Capturing Our Mission: A Photo Story of Lake Onalaska Rehabilitation Coalition
Image Gallery of Lake Onalaska's History
Rosebud Island 1929
Prior to dam flooding, Rosebud Island (lower right corner of the picture) was completely cleared agricultural land, with residences for two farming families (Barclays and Bothes), and served by a road with a bridge over Halfway Creek at the site of the current Mosey boat landing. All of Rosebud Island was disturbed by agricultural use and there is no old-growth floodplain fores
Rosebud Island 1929 (Zoom-In), blue rectangle highlight
Source: Fritz Funk, LOPRD Commissioner
Aerial of French Island, Northern Lake Onalaska, Rosebud Island April 1, 1991
Notice Rosebud Island almost all clear-cut / cleared for Highway 53 project
Source: Fritz Funk, LOPRD Commissioner via USGS Earth Explorer
Rosebud Island June 23, 1994
Source: Fritz Funk, LOPRD Commissioner via USGS Earth Explorer