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Main Building: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake
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View of the main building at the Headquarters Camp State Board of Forestry at Trout Lake. This was the Headquarters of Field Instruction for Forest Ranger Students. Caption reads: "Main Bldg: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake."
1912
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East Shore Trout Lake
1912
View across water of the east shore of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "East Shore. Trout Lake, Vilas Co. Wis."
Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake
1912
Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partially out of frame), who may be C.L. (Neal) H...
Planting Camp North End of Trout Lake
May 1911
Trout Lake was the site of the first forest planting or nursery. This camp was at the north end of Trout Lake.
Trout Lake Timber
1912
Photographic postcard of a stand of tall trees in the forest at Trout Lake. A hat is hanging on the trunk of a tree in the center.
Nursery: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake
1911
Elevated view of garden plots at the state nursery at Trout Lake. Young pines must be grown for two years in the nursery before being planted. In this photograph about 2,500,000 seedlings are growi...
