Famous Little Bohemia Lodge and the FBI shoot out with the Dillinger gang. 1915-1934 - The original Little Bohemia was established in 1915 in Chicago. It began operations in Manitowish Waters in 1927. The Dillinger shoot out took place in April 1934.

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4. CCC member Eugene Boisoneau was accidentally killed during the botched FBI raid at Little Bohemia in an attempt to capture John Dillinger and his gang. 4/1934 - The record includes a short description of Boisoneau's death, an image of his tombstone in Mellen, WI and a newspaper clipping discussing the proposed pay-out to his mother due the FBI's mistaken shooting.

   1934

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5. 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

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6. "Dillinger's Escape is Northwoods Legend" 8/1/1988 - George Bazso and Emil Wanatka Jr. tell their memories of Dillinger and his accomplices hiding out and escape from Little Bohemia Lodge in April 1934.

   8/1/1988

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7. Exclusive photos of the FBI Dillinger raid at Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/21/1934, taken by a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter. 4/1934 - The Dillinger girls captured at Little Bohemia hid their faces and gave false names to the authorities. The blonde woman was Jean Delaney (used the name Ann Southern). The woman with the wide blouse lapels was Helen Gillis, wife of Lester Gillis, aka Baby Face Nelson (used the name Marian Marr). The third woman was Marie Comforti (used the name Rose Anker).

   4/25/1934

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8. Historical overview of Manitowish Waters published in the 2015-2019 Chamber of Commerce guides. - The 2018-2019 narrative is the same as the 2015-2017; only images were changed.

   2015-2019

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9. Historical overview of Manitowish Waters published in the 2020-2022 Chamber of Commerce guides. - Slight change in text and layout each of these years.

   2020-2022

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10. News clippings that describe the 1/28/1922 murder of Jack Powers by John Donahue on Big Lake. 1922 - A posse stormed the cabin and had a shoot out with Donahue after more than a week of holding Mrs. Powers captive. Donahue committed suicide before the posse captured him.

    February 1922

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11. Newspaper clipping reporting the indictment of the Dillinger gang for the murder of an FBI agent and for harboring fugitives. The article discusses details of the shoot out and escape from Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/22/1934. - Wisconsin State Journal 5/19/1934

    5/19/1934

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12. Newspaper clippings about the men wounded and killed during the FBI raid at Little Bohemia to capture the Dillinger gang. April 1934 - Carl Christensen was the constable for the Town of Spider Lake.

    April 1934

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13. Newspaper clipping showing the road at Koerner's Spider Lake Resort where FBI agent Carter Baum was killed by Baby Face Nelson during the Dillinger gang escape from Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/22/1934. - Daily News (New York, New York) 4/25/1934

    4/25/1934

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14. Paul Lange, Sylvan Lodge, tells of his encounter with Baby Face Nelson 4/1934 - Baby Face walked into Lange's cabin, pointed a gun at Paul ordering him to drive Nelson out of the country. They didn't get far before they met up with the FBI, where Nelson fatally shot Agent Carter Baum.

    5/17/1934

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15. Photo of Emil Wanatka, Sr., proprietor of Little Bohemia Lodge, shortly after the shoot out between Federal Agents and the Dillinger gang. 4/22/1934 - The clipping tells of the passage of a note in a cigarette package to notify the FBI of the whereabouts of the Dillinger gang.

    4/25/1934

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16. Photos and article of the three victims from the shoot-out at Little Bohemia with John Dillinger and George "Baby Face" Nelson. 4/1934 - W. Carter Baum, FBI agent, was killed.

    4/25/1934

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17. Postcard of Carl Christensen holding up the jacket he was wearing when he was shot by Baby Face Nelson during the FBI raid on the Dillinger gang at Little Bohemia, 4/22/1934. The jacket has several bullet holes. - Carl is standing in front of his tavern and restaurant, The Chateau, on Highway 51. His family gifted the coat to the Frank B. Koller Memorial Library.

    1938

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18. Reporter's plane landed at the Mercer golf course to cover the FBI Dillinger shoot out story at Little Bohemia April 1934 - The golf course later became the Mercer Lumber Yard and then Action Floors on Highway 51 south of town.

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19. Several clippings from the New York Daily News regarding the FBI shoot out with Dillinger at Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/22/1934. - Daily News (New York, New York) 4/25/1934

    4/25/1934

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20. Two newspaper clippings detailing the role Mr. & Mrs. Ed Mitchell, Mitchell's Resort, Rest Lake, had with the Dillinger gang and their escape from the FBI on 4/22/1934. - They were awaken during the night of April 22nd by John Dillinger, Homer Van Meter and John Hamilton and instructed to find them a get away car.

    4/25/1934

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