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Map or Atlas

Prentice's Addition to Ashland

Date: 1850
Description: Map is pen and pencil on paper. The map shows roads, creeks, and the Chequamegon Bay. The map is undated and prepared sometime between the establishment of...
Print

Chequamegon Hotel Dinner Menu

Date: 09 04 1885
Description: Exterior and interior bill of fare from The Chequamegon, with views on the back of rock formations, waterfalls, a spot illustration of a train going over a...
Map or Atlas

R.L. Polk & Co.'s Directory Map of the City of Ashland, Wisconsin

Date: 1888
Description: This map shows wards and includes the Chequamegon Bay and Washburn. An inset map shows the Ashland region, its railroads, and a few of its iron mines.
Photograph

Annuity Payment at La Pointe

Date: 1852
Description: Group portrait of members of the La Pointe Band (now known as the Bad River La Pointe Band) of the Ojibwe Nation awaiting annuity payment at La Pointe. Non...
Map or Atlas

Plan of the Town of La Pointe, Wisconsin

Date: 07 1854
Description: Map of La Pointe.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Gogebic Iron Range : As Shown by Developments to April 1st

Date: 1886
Description: This map shows north and south ore veins, landownership, railroads, rivers, and township grid in parts of Ashland County, Wis. and Ontonagon County, Mich. ...
Map or Atlas

Township No. 42 N., Range No. 4 West of the 4th Mer. : Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows drainage, acreages, and timber in the area now part of the Town of Shanagolden. The map includes a survey table, a meanders table, and certi...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Evening Record" Front Page

Date: 03 15 1896
Description: Page one of "Evening Record." The handwritten newspaper includes several hand-drawn color illustrations. Beginning in the top left corner, the illustration...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Evening Record" Page Two

Date: 03 15 1896
Description: Page two of the "Evening Record." The handwritten newspaper includes several hand-drawn illustrations. On the top center of the page, one illustration port...
Photograph

White River Bridge

Date: 1895
Description: Stereograph of the side cliff view of the railroad White River bridge, showing the support beams and river underneath. It is six miles south of Ashland. Th...
Photograph

Ojibwa Woman with Infant and Child

Date: 1866
Description: Stereograph of an Ojibwa woman sitting on an overturned canoe with a baby on her back wrapped in a blanket. A young child is sitting at her feet. They are ...
Photograph

Annuity Payment

Date: 1870
Description: Ojibwa Indians receiving annuity payment. Seated on the right is John W. Bell. Others are, left to right, Asaph Whittlesey, Agent Henry C. Gilbert, and Wil...
Photograph

Unidentified Couple

Date: 06 19 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman and man posing together. The man is sitting in a chair holding a hat and an umbrella. The woman i...

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