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Camping at Devil's Lake

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Herman Taylor family camping at Devil's Lake. There is a moving train in the background on railroad tracks along the shoreline of the ...
Photograph

Camping Party at Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1876
Description: A camping party rests at the top of a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park.
Photograph

Sigurd Olson

Date: 
Description: Sigurd Olson, in typical camping attire, during a canoe trip at Quetico Park in Canada.
Postcard

Tourist Camp, Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Colorized postcard of a tourist camp at Devil's Lake State Park. Features a scene of men, women and children among picnic tables, automobiles. Tents are pi...
Postcard

Tourist Camp, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 08 16 1935
Description: Photographic postcard of a tourist camp at Devil's Lake State Park. A scene of picnic tables, automobiles and tents pitched among trees and grass. Text at ...
Photograph

Tourist Free Campground

Date: 1925
Description: An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ...
Map or Atlas

Drummond Recreation Area : 200 Lakes with Fish, 52 Miles of Trout Streams

Date: 1968
Description: The map shows fire towers, public camp grounds, roads, snow mobile & riding trails, trout lakes, foot trails, railroads, and National Forest boundaries.
Photograph

Camping

Date: 1960
Description: A campsite at Hiawatha National Forest. Men and women sits at a picnic table, while children sit by the campfire.
Photograph

Camping

Date: 1960
Description: Three men holding archery equipment at a campsite in Hiawatha National Forest.
Photograph

Camping

Date: 1960
Description: Two men, a woman, and a dog at a trailer in Hiawatha National Forest.
Map or Atlas

Enjoy the Good Life in Grant County

Date: 1975
Description: A tourist map of Grant County that displays the various activities and attractions found in the cities throughout the county, such as boat landings, fishin...
Map or Atlas

State Park Devil's Lake Wisconsin : Course in Plane Table Surveying

Date: 1923
Description: This topographical map of Devil's Lake State Park, Sauk County, Wisconsin, is based on 1922-1923 surveys of the area by the University of Wisconsin Summer ...
Map or Atlas

Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1971
Description: This map of Nelson Dewey State Park shows the park layout, points of interest, facilities, campgrounds, roads, railroads, and the Mississippi River. Relief...
Map or Atlas

Mellen, the Home of Copper Falls State Park : You're Among Friends in Mellen, Wisconsin

Date: 1980
Description: This map shows the locations of 42 businesses, roads, points of interest, recreation sites, camping, the North Country Trail and parking, and boundaries of...
Map or Atlas

Lake Superior Water Trail, Wisconsin : Bayfield Peninsula - Apostle Islands Section

Date: 2000
Description: This map shows national parks, county and state forests, Indian reservations, municipal land, private land, docks, boat access, camping, and points of inte...
Map or Atlas

Our Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1924
Description: This map shows road surfacings, camp sites, state parks, proposed state parks, rivers, lakes, towns, and county boundaries. Includes a legend of road surfa...
Map or Atlas

Our Own Map of Wisconsin, Official

Date: 1926
Description: This map shows road surfacings, camp sites, state parks, proposed state parks, rivers, lakes, county boundaries, and cities. Includes portions of Minnesota...
Map or Atlas

St. Croix County: Home of Warren P. Knowles, Governor of Wisconsin: Supervisors and District Numbers

Date: 1966
Description: This map includes a red overprint on base map and shows the supervisors and district numbers of St. Croix County. Includes diagrams of civil towns, townsh...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin's County Forests

Date: 1987
Description: This map shows county forests, state, federal, and interstate highways. County forests lands are shown in light green. The front of the map includes images...
Map or Atlas

The Milwaukee Journal Tour Club Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1929
Description: This map of the entire state includes portions of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota. The map shows U.S., state, and county highways, roads, campsites...

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