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Log Jam
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View of a log jam on a river. Caption on back of stereograph reads, "Dells of St. Croix, from series of Minnesota Views." There is a group of people posed in the lower portion of the image. This area became a state park on the Minnesota side of the river in 1895 and Wisconsin's first state park in 1900 (Interstate Park).
Upton, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
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Log Jam on the River
View of a log jam on the river, with a forest in the background. Caption reads: "Log Jam."
Man near Large Pothole
A man is standing above a large pothole carved from the rock by a glacier. Caption on stereograph reads: "Dalles of the St. Croix." This is at Interstate park which became a state park in 1900 on t...
Interstate State Park
St. Croix River
Site of the world's largest log jam in 1886 when 150 million board feet of logs piled up along three miles of the river. It took 200 men working for six weeks to free the jam.
Log Jam on St. Croix River
1886
Elevated view of a log jam near the Dalles on the St. Croix River. Caption at bottom reads: "St. Croix Riv. and Bridge, St. Croix Falls."
Lions Park on the St. Croix River
St. Croix River
Waterfront park that has two historic markers a Wisconsin Historical Society historic marker for the battle of St. Croix Falls and a Wisconsin Heritage Tourism historic marker for the worlds large...
St. Croix Log Jam
1886
Log jam on the St. Croix River at the Head of the Dalles. The jam was about five miles long, and 50,000,000 board feet of white pine was piled up.
