Taylor County, Wisconsin
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Taylor County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,913. Its county seat is Medford. It is mostly rural, lying roughly where corn and dairy farms to the south give way to forest and swamp to the north.
The Taylor County Courthouse in Medford
A crew hauling logs for the Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company in northwest Taylor County, 1909
Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area, in the Chequamegon National Forest, in the north-central part of the county
A farm in Taft in December
Black River (Wisconsin)
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The Black River is a river in west-central Wisconsin and tributary of the Mississippi River. The river is approximately 190 miles (310 km) long. During the 19th century, pine logs were rafted down the Black, heading for sawmills at La Crosse and points beyond.
Black River dam in Black River Falls
Delta of the Black River at the Mississippi River across from Great River Bluffs State Park, Minnesota.
The Black freezes over in winter and snowmobilers run on the ice. (Looking downstream from the highway 64 bridge in the Chequamegon National Forest west of Medford.)
Bridge No. 4 of seven