Date: | 1875 |
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Description: | Head and shoulders oval framed portrait of John Muir (1838-1914). |
Date: | 10 1829 |
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Description: | Fort Crawford as drawn by Seth Eastman. People are in a canoe in the river in the foreground. Across the river is the fort, other buildings around the fort... |
Date: | 1840 |
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Description: | Photograph of a painting of the second Fort Crawford, built 1829-1835. Two men are in a boat in the water in the foreground. The first Fort Crawford at Pra... |
Date: | 1848 |
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Description: | The first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, with the Mississippi River in the foreground. Although dated 1830, this scene was actually painted by Henry Le... |
Date: | 1830 |
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Description: | Illustration of Fort Crawford. Caption reads: "Fort Crawford in 1830, Prairie Du Chien, Wis." |
Date: | 1864 |
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Description: | Fort Crawford was decommissioned in 1856, having outlived its usefulness as a frontier post. During the Civil War, however, it functioned as a military ho... |
Date: | 1820 |
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Description: | A manuscript map of Prairie du Chien. |
Date: | 1836 |
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Description: | Woodcut of Prairie du Chien in 1836. Text at bottom reads: "Prairie du Chien in 1836. From an old cut." |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | One-half stereograph of town, elevated view looking northeast from Case's Block. |
Date: | 1840 |
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Description: | The first school house at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. There is a fence behind the building, and hills in the background. |
Date: | 1840 |
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Description: | Fort Crawford (the second site, with buildings of 1829-?), on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin River. |
Date: | 1875 |
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Description: | Fort Crawford ruins. This image may be even earlier than 1875; by the 1880's almost nothing was left of the actual fort compound buildings. Men are sitting... |
Date: | 1840 |
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Description: | A view of Fort Crawford (the second site and buildings of 1829-?). |
Date: | 1829 |
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Description: | Fort Crawford, from a sketchbook attributed to Seth Eastman, 1808-1875. A graduate of West Point, Eastman briefly served at Fort Crawford, 1829-1839. |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over the Mississippi River. Three men are standing and sitting on the bridge in the foreground. Bu... |
Date: | 1828 |
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Description: | Plat of the Private Claims at Prairie Du Chien. |
Date: | 1864 |
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Description: | View across lawn toward a gazebo, section of a porch, and benches on the campus of St. Mary Academy. The lawn overlooks the Iowa Bluffs across the Mississi... |
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