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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.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Painting

Chippewa Falls

Date: 1850
Description: Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the...
Map or Atlas

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

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls.
Photograph

Dam and Bridge

Date: 
Description: Dam and bridge near Chippewa Falls, looking across the river towards a few buildings on the opposite bank. Caption at bottom reads: "View of the Dam at Chi...
Photograph

Chippewa River

Date: 1929
Description: View of the Chippewa River rapids.
Photograph

Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log driving crew on the Chippewa River.
Photograph

Log Jam at Big Eddy

Date: 1905
Description: Log jam at Big Eddy on the Chippewa River during the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log drive. There is a bridge in the distance, and trees are along the s...
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...
Postcard

The Chippewa River at Cornell, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Chippewa River. Caption reads: "Chippewa River, Cornell, Wis."
Postcard

Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized view of a bridge crossing Duncan Creek in Irvine Park with trees and river bend in background. Caption reads: "Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
Postcard

Bridge and Rocky Scenery at Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: View of a bend in Duncan Creek with a bridge, trees, a quarried rock face and road in Irvine Park (probably the "Bear Cage Road"). Caption reads: "Bridge a...
Postcard

Old Mill, Glen Loch, Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: View from opposite shoreline through trees toward the Glen Loch dam and mill in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Old Mill, Glen Loch, Irvine Park, Chippewa Fal...
Postcard

Glen Lock Dam and Mill

Date: 1909
Description: View across river toward the mill and dam. Caption reads: "Glen Lock Dam and Mill, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Cadott, [Wisconsin and Vicinity] : T. 29 N., R. 6 W

Date: 1900
Description: This photocopy map shows block and lot numbers with landowner names, additions, selected buildings, and the Yellow River.
Postcard

Bird's Eye View, Holcombe, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of Holcombe, with the dam on the Chippewa River in the foreground. Caption reads: "Birds-Eye View, Holcombe, Wis."
Postcard

Chippewa River Below Power House

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline across the Chippewa River. There is a church on the opposite shoreline behind trees. Caption reads: "Chippewa River below power house, ...
Photograph

Around the Fire

Date: 1940
Description: Boys are roasting weiners at a stone fire ring overlooking the Chippewa River in Brunet Island State Park. A man on the far right, behind trees, is walking...

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