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Lumber Raft on the Chippewa River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings.
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo...
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Load of Bark with Little Girl

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Description: Men with horse-drawn load of lumber with a little girl standing in front.
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Huge Log Jam

Date: 1869
Description: Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40...
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St. Croix Log Jam

Date: 1886
Description: Log jam on the St. Croix River at the Head of the Dalles. The jam was about five miles long, and 50,000,000 board feet of white pine was piled up.
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Peshtigo Log Jam

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area.
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Sorting Logs

Date: 1900
Description: Log pond with two lumberjacks walking on the floating logs and sorting them in the Peshtigo River area.
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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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St. Croix River

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Description: Wanigans tied to the banks of the St. Croix River among floating logs.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls.
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Sawmill on the Red Cedar River

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Description: Knapp-Stout and Company Sawmill on the Red Cedar River, with dam and logs in the foreground.
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Aerial View of Mississippi River

Date: 1907
Description: Aerial view of the Mississippi River with log rafts.
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Farmer Skidding Logs with Oxen

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Description: Farmer skidding logs with a team of oxen.
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Raft Construction

Date: 1865
Description: Raft construction on the water.
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Log Jam on St. Croix River

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of a log jam near the Dalles on the St. Croix River. Caption at bottom reads: "St. Croix Riv. and Bridge, St. Croix Falls."
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Log Jam

Date: 
Description: Log jam, perhaps on the Black River or the Chippewa River in the Black River Falls area.
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Unloading Logs

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Description: Indians (Native Americans) unloading logs at the sawmill on the Menominee Reservation.
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Wood Laden Trucks

Date: 05 22 1974
Description: Trucks heavily laden with logs at the intersection of Highways 173 and 80.
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Austin Creek Mill

Date: 04 1973
Description: View of Austin Creek mill race as it enters the sawmill building.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Chippewa River from the Head of Navigation at the City of Chippewa Falls

Date: 1872
Description: Map of the Chippewa River, from the head of navigation at the city of Chippewa Falls, covering a distance of 16 miles above : showing the established impro...

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