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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the oldest Protestant... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Indian Burying Grounds LaPointe Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Indian cemetery. A large body of water is in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Burying Grounds, Bayfield, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Old Mission, as seen from the pier with Old Mission Congregational Church behind it. This Mission was established in 1830 by Fred... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The Mission Dock with a large white building behind it. It is not the Old Mission House, as sometimes believed to be, and the term "Mission Dock" may not e... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Inn by what is believed to be the first Protestant religious building in Wisconsin called Old Mission Congregational Church. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Inn by what is believed to be the first Protestant religious building in Wisconsin called Old Mission Congregational Church. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Inn, originally built as a mission house in 1832 by the Congregational mission established by Frederick Ayer in 1830. In later years furthe... |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Inn, originally built as a mission house in 1832 by the Congregational mission established by Frederick Ayer in 1830. In later years furthe... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The O-Sho-Ga monument near the Indian burial grounds. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Island, La Pointe, O-Sho-Ga Monument near the old Indi... |
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| Description: | St. Joseph's Catholic Church built in 1841 by Father Frederick Baraga (later Bishop), who established his mission in 1835. A small log church was commenced... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | St. Joseph's Catholic Church built in 1841 by Father Frederick Baraga (later Bishop), who established his mission in 1835. A small log church was commenced... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | It is unsure if these keys belong to the original St. Joseph's that was built in 1835 or in the later church from 1841. The keys were presented to the Soci... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Old Treaty Hall, so called because of a treaty signed there on September 30, 1854 between the Chippewas and the settlers that gave the land to the United S... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Interior of Old Treaty Hall, so called because of a treaty signed there on September 30, 1854 between the Chippewas and the settlers that gave the land to ... |
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| Description: | The Old Mission, including the Old Mission Inn on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Man in canoe close to shoreline with a bridge in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View over railroad tracks of railway depot. Men are standing around the station, and carts are parked on the station platform. |
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