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| The Industry That Changed the State |
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| Discover how the logging industry shaped Wisconsin's economy and culture from the 19th century to the present. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Logging crew posed in front of the buildings of D Sulivan's logging camp near Antigo, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across stacks of logs towards a group of men posing near or on a logging train. There are two teams of oxen near the stacked logs, and snow is on the ... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| 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... |
| Community: | Fifield |
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| County: | Price |
| Historic Name: | Round Lake Logging Dam |
| Reference Number: | 19095 |
| Community: | Big Bend |
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| County: | Rusk |
| Historic Name: | ELIJAH SWIFT'S LOGGING HEADQUARTERS |
| Reference Number: | 19299 |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a bridge and logging debris around residential homes. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | A logging crew of the Upham Lumber Company, together with the company's locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," formerly the Wisconsin Central Railroad's Engine No #... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Men posed with a team of four oxen harnessed to pull a loaded logging sled. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Front view of a man holding the reins of two horses hitched to a sled loaded with logs on a snowy path in or near Vinette's logging camp. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| 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... |
| Community: | Lakewood |
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| County: | Oconto |
| Historic Name: | HOLT AND BALCOM LOGGING CAMP #1 |
| Reference Number: | 23267 |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | This map shows camps, forts, logging camps, lakes, roads, railroads, the Wisconsin River, and Lac Du Flambeau Indian Reservation. Some points of interest a... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | The logging camp of Bruno Vinett. About a dozen horses, most in harness, and a similar number of men stand in front of a barn-like building and a small woo... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a large logging crew posing outdoors in the snow at their camp in front of a log building. One of the men is playing a fiddle or a violin... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Five men are posing on or near a sled piled high with logs, which is being hauled by a team of four horses. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Lumberjacks hauling logs with several teams of oxen. |
| Date: | 1872-12-?? |
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| County: | Door |
| City: | Sturgeon Bay |
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