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Logging Crew

Date: 1895
Description: A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent.
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Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of men use a team of four horses to transport logs across snow-covered ground on a sled. Trees are in the background. Caption reads: "A Logging Sce...
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Winter Logging on Rice Lake

Date: 
Description: View across water towards logs floating along the lake. Several buildings, including a water tower and a silo, are on the opposite shoreline.
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Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of loggers poses for a group portrait amongst cut logs in a snow-covered wooded area. The men in the middle have their axes in hand, while other me...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Future Rice Lake

Date: 1885-11-05
County: Barron
City: Rice Lake
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Rice Lake Lumber Company Base Camp — Long Lake Dam

Date: 
Description: View of a lumber camp, with several buildings in the background. A bridge spans a river near the dam site.
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Sluicing Logs Below Long Lake Dam

Date: 1905
Description: View of logs gathering in water just past a sluicing gate. Three people are standing on top of the dam.
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Lake Full of Logs

Date: 
Description: View of a lake with logs nearly covering the surface. A man is standing on a log near the shoreline.
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Phoenix Log Hauler

Date: 1914
Description: Steam log hauler made by Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, pulling loaded skids through snow. Rice Lake lumber camp, overland spur.
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Four Horses Pulling a Haul of Logs

Date: 1890
Description: Five men are posing on or near a sled piled high with logs, which is being hauled by a team of four horses.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

R. L. banquets O. H. Ingram

Date: 1909-12-24
County: Barron
City: Rice Lake
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Cluster of old log shacks relic of Barron lumbering era

Date: 1935-01-30
County: Barron
City: Barron
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Ancient history of Knapp, Stout Co.

Date: 1916-08-18
County: Barron
City: Chetek
Photograph

Downhill Haul of Logs

Date: 
Description: View down snow-covered hill towards five men posing on or next to a haul of logs on a sled, which are being pulled by a team of four horses through trees.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Knapp, Stout & Co. founders

Date: 1927-09-21
County: Barron
City: 
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The O. H. Ingram banquet

Date: 1910-01-07
County: Barron
City: Rice Lake
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Ancient history of Knapp, Stout Co.

Date: 1916-09-08
County: Barron
City: Chetek
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Ancient history of Knapp, Stout Co.

Date: 1916-10-06
County: Barron
City: Chetek
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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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