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Oxen Pulling Logs

Date: 1890
Description: Men posed with a team of four oxen harnessed to pull a loaded logging sled.
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Lumber Rafts

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of men working on lumber rafts on the Wisconsin River.
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Sacking the Rapids

Date: 1890
Description: Log driving crew maneuvering logs through rapids below a dam, probably on the Wisconsin River.
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Peshtigo Company Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Peshtigo Company sawmill including the old wooden dam in the foreground. There are logs in the water on the left.
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1890
Description: View from shoreline of a driving crew standing on a log raft on the North Branch of the Popple River, a tributary of the Pine River. They are holding long ...
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Arpin Lumber Co. Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: 90,000 feet of pine logs floating in the storage/sorting pond at the Arpin Lumber Company sawmill. The sawmill and other buildings are in the background. O...
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Logging Train

Date: 1890
Description: View across stacks of logs towards a group of men posing near or on a logging train. There are two teams of oxen near the stacked logs, and snow is on the ...

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