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Lone Rock From Below #109

Date: 
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...
Property Record

E side of Park Rd, .3 mi S of CTH CS/Q

Community: Dekorra
County: Columbia
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 3392
Newspaper Article/Clipping

John O'Keefe, Sr. recalls days on the Wisconsin River when rafts were tied at Prospect Hill Point

Date: 1935-08-31
County: Columbia
City: Portage
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Portage lived "on the river" in the days when Jerry Hannifan ran the Wisconsin on great lumber rafts

Date: 1935-07-20
County: Columbia
City: Portage
Photograph

General Store and Post Office

Date: 1895
Description: General store and post office. Hans Johsnon, Newport's founder, is shown on the porch. Logs are stacked in the foreground. The post office was established ...
Historical Essay

Lumbering in Wisconsin

Brief history of lumbering in Wisconsin.

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