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Town from Across a River

Date: 1870
Description: View from shoreline over river towards the town.
Photograph

Town of Irma

Date: 1900
Description: The town buildings in Irma. Many stumps and milled logs are in the foreground.
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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
Photograph

Herrling Sawmill and Farm

Date: 1890
Description: A view of Rudolph Herrling's sawmill and log yard in front of the Herling farm.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin Land Grant Limits

Date: 1881
Description: A brochure with a map of Wisconsin that also includes information (in English, German, Norwegian, and Swedish) pertaining to the state, such as its timber ...
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Hemlock Bark

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card advertising the large amounts of hemlock bark in Northern Wisconsin. The image shows three men sitt...
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Log Jam

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence....

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