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Recreational Area Plan for Wisconsin
Map
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 reservations, and county parks. Each state park has a colorful inset illustration of its landscape.
January 1939
Wisconsin. State Planning Board (issuing body)
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Recreational Area Plan for Wisconsin
1939
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 count...
Public forest areas in Wisconsin, June 1954
June 1934
This Wisconsin Conservation Department map shows national, state, and county forests both approved and pending, as well as Indian reservations in Wisconsin.
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...
State of Wisconsin
1931
This U.S. Geological Survey map of Wisconsin shows counties, cities and villages, lighthouses, Indian reservations, military reservations, and bird and game reservations.
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 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.
