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Logging Railroad Through the Woods

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Description: View up logging railroad tracks running through the woods.
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Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co. Main Line

Date: 1911
Description: Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co. main line logging railroad tracks “through virgin pine timber” south of Trout Lake.
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Shipping Logs by Railroad

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Description: Three men are standing on the last railroad car which is carrying logs down a railroad track. Another set of tracks are running parallel on the left, and b...
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Carter's Siding

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Description: Carter's Siding, a small railroad depot in "cutover" country, showing strong evidence of why formerly forested regions of northern Wisconsin were so named.
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The Forest Interior and a Railroad Stockcar

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Description: A postcard with two views functioning as a "before" and "after" of forestry. The view on the left features a man standing in the distance among large trees...
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Cutting the Railroad Right of Way through Cathedral Woods

Date: 1934
Description: View of Cathedral Woods and the fallen trees that were cut down to make way for the Holt Lumber Company railroad spur. Caption reads: "Cutting the R.R. rig...
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Pine Forest Harvesting

Date: 09 06 1895
Description: View of a partially harvested pine forest nine miles southwest of Washburn. A pathway is being cut for a narrow gauge logging railroad.
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Locomotive Hauling Logs

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Description: Outdoor view of men standing with horses near a locomotive hauling logs through a forest. Two loggers are standing in the center.
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Log Train, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: View across snowy ground towards a steam-belching train engine on the right pulling flatbeds of stacked logs near a forest of tall pines. Caption reads: "L...

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