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Huge Log Jam

Date: 1869
Description: Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40...
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Hauling Logs With Oxen

Date: 1880
Description: Lumberjacks hauling logs with several teams of oxen.
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Log Jam

Date: 1895
Description: Logs move down the river, swirling with cross currents, resulting in a huge log jam.
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Beef Slough

Date: 1880
Description: Man with a pole standing at the Beef Slough.
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Sawmill near Lake Winnebago

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very...
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River Drivers

Date: 1895
Description: Crew of river drivers moving logs off of rocks below a dam probably on the Wisconsin River.
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Sacking the Rapids

Date: 1890
Description: Log driving crew maneuvering logs through rapids below a dam, probably on the Wisconsin River.
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1890
Description: View from shoreline of a driving crew standing on a log raft on the North Branch of the Popple River, a tributary of the Pine River. They are holding long ...

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