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Photograph

Portage View

Date: 1856
Description: View of Portage, including St. Mary's Church.
Drawing

Wooden Well in Dekorra

Date: 1850
Description: Black and white ink drawing of an old wooden well.
Photograph

First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1855
Description: Church built in 1855 for First Presbyterian congregation. In May 1892, fire destroyed the interior. The congregation sold the damaged building to the Bapti...
Drawing

Fox-Wisconsin Canal

Date: 1855
Description: Fox-Wisconsin portage and canal map, when the canal was not yet built. From a map in the office of the city clerk at Portage. "The old trail, the location ...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Newport

Date: 1854
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on tracing cloth and shows lot and block numbers, streets, a park, and depots. Some lots are colored red or blue and some in...
Painting

Portage Painting

Date: 1856
Description: "After painting a number of Fox River scenes, "the artists continued their way to Fond du Lac, at the south end of Lake Winnebago, where they found some mo...
Map or Atlas

Plat of the Town of West Columbus

Date: 1854
Description: Register of the Deed Office filed by the land surveyor and lawyer Alfred Topliff. The document includes detailed listings of city blocks. In the right hand...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows plat of town, local streets, railroads, projected railroads, residential buildings, mills, and part of the Crawfish River. The map includes ...
Map or Atlas

Plot of Lewis's First Addition to the Town of West Columbus Situated in Columbia County and State of Wisconsin

Date: 1856
Description: This map is ink and pencil on paper and shows plat of the town, local streets, and blocks and lots by number. The map includes explanatory text.
Map or Atlas

Map of Kilbourn City, Wisconsin

Date: 1856
Description: This plat shows block and lot numbers and land reserved for a railroad and passenger depot. The map includes certifications and registration. Kilbourn City...
Map or Atlas

City of Portage

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows landownership, lot and block numbers, streets, a canal, bridges, Fort Winnebago, the Wisconsin River, and the Fox River. Relief is shown by ...

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