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Lake Shore Lumber Company
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Lake Shore Lumber Company of Oshkosh's mill waste lumber slab dump. Leander Choate, owner of mill, used this marsh for his waste lumber which was piled at least 8 feet high (most of it below water level). Most mills used this waste for fuel, and why Choate didn't is an undetermined fact; perhaps this was surplus above the fuel needs. Note the track across the marsh for transport. Piled remnants are still there (1960) and are rotting as false "ground" fill. Cottages are now built on top of this questionable foundation. In the background is the town of Lake Tomahawk which was just beginning to look to tourist trade as the lumber was depleted.
1900
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Hunting Grounds joining Rock Lake
1908
View of a marshy part of Rock Lake. Two small rowboats and a pile of logs are on the shore, and a flock of ducks is in the water. Caption reads: "Hunting Grounds joining Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Wis."
Tomahawk Land Company lands in parts of Oneida, Lincoln, Langlade and Price Counties
circa 1943
This map shows in yellow the lands for sale by the Tomahawk Land Company of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, in the counties of Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, and Price. The map also shows the locations of settler...
State Rehabilitation Camp at Lake Tomahawk
Exterior of building at State Tuberculosis Rehabilitation Camp in Tomahawk Lake. Two people are standing along the front of the building. Caption reads: "State Rehabilitation Camp, Tomahawk Lake, W...
Elevated View of Lumbertown Street
1897
Lumbertown Street (Now Highway 47). There are horse-drawn carts and a car. Sailors burned down Lumbertown in 1897. It was later built up as a resort town. A restaurant and an auto livery are some ...
Piles of Lumber, Mill in Background
View along a boardwalk lined with tall stacks of lumber on both sides. Mill buildings are in the distance.
