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Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Two men navigating their canoe through caves at the Wisconsin Dells.
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Lone Rock

Date: 1897
Description: A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the left-hand side.
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Overhanging Rock at Black Hawk's Leap

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Description: View looking out from under Overhanging Rock toward Black Hawk's Leap.
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Chapel Gorge Beach

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Description: Elevated view of the mouth of Chapel Gorge Beach showing a canoe at the shore.
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Lumber Rafts in Narrows

Date: 1887
Description: Two lumber rafts with men aboard floating down the Wisconsin River.
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Lone Rock

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Description: Lone rock viewed from the shore; there is an empty canoe drawn up on the shore in the left foreground.
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Black Hawk's Cave

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Description: Looking out of the entrance of Black Hawk's Cave.
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Taylor's Glen

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Description: Taylor's Glen; Reportedly known as Schoolhouse Ravine. There is a man sitting on left on a ledge.
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Man on Visor Ledge

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Description: Visor Ledge, man sitting on edge.
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Spearing Sturgeon at the Dam #23

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Description: Spearing sturgeon at the dam in Kilbourn. There is a man with a sturgeon on a spear in the foreground, and another man with a spear is in the background. A...
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Steamboat Rock

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Description: Steamboat Rock, with two children playing at the edge of the river.
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High Rock

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Description: High Rock; upstream side. Two girls are looking out at the river. The girl at the left is sitting, and the girl next to her on the right is standing.
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Larks Hotel

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Description: Elevated view from Larks Hotel, looking towards Narrows. Adults and children on the ground are looking towards the river. There is a steamboat on the river...
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Luncheon Hall

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Description: Luncheon Hall, looking towards Witches' Gulch, with Miriam Bennett and Ruth Bennett.
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Rood's Glen

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Description: Rood's Glen, looking east.
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Landed and Looking for Camp #176

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Description: High Rock; the base with two rowboats. One man is sitting in a rowboat, and one man is standing on rocks and sand holding an oar.
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Four Boys in a Boat #377

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Description: Ashley Bennett and three friends in a homemade sailboat. This was captioned: "Going to Join the Navy."
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Rafts at Swallows Nests

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Description: Two men at Swallows Nests, on sitting on the rocks at right, one leaning into the rock face. Two rafts are on the water under a cliff.
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Witches' Gulch

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Description: Looking out of the entrance to Witches' Gulch showing wooden walkway.
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Fat Man's Misery

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Description: Fat Man's Misery, the narrow defile in Cold Water Canyon.

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