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Ranger Headquarters District No. 8

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Description: A building, surrounded in deep snow, used by Wisconsin forest rangers of district 8, perhaps in northern Wisconsin. The building includes two sets of close...
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State House Crew

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of forest rangers outside a house. They are wearing work clothes, boots and a variety of hats. A man on the right is holding a gun and point...
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Forest Rangers at Hang Out at Tomahawk Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of twelve men posing on the steps and porch of a building, probably forest rangers. The men are wearing a variety of clothing, including a b...
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Barn: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake

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Description: View of front of vertical log barn. Probably built in the late 19th century. It has a louvered cupola or ventilator, T-crossed barn doors and three glass w...
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View from the Site of Norway Spring

Date: 1912
Description: This view is looking northeast from the site of Norway Springs at the north end of Trout Lake in the spring. In the foreground are tree stumps; in the back...
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Main Building: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: 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 ...
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Boat House: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake

Date: 1911
Description: View along shoreline towards the new boat house constructed of Norway pine logs at Trout Lake. It is part of the forest ranger complex. Caption reads: "Boa...
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East Shore Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: View across water of the east shore of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "East Shore. Trout Lake, Vilas Co. Wis."
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Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: 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 (partial...
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Nursery: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake

Date: 1911
Description: 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 phot...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Men

Date: 10 18 1936
Description: Group of men standing in a wooded area. Many are wearing suits, hats and topcoats. This is most likely at a meeting of the Association of State Foresters. ...
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"The Narrows" Trout Lake

Date: 08 05 1916
Description: View across water of The Narrows in Trout Lake. There are people in a canoe out on the lake. Caption reads: "'The Narrows' Trout Lake, Wood Cliff, Wis."
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Pokegama Camp, Spider Lake

Date: 12 01 1911
Description: An elevated view from hill of Pokegama Camp at Spider Lake. Caption reads: "Pokegama Camp, Spider Lake, Mercer, Wis."
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Trout Lake Nursery, First Furrow

Date: 05 1911
Description: View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ...
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Two Rivers State Park Area Slough

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Description: Back of card reads:

"One of the Everglade appearing sloughs running along for miles parallel with the Lake Michigan shore — This view seen from the park ...

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First Forest Patrol Flight

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight.

The marker text reads:

"FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI...

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Forest Protection Lookout Tower

Date: 1913
Description: View towards tower, with a man standing on the platform on the top. This postcard has a handwritten notation on the back: "One of the first forest protecti...
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Along the Bank of Trout Lake

Date: 03 22 1913
Description: A photographic postcard mailed from Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. A railroad track is running along the bank. On either side of the track are tall trees. Ca...
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Trout Lake Timber

Date: 1912
Description: 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.
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First Structure Built at Trout Lake

Date: 1910
Description: This building was used for cooking and eating. The clothesline on the left has clothes hanging on it. Neal Harrington has written on the postcard:

"Trout...

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