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Lone Rock From Below #109

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Description: Elevated view of several people rafting on a flat bottom boat near Lone Rock. There is a large raft, perhaps for logging transportation, tied up at Lone Ro...
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Loggers with Pine Tree

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Description: Two men with a saw stand by a large pine tree recently cut down.
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St. Croix River

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Description: Wanigans tied to the banks of the St. Croix River among floating logs.
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"Old Vanderbilt" Locomotive

Date: 1890
Description: Upham Lumber Company locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," built by the Taunton Locomotive Works in 1847 from the New York providence and Boston Railroad where she...
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Cove Logging Camp on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1900
Description: Cove Logging camp at future site of Forest Lodge property. The log building on the hill became the main house at Forest Lodge in 1902 when Crawford Livings...
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Lunch at the Lumber Camp

Date: 1890
Description: View up slope towards a group of men posing in the snow alongside a table with pots and dishes on it. An ox with a yoke and a pair of wooden staves is stan...
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2 Ox Power Jammer at Work

Date: 1890
Description: Five men are posing on or near a tall stack of logs on a sled, with more logs being added. Three of the men are carrying cant hooks, and two horses are yok...
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Man Shoeing an Ox

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Description: View of a man shoeing an ox, which is standing in a sling in a fenced enclosure. In the background, a man is standing near a building and is wearing a suit...
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Log Jam

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Description: Log jam floating by the first railroad bridge over the river.
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Panoramic View of Log Stockpile

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Description: Panoramic view of a log stockpile next to a sawmill.
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Stacks of Lumber

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Description: View between two rows of stacked lumber, which is slatted and bundled under a wood roof.
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Logging Clean-Up Crew

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Description: Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ...
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Men at Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. In the foreground one man is sitting on a pile of logs.
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Ohio Match Company Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man drives an International D-Line truck owned by The Ohio Match Company through a wooded area along a dirt road. The truck bed is laden with cut logs.
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Timber Transport

Date: 1940
Description: An International D-line truck carries timber down a dirt road in a wooded area. The logs are so long, they require two trucks to carry them. The text on th...
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Truck Unloading Logs

Date: 1940
Description: An International truck is dumping logs into the North River while positioned on a wooden platform high above the bank.
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Peshtigo Log Jam

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area.
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First Forestry Building at Trout Lake Headquarters

Date: 1911
Description: The first forestry building at Trout Lake Headquarters. It served the crew for eating and sleeping while they were clearing for the nursery site in progres...
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Downhill Haul of Logs

Date: 1890
Description: Six men are posing on and next to a large stack of logs, which are piled on a sled drawn by two horses. The men are all carrying cant hooks. The initials "...
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Oxen in Harness with Haul of Logs

Date: 1887
Description: Seven men are posing on or near a haul of logs loaded onto a sled. Some of the men are holding cant hooks. A team of oxen are yoked to the sled.

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