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Planting Seedlings

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Description: Planting seedings at the state nursery at Trout Lake.
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Evergreen Trees

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Description: Elevated view of a variety of evergreen trees in a nursery, including White, Norway, Scotch and Jack pines, and White and Norway spruce near Trout Lake.
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Northern Highland State Forest

Date: 1935
Description: A single lane unpaved road is winding through a wooded area of pine, birch, and other trees.
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Toboggan Run

Date: 1937
Description: A young man is steering a toboggan with three others on board down a long course. Spectators line the run on the right.
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First Forest Patrol Flight

Date: 10 15 1955
Description: Neil LeMany, Chief Forest Ranger at the Forest Protection Headquarters in Tomahawk, C.L. Harrington, superintendent of the Forest and Parks Division of the...
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At Laura Lake

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Three men, Mackie, Breuer, and Harrington, are standing in front of Laura Lake. The far shoreline is in the far background. Laura Lake was surveyed by the ...
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...

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George W. Brown

Date: 1935
Description: Waist-up outdoor portrait of a Native American man. He is wearing a plaid jacket over a dark-colored shirt. There appears to be construction in progress be...
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Woman with Muskie

Date: 1935
Description: A well-dressed, unidentified woman is standing next to a muskie hanging from a line. She is next to the porch of a large building, and there is an automobi...
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Historic Sites Committee

Date: 06 1960
Description: Historic Sites Committee, State Historical Society Annual Meeting. Members featured from left to right include: Carl Guell, State Aeronautics Commission, T...
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Tourist Information Booth

Date: 1942
Description: A young woman in a light-colored dress is standing behind a counter as an older man is writing in a notebook. He is holding a tourism brochure for Boulder ...

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