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First Forest Patrol Flight
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Neil LeMany, Chief Forest Ranger at the Forest Protection Headquarters in Tomahawk, C.L. Harrington, superintendent of the Forest and Parks Division of the Wisconsin Conservation Department, speaking at the dedication ceremony of the First Forest Patrol Flight historical marker, in honor of Jack Vilas, at Trout Lake. Other speakers at the ceremony included H.S. Tuttle, president of the Vilas County Historical Society, Raymond Sivesind, supervisor of historic sites and markers at the Wisconsin Historical Society, C.L. Harrington, superintendent of the Forest and Parks Division of the Wisconsin Conservation Department, Douglas Taylor, Commissioner of the Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission in Rhinelander, and Jack Vilas.
October 15, 1955
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First Forest Patrol Flight Historic Marker
Hwy. M, 6 mi. S of Boulder Junction
First Forest Patrol Flight
1955
Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight.The marker text reads:"FIRST FOREST PATROL FLIGHT was made from Trout Lake by Jack Vilas June ...
Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake
1912
Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partially out of frame), who may be C.L. (Neal) H...
Eagle Scout Forestry Camp 25th Anniversary Marker
1954
Ten men are standing in a row in front of a sign marking the 25th anniversary of the Eagle Scout Forestry Camp. They are each holding an Eagle Scout trophy. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is the fourth man...
Forest Rangers on Horseback
1912
Two forest rangers are posing on horseback. Handwritten on front: "Forest Rangers at Trout Lake Station."
CLH and Ranger Mac
1911
Cornelius L. Harrington and Ranger McNeel planting tree seedlings at the Trout Lake nursery.
