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Recreational Area Plan for Wisconsin
Map
A color, pictorial map. Scale: 10 miles to the inch. Shows state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monuments and memorials, national forests, Indian reservations, and county parks.
1939
Wisconsin. State Planning Board
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WHi 40881
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Recreational Area Plan for Wisconsin
January 1939
This illustrated map shows counties, highways, rivers, roads, present and proposed state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monuments and memorials, national forests, Indian...
Wisconsin transportation map : Highways, railroads, canals, air lanes, and dredged channels
1939
This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and public land connecting roads are also identifi...
Forest and park activity map as of December 15, 1937 : Wisconsin
December 15, 1937
This Wisconsin Conservation Department map shows the locations of state forests, state forest headquarters, national forests, county forests, state nurseries (at Trout Lake, Gordon, Athelstane, and...
Forest protection activity map as of May 1, 1938 : Wisconsin
May 1, 1938
This map shows the locations of Wisconsin Conservation Department forest protection districts and cooperative areas, state forests, national forests, Indian reservations, and state fire towers in t...
Map of the state highway system of Wisconsin, showing, within red circle, location of Northern Lakes Park
1921
The first map shows the location of the proposed Northern Lakes Park on a state highway map from about 1921. A second map shows details of the proposed state park in Price and Sawyer counties. Much...
Forest protection activity map as of January 1937
1937
This map shows the Wisconsin Conservation Department forest protection divisions and the locations of state forests, national forests, Indian reservations, and state fire towers.
