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Skillet Creek Dam

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Description: Elevated view of dam at Pewit's Nest on Skillet Creek.
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Young Couples at the Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: Well-dressed young couples sit in the foreground. In the background is a picket fence running along a busy road with horse and buggy traffic. Further on is...
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Lunch Crowd at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A crowd sits on the ground about to commence lunch at Devil's Lake.
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Tower Hill Smelter

Date: 1945
Description: A marker at the former site of the smelter which stood at the top of the shot tower shaft. The sign reads: "Tower Hill State Park The Old Shot Tower At thi...
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Trail at Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1963
Description: A trail leading into Parfrey's Glen in Devil's Lake State Park. Parfrey's Glen was Wisconsin's first State Natural Area in 1952.
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Boating on Devil's Lake

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Description: Two men and a woman attend to boats in the lake, while three children wait ashore.
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Messenger's Spring

Date: 1906
Description: Four men, identified as Charles E. Brown of Milwaukee, Joyce W. Caron, H.E. Cole (second from right), and A.B. Stout, all of Baraboo, rest at Messenger's S...
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Panoramic Resort — Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1930
Description: View of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. There is an information center offering gas, food, and Blatz beer. Two storekeepers and a boy sit on the p...
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Tourist Free Campground

Date: 1925
Description: An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ...
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Devil's Lake CCC Worker

Date: 1935
Description: Man in work clothes holding a shovel loaded with dirt while another man watches in the background. The men were Civilian Conservation Corps workers at Devi...
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CCC Workers in Trucks

Date: 1935
Description: Civilian Conservation Corps workers at the Devil's Lake State park camp waving from trucks. Others men stand in the dirt road nearby.
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Ferry Bluff

Date: 11 2013
Description: View down a small dirt path lined with grasses and trees along Ferry Bluff State Natural Area. To the left is Honey Creek leading to the Wisconsin River.
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Man Posed on Rock Formation

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Description: A man poses on a rock formation named "Devil's Doorway" at Devil's Lake State Park. The lake is visible in the background.

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