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Wisconsin River Pulp and Paper Company Mill

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Description: View taken from the Paper Mill Road toward the Wisconsin River Pulp and Paper Company paper mill. On the bank in the foreground are small boats. The paper ...
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Whiting-Plover Paper Co. Mill

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Whiting-Plover Paper Company mill.
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Consolidated Papers, Inc.

Date: 1920
Description: The Consolidated Papers, Inc., mill. "Either at Stevens Point or the Wisconsin River Division."
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Plover Paper Mill

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Paper Mill Road, Showing Plover Paper Mill, Stevens Point, Wis." View of an unpaved road leading to a paper mill on the Wisconsin Riv...
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State Officials at Paper Plant

Date: 06 1972
Description: State officials tour Consolidated Papers, Inc.'s new primary treatment plant. From left to right are George Mead II, State Representative Marlin Schneider,...
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Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company

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Description: Exterior of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. The view from across the Wisconsin River shows the company building, a dam, as w...
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Whiting-Plover Paper Company

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Description: Exterior view of Whiting-Plover Paper Company, founded in 1892. The view features a three-story brick building with automobiles parked in front.
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Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company

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Description: Exterior of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. The view from a bank of the Wisconsin River shows the company building and dam.
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Consolidated water Power and Paper Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. Outside the brick building stand railroad cars labeled, "Elgin, Joliet and ...
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Main Street

Date: 1926
Description: View of Main Street with puddles along the side of the street. Trucks and automobiles are traveling down the street, and are parked on the left. A restaura...
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Farmers' Petitions

Date: 06 1986
Description: Jerry Zarecki (in the hat), president of the Portage County Farmers Union, presents Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey with one folder of petitions collec...
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Senior Bus

Date: 01 1979
Description: Bus operated by the Portage County Commission on Aging and its driver. The bus took senior citizens to lunch at the Senior Center and provided other servic...
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Happy Birthday Medicare

Date: 07 29 1995
Description: At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake.
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U.S. Post Office

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "U.S. Post Office, Stevens Point, Wis." Exterior view from street of the Post Office on a street corner, built in 1919. Women and chil...
Historical Essay

19th-Century Immigration and Growth

A Short History of Wisconsin
Read about immigration and economic growth in 19th-century Wisconsin.

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