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River from Fort Snelling

Date: 10 1852
Description: Landscape view of the river looking downstream from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory. An expanse of placid river water fills the center of the drawing an...
Photograph

Bear Island Forest

Date: 1898
Description: A forest from the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
Photograph

Menominee Women's Crew

Date: 1943
Description: Menominee women working to protect their white pines from blister rust.
Photograph

Logging on a Reservation

Date: 1909
Description: A group of Native American Indian loggers pose on piles of logs at the Courtes Oreilles Reservation.
Map or Atlas

Recreational Area Plan for Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: A color, pictorial map. Scale: 10 miles to the inch. Shows state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monuments and memorials, nation...
Photograph

Loading Big Log

Date: 1936
Description: Loading a large white pine log cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation onto a truck. The log was hauled to the Wisconsin State Fair for a display about the...
Photograph

Selective Logging

Date: 03 1938
Description: A large white pine being felled on the Menominee Indian Reservation. This photograph was taken to illustrate the tribe's selective logging practices.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Woman and Child Near Lodge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman and small child in front of a Ho-Chunk lodge. The woman and child are looking to the side. In the background are trees and shrubs.
Photograph

Ogema Tipi

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Description: Four men standing near an Ogema Tipi.
Photograph

Native American Mortar

Date: 
Description: View of a large carved rock on a forest floor surrounded by maple tree saplings. The rock has carved indentations for use as a mortar stone and was probabl...
Photograph

Camp St. John Native American Ceremonies

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Description: Campers watch Native American ceremonies while seated around the council ring at Camp St. John. The group of boys and young men gather around a fire pit, a...
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of a logging camp on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The three buildings are surrounded by forest.
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin Conservation Department Map Division Maps

Date: 06 1934
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Department map shows national, state, and county forests both approved and pending, as well as Indian reservations in Wisconsin...
Map or Atlas

Drott's Conservation Guide

Date: 1935
Description: "Drott's conservation guide" map shows the locations of Indian reservations, parks, fish hatcheries, forests, lookout towers, Wisconsin Conservations Commi...
Map or Atlas

Forest Protection Activity Map

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: This map shows the locations of Wisconsin Conservation Department forest protection districts and cooperative areas, state forests, national forests, India...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Transportation Map : Highways, Railroads, Canals, Air Lanes, and Dredged Channels

Date: 1939
Description: This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Transportation Map : Highways, Railroads, Canals, Air Lanes, and Dredged Channels

Date: 1944
Description: This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ...
Map or Atlas

Timber and Farm Lands of Ashland

Date: 
Description: Map of northern Iron County, Wisconsin, shows town sections and railroads in the towns of Saxon, Kimball, and Gurney. It also includes the area of the La P...
Photograph

Wallace Day — Riverview Boat Guide

Date: 1929
Description: Native American tour guide standing on a rock formation. He is wearing a headdress and decorated vest and white shirt, and is holding a megaphone and point...
Photograph

Howard White Thunder — Winnebago Indian Guide — "At the Dells"

Date: 1929
Description: Native American guide in native dress standing on the bow of a tour boat floating in the river. A pilot wearing a hat is sitting behind him. On the front o...

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