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Bong P-38 Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: An early view of the Richard Ira Bong Memorial - a P-38, although not a plane that Bong himself flew. The plane was acquired from the Air Force by the loca...
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Brisbois and Tilmont Monuments on Mount Pleasant

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Description: Graves of Michel Brisbois and (?) Tilmont on a bluff overlooking Prairie du Chien.
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Doty Monument

Date: 1953
Description: Grave monument of James Duane Doty, who served as territorial governor and delegate of Wisconsin and territorial governor of Utah. The monument is located...
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Gettysburg Hero

Date: 1903
Description: Statue of John L. Burns, the elderly citizen-hero of the Battle of Gettysburg, who fought with the 7th Wisconsin on July 1, 1863 and was wounded. A veteran...
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Monument of Nelson Dewey

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Description: Postcard depicting the monument of Nelson Dewey. He has a long beard and sits in a chair on a pedestal. Trees are in the background. Text at the bottom re...
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To Move Monument Five Miles

Date: 1917
Description: View of the Ames monument, built to memorialize Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames Jr., who were instrumental in completing the Union Pacific portion of the transc...

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