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Rhinelander Airport Map
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Map of Oneida County-Rhinelander Airport which was laid out at the county fairgrounds. The map appears on the reverse side of a letter Roy Larson received from the Rhinelander airport managers. The entire pink area, they noted, "is smooth, hard, free from all obstructions and suitable for landing or taking off in any direction." The airport management also reminded potential users: "Official government statistics, in both Europe and the United States, show that there are less accidents, in proportion to the number of persons carried, in air travel than in auto travel. This letter appears in the records of the Larson Brothers Airport housed in the Historical Society's area research center at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
1923
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Official Wisconsin Airport Map
1950
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Larsons' Barnstormer's Contract
August 17, 1923
"No flight, no pay." The informal contract between J.A. Smith of Neenah and Roy Larson of Larsen, Wisconsin. Roy Larson established a rural airport in Larsen in 1922 with two airplanes. To make a...
Oneida County : Where Nature Lingered Longer
circa 1987
This map shows federal highways, state or county highways, rivers, lakes, town roads, township boundaries, county boundaries, national or state forest, lookout towers, wayside stations, airports, r...
Larson Brothers' Airport
1923
The entrance to the Larson Brothers' flying field at Larsen in Winnebago County, about one year after the brothers laid out the runway. The field remained in use until 1990, making it the longest-...
Larson Brothers' Airport
1923
The hangar and three airplanes (a Canuck and a J-1 Standard) at the airport operated by the Larson Brothers of Larsen, Wisconsin. The field was both the most famous and longest-lived rural airport ...
