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Wisconsin Quadrangle Maps
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This quadrangle collection of maps, meaning geological surveys, shows sections of central and northern Wisconsin. The maps include a quadrangle index map. There are a total of 16 maps created between 1936 and 1940. Map 38, 50, 51, 54, 55, 62, 66, 67, 68, and 73 read:"Compiled by the Map Section, Forest Protection Headquarters." Map 53 reads: "Compiled from aerial pictures by the Map Section." Map 63, 77, and 78 read: "Drawn from aerial pictures & U.S.G.S. quadrangles by the Map Section." Map 64 and 76 read: "Compiled from aerial pictures & U.S.G.S. quadrangles by the Map Section."
1940
Wisconsin. Conservation Department
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Forest Protection District No. 8
1941
This map covers the area of Lincoln and Oneida counties, and part of Marathon County. It shows district and forest boundaries, roads, trails, fire breaks, railroads, cities, schools, power and tele...
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...
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.
Forest Protection District No. 3, East Portion, Vilas County
February 1937
This topographical map of the forest preserve shows highways, roads, trails, telephone lines, Native American reservations, Ranger sub-stations, state nurseries, airports, lakes, islands, the Wisco...
Forest Protection District No. 6, North Half
1935
This topographical map of the forest preserve shows highways, roads, trails, telephone lines, Native American reservation boundaries (Red Cliff Indian Reservation and La Pointe Indian Reservation),...
Iron River Quadrangle / Michigan / 7.5 Minute Series (topographic)
1944
This standard U.S.G.S. topographic map was annotated by civil engineer and railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show the location of existing and defunct rail lines around the communities of Iron ...
