Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of the pontoon bridge construction. People are standing on and near the railroad tracks in the foreground. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the bridge across the Mississippi River between Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and Marquette, Iowa. Caption reads: "Suspension Bridge Between... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | View from shoreline towards the bridge over the Mississippi River, built in 1874 and destroyed in 1910. Bluffs are in the background. |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over the Mississippi River. Three men are standing and sitting on the bridge in the foreground. Bu... |
Date: | 1906 |
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Description: | Bluff Street looking east. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. |
Date: | 1906 |
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Description: | Bluff Street looking east. A sign painted on a building on the left reads: "Owl Cigar Now 5 CTS". |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Bluff Street looking east. Pencil notation on this photograph reads: "House marked X is my home and is said to be built from stone from Fort Crawford. -A.C... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Bluff street looking west. Posters are on a wall on the far right next to a building with an awning that reads: "Saloon". |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Caption reads: "Black Hawk Tree, Prairie du Chien, Wis." The tree is in the center of an unpaved road. It was rumored that Chief Black Hawk hid within this... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | The Benedict Octagon House, built about 1843. |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | The Benedict House. Built by Dr. Alonzo Benedict and designed for two families. The original roof did not function correctly, so the builder put on a secon... |
Date: | 08 1931 |
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Description: | The Beaumont memorial marker on the site of Fort Crawford. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | The Astor Company or Brisbois fur trading post. |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Astor fur trading building, The Northwest Fur Company, in 1808. This building was later used as a post office before the Civil War. |
Date: | 1830 |
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Description: | Drawing of the Astor building. Caption reads: "Astor Building in 1830 Main Village Lot Prairie•du•Chien". |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Stereograph of an artesian well, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since renamed Wacouta). Construction was com... |
Date: | 1876 |
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Description: | Stereograph of artesian well, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since renamed Wacouta). |
Date: | 1875 |
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Description: | Stereograph of artesian well, apparently not the same one that was located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since rena... |
Date: | 1901 |
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Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the offices of the American Fur Company. The roof is damaged or deteriorating. |
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