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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph looking northeast from Case's Block. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A view of the interior of St. Gabriel's Church. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and sidewalk in front of the church. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | The first school house at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. There is a fence behind the building, and hills in the background. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Kane's Hotel, built in about 1839 by Ezekiel Tainter, and then called the Phoenix Hotel, on Main Street. It passed through many hands but retained the orig... |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | Fort Shelby built in 1814 and named for the Governor of Kentucky, was surrendered to British forces later in 1814 and renamed Fort McKay. Pictured here is ... |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | Fort Shelby, built by the Americans during the War of 1812. In 1814 the fort surrendered to British forces led by Captain Andrew W. Bulger who renamed it F... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford (the second site, with buildings of 1829-?), on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1817 |
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| Description: | Sketch of an elevated view of Fort Crawford (1816-1829). |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford Hospital. A man is sitting on a branch in the yard. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford Military Cemetery. Photograph made before restoration by the United States Government. Soldiers' families were also buried in the cemetery. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford Military Cemetery, as seen before it was restored by the United States Government. Two people are standing in the center near the tombs. |
| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | A topographical view of the site of Fort Crawford. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford ruins. This image may be even earlier than 1875; by the 1880's almost nothing was left of the actual fort compound buildings. Men are sitting... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | A view of Fort Crawford (the second site and buildings of 1829-?). |
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