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Loading Cranberries

Date: 09 1934
Description: A crew of agricultural workers loads boxes of cranberries for transport to the drying sheds.
Photograph

Making a New Cranberry Bog

Date: 06 1938
Description: Construction of a leadgate to control the water flow in a new cranberry section at the Cranberry Lake Development Company in Price County.
Photograph

Cranberry Ditches

Date: 1935
Description: Digging flood ditches on a cranberry marsh near Phillips.
Photograph

Original Catholic Church and Rectory, Parish of St. Anthony

Date: 04 25 1931
Description: A view of a church and what appears to be the adjoining rectory. This is the Parish of St. Anthony in the town of Fifield.
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest

Date: 09 1934
Description: Cranberry harvesters using cranberry rakes make their way across a flooded cranberry bog. In the background crates of harvested cranberries are stacked wai...
Photograph

Flooded Cranberry Marsh Harvest

Date: 09 1934
Description: A large group of men working in a line with cranberry rakes to harvest cranberries in a flooded marsh. The men at work are all wearing waders. In the backg...
Historical Essay

Spreading Like Wildfire: Wisconsin's Forest Fires

Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people.
Photograph

Forest near Phillips

Date: 01 1934
Description: Aerial view of a forest with a river running through it.
Photograph

Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1938
Description: Dusting a cranberry marsh to combat blunt-nosed leaf-hoppers, Cranberry Lake Development Co.
Map or Atlas

Price County, Wisconsin : Official Zoning Map Showing Use Districts

Date: 1935
Description: This map shows land zoning. The top middle includes a key of land zones, forestry, recreation, and unrestricted. The map includes extensive text on zoning ...
Photograph

Logging Scene at Park Falls

Date: 07 1936
Description: Stacks of logs cover a large flat area in the foreground, and in the distance is a complex of buildings at a sawmill. There are many large stacks of lumber...
Photograph

On the Flambeau River

Date: 07 1937
Description: View across water towards a shoreline where men and boys are gathered on the bank of the Flambeau River, with several canoes and rowboats pulled up to the ...
Photograph

Running Little Falls

Date: 1935
Description: View from rocky shoreline towards three young men in a canoe running the Little Falls rapids on the South Fork of the Flambeau River.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Nicolet national forest will be dedicated June 11

Date: 1933-06-01
County: Price
City: Park Falls
Property Record

627 4TH AVE S

Community: Park Falls
County: Price
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 138958
Property Record

424 N 4TH AVE

Community: Park Falls
County: Price
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 138966
Property Record

650 3RD AVE S

Community: Park Falls
County: Price
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 148202
Property Record

590 3RD AVE S

Community: Park Falls
County: Price
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 148204
Property Record

1215 RAILROAD AVE

Community: Prentice
County: Price
Historic Name: Prentice Ranger Station
Reference Number: 18997
Property Record

1215 RAILROAD AVE

Community: Prentice
County: Price
Historic Name: Prentice Ranger Station
Reference Number: 18998

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