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| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards Indian log drivers, two in a bateau, and one man standing on the bank of the Chippewa River. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A river scene, presumably Soft Maple Creek. Caption reads: "River Scene, Weyerhauser, Wis." |
| Date: | 05 1959 |
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| Description: | The foundation stones from the hardwood lumber mill constructed by F. Weyerhaeuser in 1885 on the north shore of Bowker Lake. |
| Date: | 05 1959 |
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| Description: | The foundation stones from the hardwood lumber mill constructed by F. Weyerhaeuser in 1885 on the north shore of Bowker Lake. |
| Date: | 05 1959 |
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| Description: | The foundation stones from the hardwood lumber mill constructed by F. Weyerhaeuser in 1885 on the north shore of Bowker Lake. |
| Date: | 05 1959 |
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| Description: | The foundation stones from the hardwood lumber mill constructed by F. Weyerhaeuser in 1885 on the north shore of Bowker Lake. Hills are in the distance. |
| Date: | 04 1959 |
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| Description: | The Mississippi River Logging Company's railroad grade two miles south of Weyerhaeuser over Soft Maple Creek, built about 1875-76. |
| Date: | 04 1959 |
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| Description: | The Mississippi River Logging Company's dam built in Soft Maple Creek in 1877. |
| Date: | 04 1959 |
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| Description: | The Mississippi River Logging Company's dam built in Soft Maple Creek in 1877. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View towards Ladysmith. The river is on the left, and buildings are in the distance on the right. Caption reads: "Ladysmith, Wis." |
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| Description: | Men holding axes and other tools stand atop a log jam on the Flambeau River. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Flambeau River including boats on the river and buildings (possibly resorts) standing along the forested shore. |
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| Description: | View of the Flambeau River from Soo Bridge. The railroad bridges crosses over the river and foliage lines the riverbanks. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Bridge. Wisconsin Central Railroad Company was incorporated in February 1871. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Cen... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline of a bridge over the Chippewa River. Caption reads: "Bridge Crossing Chippewa River, Bruce, Wis." |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man canoes the rapids on the Flambeau River in the northern part of Rusk County, about 12 miles from Ladysmith. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a wooden boathouse at the shoreline, on the slope of a wooded hill. There is a porch on the upper level. A rowboat is moored ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of a lake shore with a rowboat pulled up to a stone beach. There are trees on the right, and the far shoreline is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Greetings from Island Lake, Wis." Handwritten at bottom: "A muskellunge — length 40 inches, weight 21 1/2 lbs." |
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