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Farm Family Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Farm family posing in front of a log home. There is a man on crutches in the center, a woman is holding a small child standing on a table, and two children...
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Probable Site of Cadotte's House

Date: 1897
Description: Dirt trail passing log shack that was probably the home of Michael and Madeline Cadotte.
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Thomas Family Home

Date: 1890
Description: Home of the Thomas Family at Lac Vieux Desert, built in 1860, and housed the Lac Vieux Desert Trading Post. Seated on the doorstep are Mrs. Leonard Thomas,...
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Woman Carrying Straw

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Description: Woman carrying straw into a log shed. The straw is probably bedding for cattle.
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Log House in Deer Park

Date: 1955
Description: Small log house near Edgewood School in Deer Park.
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Replica of Eleazer William's Log Cabin

Date: 1940
Description: Replica of Eleazer William's original log cabin, with trees and a dirt road, five miles south of De Pere on the west bank of the Fox River.
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Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin

Date: 1915
Description: A group of people, men and women, standing outside in the yard in front of Eleazer William's log cabin, five miles south of De Pere. The women in the cente...
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Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: Eleazer WIlliam's log cabin. A view of the side entrance surrounded by plants and trees.
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Indians in front of Cabin

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Description: Three Indians of North America, two women and one boy, standing in front of a log cabin.
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1934
Description: Germantown, Washington Co., Wi. 1890-1910. Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant. The structure is today (1977) located a...
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Castleman House

Date: 1895
Description: The former Castleman log house and hotel, possibly 45 years after it was built. In the foreground are wooden wagons and wagon parts.

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Little Norway Kitchen

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of the kitchen at "Little Norway." Log building with a turf roof. Caption reads: "The Kitchen - Little Norway - Mt. Horeb, Wis."
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Little Norway Buildings

Date: 1948
Description: Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: tool house, Norway house, Haugen homestead. The wagon in foreground is a kubberulle; the wheels are sec...
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Family on Porch

Date: 1897
Description: A man, three women and two young girls posing on the porch of a whitewashed log house. The man is wearing a suit and straw boater hat, the women are wearin...
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1906
Description: Front view of the home of Janes Duane Doty on Doty's Island, "the loggery." Caption reads: "Neenah, Wis. The 'Loggery', built and occupied by ex-Gov. Doty....
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1936
Description: Home of James Duane Doty on Doty's Island, "the loggery." Northeast elevation.
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LaPointe House

Date: 1910
Description: LaPointe house built about the time of the War of 1812, and razed in 1921. It was originally a log structure which was later clapboarded, but the logs stil...
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Four Men and a Shot Gun

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Description: One man armed with a shotgun, facing a man in the doorway of a log house, and surrounded by four other men standing in the snow, also a horse and sleigh.
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Coumbe Homestead

Date: 1920
Description: The Coumbe homestead, home of John Coumbe, the first white settler in Richland County, who came to the site in 1838. The original buildings were log struct...

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