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Stone Hop House

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of a stone hop house built by Jesse Carpenter in 1894. It was sold to James Stuart "when the crash came."
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Mill and Store

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view across field of mill and store at Black Hawk. There are feed sacks on the porch of the mill, and a horse is on the far right.
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Harrisburg Church

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Harrisburg Church. There are long hills in the background.
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Empire House Hotel

Date: 08 1925
Description: A view of the front of the Empire House Hotel, showing the porch and balcony. There are many wicker chairs on the porch, and there is an automobile parked ...
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Hile House

Date: 1921
Description: View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office...
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Stephen Bell Home

Date: 1909
Description: View acorss road of the home of Stephen Bell, which served as the last post office at King's Corners in the Town of Sumpter. Bell was the last postmaster h...
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Hop House

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of a hop house built in about 1868 by H.J. Meyer.
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Ruggles Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of Ruggles Tavern from yard. There is a long, screened-in porch along the front of the L-shaped building. A stone mounting block is at the c...
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House with Fence

Date: 1907
Description: View up dirt road or track towards a two-story L-shaped frame house with a fence along the front. The right end of the house has a roof suspended over the ...
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Farm Yard

Date: 1906
Description: A view of the William Ruggles farm with an old farm wagon in the foreground. A number of farm buildings are in the background, with a fence and hill on the...
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Landscape from the Top of Gibraltar Rock

Date: 1909
Description: The view from Gibraltar Rock across farm fields and woods. There are corn shocks in several of the fields. A farm house and outbuildings stand near a pond...
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Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: A double exposure of a landscape featuring a very large tree and farm houses superimposed on an image of buildings and crowds at the Sauk County Fairground...
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Site of Holton Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A car and driver stop on a country road near Mt. Horeb at the site of the Holton Tavern. A windmill and tree stand on the site and there is debris at the ...
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Ruggles Farm

Date: 1926
Description: View from gate of the "Ruggles Place" between Mineral Point and Arena. The house has two large chimneys; stone pillars support ironwork gates at the entran...
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W.P. Ruggles Barn

Date: 1926
Description: A barn with a large cupola, built in 1852, on "The Capt. W.P. Ruggles Estate."
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Toll House

Date: 1924
Description: The old toll house. The house is surrounded by a sagging wire fence, and there are two pumps in the overgrown yard.
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Stone House

Date: 1925
Description: A stone house with a small front porch and balcony stands beside another stone building on the left. There are milk cans and chickens in front of the house...
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John Corn's Place

Date: 09 03 1925
Description: A deteriorating one and a half-story log structure owned by John Corn. He was a Menomonee tribesman who operated a logger's place of entertainment and supp...
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Central Hotel

Date: 08 23 1925
Description: Two men stand in front of the wooden Central Hotel building while a third stands in the doorway. An automobile is parked in front. To the right is a second...
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The Old Mill

Date: 1925
Description: Three-story stone mill built in 1847 by J.C. Sherwood. Many panes of glass in the twelve over twelve windows are broken and the roof over the loading dock ...

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