Spearing sturgeon in the Lower Dells

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c.1880

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Black and white postcard showing three men and large fish being speared at a dam made of logs. Text on back: "Spearing sturgeon in the Lower Dells. The Lower Dells has always had an abundant supply of sturgeon. This photo by pioneer photographer H.H. Bennett, taken in the late 1880s at the cribs near the present damsite shows a local spear fisherman and his catch."

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