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Eau Claire Tourist Cabins

Date: 1929
Description: Bartlett's Cabin Camp on Highways 10 &12 near Eau Claire.
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Black Earth Tourist Park

Date: 1925
Description: The tourist park in Black Earth. Typically such facilities were free for motorists.
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Olin Park Tourist Camp

Date: 1925
Description: The Olin Park tourist campground on the shore of Lake Monona in Madison.
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Baraboo Campground

Date: 1925
Description: The free tourist campground in Baraboo. Although similar free facilities were clustered in resort areas, by 1926 the Highway Commission engineer could rep...
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Baraboo Campground

Date: 1925
Description: Free public campground at Baraboo, one of 200 such facilities then made available to the traveling public by Wisconsin municipalities.
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Chippewa Falls Tourist Camp

Date: 1926
Description: The tourist camp that the citizens of Chippewa Falls provided free for motorists passing through their community.
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Evergreen Resort

Date: 1929
Description: The entrance way to the Evergreen Resort. The sign advertises rooms, hot and cold water baths, meals, camp sites, and tourist kitchens. Caption reads: "Eve...

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