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History · Camp Douglas

A history of Camp Douglas,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Camp Douglas from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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From Camp Douglas’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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Camp Douglas was laid out in 1870. The village was named after a logging camp established by James Douglas, which brought wood to steam locomotives. A post office called Camp Douglas has been in operation since 1873.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

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1880s2 items · Camp Douglas, approaching the campLOC
1890s4 items · Camp Douglas, WisLOC
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Camp Douglas’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCamp Douglas, approaching the camp, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Camp Douglas

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Kurtwood SmithKurtwood SmithNew Lisbon · 6 miTommy ThompsonTommy ThompsonElroy · 12 miHerbert Eugene BoltonHerbert Eugene BoltonWilton · 12 miOrland Steen LoomisOrland Steen LoomisMauston · 13 miAGAnne Nicol GaylorTomah · 11 miARArthur Claude RugeTomah · 11 mi
By decade

Camp Douglas, decade by decade

1880s2 items
Camp Douglas, approaching the campLOCCamp Douglas, approaching the camp1880Camp Douglas, Wis., Castle RocksLOCCamp Douglas, Wis., Castle Rocks1880
1890s4 items
Camp Douglas, WisLOCCamp Douglas, Wis1898Camp Douglas, WisLOCCamp Douglas, Wis1898Camp Douglas, WisLOCCamp Douglas, Wis1898Camp Douglas, Wis., Castle Rocks, distant viewLOCCamp Douglas, Wis., Castle Rocks, distant view1898
1900s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Camp Douglas is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Camp Douglas has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Henry and Barbara Bierbauer House in New Lisbon, 6.2 miles away.

Camp Douglas and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Camp Douglas. Tap a dot.
Henry and Barbara Bierbauer HouseKendalls DepotTomah Boy Scout CabinWeston-Babcock HouseTomah Post OfficeTomah Public Library

Closest to Camp Douglas

Henry and Barbara Bierbauer HouseNew Lisbon · Built 18696.2miKendalls DepotKendall · Built 190010.1miTomah Boy Scout CabinTomah · Built 193412.1miWeston-Babcock HouseNecedah · Building12.2miTomah Post OfficeTomah · Classical Revival12.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Henry and Barbara Bierbauer House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Camp Douglas?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Camp Douglas’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Camp Douglas, approaching the camp (1880) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Orange📜 Hustler📜 Fountain📜 Oakdale

From the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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