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Forest Rangers Using Phone

Date: 
Description: Forest rangers using an emergency phone on the back of a truck.
Postcard

Curtiss Flying Boat at Trout Lake

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate...
Postcard

First Forest Patrol Flight

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight.

The marker text reads:

"FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI...

Photograph

Nature's Cycle

Date: 1964
Description: A pine seedling is growing, in contrast, to a burned tree trunk which has a tree hollow at its base.

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