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El Paso Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Knute Bjornson originally built this house in the 1860's and in 1933, his grandson Cooney Bjornson reassembled the humble log building to house a gas stati...
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Mitchell Sewing Room — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Sue Mitchell has a sewing room in the corner of her log house. She has lived here since 1977.
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The One-Room Schoolhouse on the Priestaf Property

Date: 2004
Description: This old one-room schoolhouse is on the Priestaf property. Called the "Good Road School," it was closed in the 1950s. The Priestaf house is a log building.
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Flashback Rustic Saloon

Date: 05 31 2002
Description: The group poses outside this American Old West style saloon.
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Vegetable Farm

Date: 05 2019
Description: View of the vegetable garden at a vegetable farm outside of Palmer. There is a barn and a log structure in the background.
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As We Say Farewell

Date: 07 2020
Description: Mary Burke standing on the front porch of the main lodge at Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon. The front porch is surrounded by ferns. Written on the back of ...
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Main Lodge Entrance

Date: 08 2000
Description: Driveway and sidewalk leading to the front door of the main lodge at Forest Lodge. The main lodge is a single story horizontal log house with a cedar shake...
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Guest House at Forest Lodge

Date: 08 2000
Description: View of the two-story vertical log guest house with a screen porch, an outside stairway leading to the second story, and a variety of summer foliage surrou...
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Living Room in Main Lodge

Date: 2000
Description: Horizontal white-chinked log walls with two mounted animal skins. A white sofa with red piping and red pillows is positioned in front of a table with a sma...
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Living Room at Main Lodge

Date: 2000
Description: White-chinked log walls with a framed map of Forest Lodge property. Dark wood furniture including a rocking chair, bench, side table, and an upholstered ch...
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Bedroom at Main Lodge

Date: 2000
Description: Two canopy twin beds with green turquoise quilted and embroidered canopy's and bedspreads. A wood chair with a woven seat is next to the bed as well as a t...
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Main Lodge Side View

Date: 05 2004
Description: Horizontal single-story log home with cedar roof and stone foundation and three chimneys. A mowed lawn and foundation plantings surround the cabin.
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Guest House Before Spring Opening

Date: 05 2004
Description: Vertical log two-story building, boarded up from previous winter, with a lawn and perennials between the house, and a narrow drive in the foreground.
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Main Lodge Rear View with Guest House in Background

Date: 05 2004
Description: Rear view of horizontal log Main Lodge with cedar shake roof, stone chimney and foundation, surrounded by pachysandra and some lawn; the Guest House is in ...

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