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Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Black River Falls, Jackson County

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Black River Falls, looking southwest.
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Man on Railroad Switch Control Tower

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Description: Man standing on the top of the stairway of the railroad switch control tower, probably just outside Sheppard, Wisconsin.
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Man Relaxing in Railroad Switch Control Tower

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Description: Man leaning his feet on the switches in the railroad switch control tower.
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Man in Railroad Switch Tower

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Description: Man, possibly Milton J. Harphold, sitting at a telegraph desk in the railroad switch tower.
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Railway Crane lifting Boxcar

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Description: Crowd watching a railway crane lift a boxcar from the Chicago and Northwestern Railway back on the track.
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Woman and Child near Bridge

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Description: Woman and child standing in the shadows among the rocks and logs along the river as a freight train crosses the elevated bridge above.
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Black River State Forest

Date: 1997
Description: Black River State Forest, two miles south of US 54 in the Jackson County Forest. The sand track in the foreground is the grade of the old narrow gauge rail...
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Woman on Log

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Description: A woman sits among a group of logs on the shoreline of a river. In the background, a railroad bridge is visible.
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Three Women Among Logs

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Description: Three women playfully pose among logs near a railroad bridge that passes over a dam. On the bridge, a standing man is visible.
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Model Train Set

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Description: Studio view of a model train on a table with model buildings, carriages and people. There is a backdrop curtain behind the table.
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Model Train Set

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Description: Studio view of a model train on a table with model buildings, carriages and people. There is a backdrop curtain behind the table.
Map or Atlas

Merrillan, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Date: 1883
Description: This birdseye view map reads: ""MERRILLAN JACKSON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. LOOKING FROM POSITION NORTH EAST ON THE TOWN." At the bottom are points to interest th...
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Construction of Railroad

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Description: Group of men at the construction of a railroad branch line among piles of stones. Railroad ties placed on the ground are visible on the platform in the bac...
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Lunch Room

Date: 1927
Description: View of the facade of the Lunch Room restaurant, located near a cobblestone train platform. Earl Andrew is listed as the proprietor.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Men posed sitting and standing in a logging camp in front of a steam locomotive. A man in the middle foreground is posed sitting and playing a concertina. ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Jackson County, Wisconsin

Date: 1879
Description: A map of Jackson County, Wisconsin, shows the township and section survey, landownership, towns, villages, buildings, roads, railroads, county land, and st...
Map or Atlas

Map of Township No. 21, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Date: 07 1868
Description: A hand-drawn map of a portion of Jackson County, Wisconsin between Township No. 21 north, range number 4 West and township no. 21 north, range no. 3 west, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Price County, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: Shows townships and sections, roads, and railroads. Includes list of towns, villages, and cities with organization dates.
Map or Atlas

Historic Jackson County

Date: 1976
Description: Panel title. Shows railroads, roads, highways, boundaries, dams, public hunting and fishing grounds, cemeteries, forest ranger stations, plant life, and s...

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