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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A view of the site of the original Fort Crawford (1816-1831). |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Former residence of the commanding officer. General Zachary Taylor was its first resident. It was subsequently rebuilt under the command of General Brooke.... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A view of the ruins of the guardhouse used in 1883. Caption reads: "Ruins of Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford ruins. Caption reads: "Ruins of Old Fort Crawford, Prairie-du-Chien, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Ruins of Fort Crawford. A windmill is in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Ruins of Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wis." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford (the second site, showing ruins of the building of 1892-?). These are the ruins of the hospital. Caption reads: "The Ruins of Old Fort Crawfo... |
| Date: | 1823 |
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| Description: | British evacuation of their fort at Prairie du Chien after the end of the War of 1812. Fort Shelby, the first fort at Prairie du Chien, was built in 1814 b... |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford, from a sketchbook attributed to Seth Eastman, 1808-1875. A graduate of West Point, Eastman briefly served at Fort Crawford, 1829-1839. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Dousman House hotel, surrounded by Mississippi River flood water in spring. View looking northwest. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Dousman Hotel seen from an elevated view of the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View from bridge over the river towards the Diamond Jo warehouse on the shoreline. Hills are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over the long roof of the Diamond Jo warehouse. The Mississippi River is on the left, with hills in the background. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over the long roof of the Diamond Jo warehouse. The Mississippi River is on the left, and hills are in the background. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from bridge of the Diamond Jo warehouse along the Mississippi River shoreline. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the DeLury log cabin, where four generations (at time of photograph) of the same family have lived. Probably built around 1840. A man is standing... |
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