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Sunken Boat "Quincy"

Date: 1906
Description: Bow of the sidewheel packet, "Quincy," sunk in 1906. People are standing on temporary pier beside her. Later raised and renamed the "J.S."
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Sternwheel Excursion of J.S.

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S., near Trempealeau, taken between 1901 and 1910.
Drawing

Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau

Date: 1872
Description: The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Sinking Boat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: Side view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, sinking in 1906. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Lat...
Photograph

Sidewheel Packet Quincy Sinking

Date: 1906
Description: Sidewheel packet Quincy, sinking. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Later renamed the J.S.
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View from First Peak

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view from first peak of Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
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Trempealeau

Date: 1920
Description: A view of Trempealeau.
Photograph

View at Trempealeau, Wis.

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph of Trempealeau from the river with two men in a boat in the foreground.
Photograph

Fourth Street, Trempealeau, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Fourth street in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: Main Street looking south.
Photograph

Melchoir House

Date: 1931
Description: Drawing of the Melchoir House, which was a popular hostelry and brewery operated by Jacob Melchoir. It later became an Indian boarding house.
Photograph

Melchior Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: View from road of a two-story brick structure identified as the Melchior Hotel. See also image 67069.
Photograph

Steamboat Quincy Sinking in the Mississippi River

Date: 1906
Description: Group of people stand on pier near the Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906. It was raised and renamed the J.S. There are men on th...
Photograph

Highway Signs to Perrot State Park

Date: 
Description: Three different signs with directions to Perrot State Park are lined up on a bench.
Map or Atlas

Map of Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wis.

Date: 1854
Description: This map is mounted on cloth and shows lot and block numbers, streets, additions, and public squares. Also included is information on Trempealeau, an inset...
Drawing

Mound Map

Date: 11 11 1921
Description: A hand-drawn map of Little Bluff mounds.
Drawing

The Old French Post Near Trempealeau

Date: 
Description: Drawing, with watercolor added, of a French fort next to a body of water with a large hill in the background. There are canoes at the water's edge. Structu...
Photograph

Sunken Steamboat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: View across water towards the steamer Quincy, of the Diamond Jo Line, partially sunken into the Mississippi River and listing to port near the shore...
Map or Atlas

Trempealeau Mountain Park

Date: 1920
Description: This blue print map shows landownership between 1913 and 1916, topography, railroads, and roads. The map covers the vicinity of Perrot State Park.
Photograph

Fireplace Ruins

Date: 04 18 1888
Description: Stereograph of fireplace ruins on the site of an old French fort, possibly built by Nicholas Perrot. There is an electric pole behind the fireplace and a g...

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