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| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Wilson's Tavern, north of the point where the road from Black Hawk enters Trunk Highway 60. Built by John Wilson on Wilson Creek. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Stone chapel on a hillside at Durwards Glen. |
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| Description: | Brick and stone religious fountain in the shape of a Gothic arch, with a cross in the center and a pinnacle on top. The cross is engraved with the words, "... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Small wooden structure with what looks to be ventilation grating, obscured by foliage. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of two Lombardy poplar trees next to a stone building. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A young man stands outside of the Grand Army of the Republic hall. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Dell House, built in 1828 by Robert Allen in the vicinity of the Wisconsin Dells. This Inn was later operated by the J.B. McCuen Family. It burned down som... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Steele Tavern, built in 1849. The large, two-story wooden building with a rear wing, is in a state of neglect. The portion on the left has twelve over eigh... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View up dirt road or track towards a two-story L-shaped frame house with a fence along the front. The right end of the house has a roof suspended over the ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The view from Gibraltar Rock across farm fields and woods. There are corn shocks in several of the fields. A farm house and outbuildings stand near a pond... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The old toll house. The house is surrounded by a sagging wire fence, and there are two pumps in the overgrown yard. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View of the Low Tavern from the yard. There are two small porches on the left and right side of the building, and two chimneys. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This two-story wooden structure was originally the house of LaFayette Hill (1812-1853), a member of Wisconsin's first Constitutional Convention and settler... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The brick, Italianate style Fox House hotel in Columbus. There are brackets under the overhang and a large belvidere. A sign on the building advertises Coc... |
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