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| Origin of Presque Isle, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Presque Isle, Wisconsin. |
| Origin of Winegar, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Winegar, Wisconsin |
| Fur Trader and Murderer |
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| Biography of pioneer fur trader John Baptiste Dubay. |
| Learn about the history of the Trout Lake Forestry Headquarters in Vilas County |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Surveyor's tree blaze from the 1841 expedition to lay out the boundary between Wisconsin and Michigan, found at Trout Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin. (Museu |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Improvised wild rice threshing machine used on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin, c. 1990. (Museum object #1999.61.5) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Sturgeon decoy carved and painted by Ojibwe artist John V. Snow. (Museum Object #1996.118.106A-B) |
| View these images of cranberry harvesting in Wisconsin. |
| Origin of Eagle River, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Eagle River, Wisconsin. |
| Origin of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man, possibly Benton C. Black, delivering films to Campo Fiesta at Trout Lake. The delivery is being made in a Seabee seaplane by the Amphibious Motion P... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Students pose in front of the Mayo School, District No. 1. There are large pine trees around the one-story building and a low fence in front. A "Mayo Schoo... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Francis Johnson, teacher at the Mayo School, District No. 1, standing beside a screened porch. The porch has a rustic log railing and stone foundation. The... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Bare trees are silhouetted against the sunlight reflected on Eagle Lake. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from water of a child playing near a playpen on the lawn of a one and one-half story cottage on a slope along the shore of a lake. There is a stone se... |
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