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Black and white photograph of a boom of logs being moved to the mill by the steam powered tug "Betsie". Logs were dumped into Duck Lake before sawing to remove dirt that dulled the saws.
The Wylie Cooperage factory and the small company village…

Black and white photograph of the tug "Betsie" with workers, 1897-1914. The Wylie Cooperage factory and the small company village of Wylie were both located on Duck Lake just north of the State Park. They made barrels, between 1897 and about 1914,of…

Black and white photograph of Wylie Cooperage lumber camp probably near Duck Lake in the Interlochen area

Black and white photograph of workers at the Wylie Cooperage Company factory with barrel staves. The cooperage operated from 1897 to 1914, and made barrels from the hardwood that remained after lumbering ended in the Pine forests. The Manistee &…

Assembly Hall of Camp Penn Loch on Duck Lake. This was previously the mess hall for the Wylie Cooperage before the factory burned about 1914. Camp Pennloch was a private boys camp run by Willis Pennington.

Pete Fisher was the superintendant of the Wylie Cooperage factory in the company village of Wylie. This was his house. Later, when this picture was taken, it was owned by Louis and Mary Schroeter. The building has been torn down.

Wylie baseball team. Each community had a team and played the neighboring town's team.
The Wylie Cooperage factory and the small company village of Wylie were both located on Duck Lake just north of the State Park. They made barrels, between 1897…

Tug boat "Betsie" on Duck Lake at the Wylie Cooperage.

Cooks in the mess hall kitchen. The Wylie Cooperage factory and the small company village of Wylie were both located on Duck Lake just north of the State Park. They made barrels, between 1897 and about 1914,of the hard woods remaining after the…

1. Manistee and Northeastern Railroad train tracks through the pines (present State Park).
2. Hotel Pennington launch headed to Peninsula Point on Green lake.
3. Betsie River Bridge at the inlet to Green Lake.
4. Logs at the Wylie cooperage
5.…