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Log Jam
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View of a log jam on a river. Caption on back of stereograph reads, "Dells of St. Croix, from series of Minnesota Views." There is a group of people posed in the lower portion of the image. This area became a state park on the Minnesota side of the river in 1895 and Wisconsin's first state park in 1900 (Interstate Park).
Upton, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
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Man near Large Pothole
A man is standing above a large pothole carved from the rock by a glacier. Caption on stereograph reads: "Dalles of the St. Croix." This is at Interstate park which became a state park in 1900 on t...
Interstate State Park
St. Croix River
Site of the world's largest log jam in 1886 when 150 million board feet of logs piled up along three miles of the river. It took 200 men working for six weeks to free the jam.
Interstate Park, Dells of the St. Croix
1914
Postcard of the Interstate Park, located on the St. Croix River at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and Taylors Falls, Minnesota. This is postcard 4610 in a series by E.A. Bishop of Racine. The postcard...
Interstate Park
1914
Text on front reads: "Interstate Park. Dells of the St. Croix." Elevated view of the Dells of the St. Croix River between Wisconsin and Minnesota. Text on reverse: "State Park Series. Interstate Pa...
Log Jam on the River
View of a log jam on the river, with a forest in the background. Caption reads: "Log Jam."
"Old Man of the Dalles," Interstate State Park
1929
View of the rock formation known as the "Old Man of the Dalles" in the Interstate State Park near Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin. The St. Croix River is in the background with wooded landscape and a ...
