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Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
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Log Cabin on Rock Island

Date: 1914
Description: Chester Thordarson (second from left) and his Chicago guests pose in front of a log cabin, which was located at the southeast corner of Rock Island.
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Hotz Family Cottages

Date: 1914
Description: View from below a bluff, through evergreens and birch trees, looking up at the Hotz Fish Creek compound. The stone garage and tower are on the left.
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Jack with Fish

Date: 1914
Description: Jack Green proudly holding up several fish he caught. There is a log cabin in the background.
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Half Way Camp

Date: 1914
Description: Several members of The Gang resting outside the log cabins at Half Way Camp on Tom Lake, north of Chicago Bay. There is a carriage on the right.
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Camp One Lumber Camp

Date: 1914
Description: View across clear cut area towards horses grazing near log cabins at Camp One Lumber Camp, north of Chicago Bay.
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Kugler Homestead

Date: 1914
Description: View across water towards a log cabin and an outbuilding on the homestead of Edwin Kugler between Pine and McFarland Lakes, north of Chicago Bay. There is ...
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Jack with Pack

Date: 1914
Description: Jack carrying a large pack on his back. There is a log cabin in the background.
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Kugler's Trapper's Shack

Date: 1914
Description: From left to right are Clay, Jack, and Edwin Kugler posing in front of Kugler's trapper's shack near his homestead at the end of Pine Lake. Edwin has a pip...
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Inside Kugler's Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: The Gang posing with Edwin Kugler in his cabin on Pine lake. From left to right are: an unidentified man, Jack Greene, Kugler, and Howard Greene.
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Mackey Wells

Date: 1914
Description: Mackey weighing a large fish near a log cabin. The lake is partially visible in the background on the right.
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Preparing a Fish

Date: 1914
Description: The Gang is watching as McGrew is scaling and gutting a large fish on a log outdoors. Doc Copeland is standing on the left wearing a light-colored hat. Mac...
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The Kitchen

Date: 1914
Description: A view of a cabin kitchen with long tables. There are metal plates and cups on one table, as well as a bottle of liquor. A lantern is hanging above the tab...
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Cope and McGrew

Date: 1914
Description: Doc Copeland (left) and McGrew sitting together on a fence made of logs. There is a building with a long roof and a skylight in the background.
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Mullen at a Lumber Camp

Date: 1914
Description: Mullen sitting next to a log cabin and reading at a lumber camp on McFarland Lake.
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The Old Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Log Cabin, Whitewater, Wis." The log cabin was built in 1846 by Norwegian immigrants Gullik Halverson and his wife, Dorothea....

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