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| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | This map shows major tributaries, and also covers parts of Marathon and Portage Counties. |
| Date: | 09 1976 |
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| Description: | A man is carving a face onto a log using a chainsaw. Other men are looking at chainsaws displayed on a pile of birch tree logs. A sign on a trailer behind ... |
| Location: | State Hwy 35 |
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| Nearby City: | Alma, Buffalo County |
| Body of water: | Mississippi River |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | View of a log jam on the Wolf River next to a saw mill. Caption on back reads: "first built in 1908 . . . 20,000,000 feet lumber cut a year . . . largest i... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | This map shows streets, businesses and parks. The Yellow River is labeled. The Plat shows saw mills and land owned by D.R.W. Williams, Wm. Williams, and Jo... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A shirtless man is standing on top of a log ready to chop a log with an axe. A crowd of people are watching from stands behind him. |
| Date: | 09 1976 |
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| Description: | A man is standing on top of a braced wood block. He is bending over as he swings his ax at the wood block on which he is standing. A crowd of people are wa... |
| Location: | Old Courthouse on Washington Ave. |
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| Nearby City: | Bayfield, Bayfield County |
| Body of water: | Lake Superior |
| Date: | 10 1977 |
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| Description: | Bartender Rod Ballmer (center), Paul Bernsdorf (left), and Jeffrey Mondeik at Ballmer's Old Time Tavern. There is a cribbage board on the bar and the wall ... |
| Community: | Ashland |
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| County: | Ashland |
| Historic Name: | John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport - Terminal |
| Reference Number: | 244559 |
| Founder of Earth Day |
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| This Wisconsin Senator, best known as the founder of Earth Day, championed the preservation of the environment and natural resources. |
| Photographs from the Apostle Islands |
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| Learn about the history of the Apostle Islands in the northnmost part of Wisconsin, a popular summer refuge for tourists and residents. |
| Mid-Century Photographs from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
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