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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...
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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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Vermont House

Date: 1914
Description: The Vermont House, a former tavern used as a residence.
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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: View down center of tree-lined road in Trempealeau. Commercial buildings are in the distance.
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Trempealeau

Date: 1920
Description: A view of Trempealeau.
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Melchoir House

Date: 1914
Description: The Melchoir house, later owned by C. Hudson.
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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.
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View of Perrot State Park

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of Perrot State Park (Trempealeau vicinity) looking west from Brady's Bluff toward the Mississippi River and Minnesota. Railroad tracks run a...
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Mt. Trempealeau, Perrot State Park

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view looking east at Mt. Trempealeau from Brady's Bluff in Perrot State Park. The Mississippi River is visible along the bluffs at upper left, and t...
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Marker, Perrot State Park

Date: 1951
Description: A marker commemorating the French fort erected by Rene Godefrey, Sieur de Linctot, which exisited on this site between 1731-1736. It is thought that the si...
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Melchior Hotel

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

Date: 08 05 1925
Description: The Melchior Hotel on the Mississippi River, with the "brewery at near end." There is a prominent stone portion at right center with several wings or addit...
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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...
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Platform Mounds

Date: 1905
Description: Two of a series of three large platform mounds on the top of a high hill, overlooking the Mississippi and Black River valleys. Two young children are seate...
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Platform Mound at Trempealeau

Date: 1905
Description: View across top of platform mound on the crest of a high hill. Trees are on the left and right. In the background below is the Mississippi River.
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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...
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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.
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Brady's Bluff in Perrot State Park

Date: 1972
Description: Elevated view looking south towards the Mississippi River from Brady's Bluff in Perrot State Park.
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Perrot State Park

Date: 1952
Description: View of Perrot State Park from the opposite shore of the Mississippi river.

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