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Planting Camp North End of Trout Lake

Date: 05 1911
Description: Trout Lake was the site of the first forest planting or nursery. This camp was at the north end of Trout Lake.
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Fire Fighting Crew

Date: 1912
Description: A wagon load of fire fighters is setting out or returning from the forest. The wagon has wooden wheels and is pulled by two horses. Only one of the men has...
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Four Men at Point Beach State Forest

Date: 06 1958
Description: These four men from Wisconsin's Forests and Parks Department will retire in July 1958. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is second from the right.

A new retirement ...

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Forest Improvement Wyalusing State Park

Date: 1935
Description: View down snowy road through a forest improvement area in Wyalusing State Park. There is a truck in the background, and a sign on the left side of the road...
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Stone Fireplace and Landscaped Area

Date: 1935
Description: The Works Progress Administration (WPA) used Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to build a stone fireplace and landscape an area in Wyalusing State Park (fo...
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Log and Masonry Stationary Table

Date: 1935
Description: This is WPA (Works Progress Administration) project #8656 of a log and masonry picnic table built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) at Wyalusing Sta...
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James Zimmerman

Date: 05 28 1964
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jim Zimmerman, the school forester, standing in a field.
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Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve

Date: 11 28 2014
Description: A wooden sign sitting in a snow-covered field which reads: "Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve." It includes two images of trees, and on the bottom right is th...
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Walking in Cathedral Woods

Date: 1911
Description: View down trail towards a small group of women and girls hiking in Cathedral Woods on a sunny day. The old growth forest is made up of pines and hemlocks.
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Cathedral Woods Hike

Date: 08 09 1911
Description: View down trail towards a group of people standing together in Cathedral Woods on a sunny day.
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Path to Cathedral Woods from Barn Pond

Date: 1911
Description: View down the first part of the path to Cathedral Woods from Barn Pond. The logs laid lengthwise and crosswise help one across the bog into the forest prop...
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Man with State Forestry Headquarters Sign

Date: 
Description: A man is standing outdoors next to a sign that reads: "Northern State Forest, State Forest Headquarters, District Forest Ranger, State Forest Nursery. Wisc...
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Dedication of the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest

Date: 08 15 1947
Description: A group of people are gathered outdoors for the dedication.
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Dedication of the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest

Date: 08 15 1947
Description: A group of people are gathered outdoors for the dedication.
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Rededication of the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest

Date: 05 1969
Description: Derek Olson, standing on left unveiling stone, and Johanne Uhrenholdt Johnson speaking outdoors to a group of people at the rededication ceremony.
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Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest Sign

Date: 09 1971
Description: Johanne Uhrenholdt Johnson, daughter of S.J. and Christine Uhrenholdt, and Frank Shafrik, Forester, are standing with a sign to the Uhrenholdt Memorial For...
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Sigurd F. Olson at Rededication of the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest

Date: 05 1969
Description: Sigurd F. Olson standing outdoors speaking to a group of people. Sigurd was a son-in-law of Soren and Christine Uhrenholdt.
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Sigurd F. Olson at Rededication of the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest

Date: 05 1969
Description: Sigurd F. Olson standing outdoors speaking to a group of people. Sigurd was a son-in-law of Soren and Christine Uhrenholdt.
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State Forest Reserve

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake, Wis." A two-story log building with a rubble stone foundation. The porch and stairs have ornate pin...

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