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John Muir

Date: 1875
Description: Head and shoulders oval framed portrait of John Muir (1838-1914).
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View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien

Date: 09 1825
Description: Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov...
Photograph

Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
Print

Kitch-ee-i-aa-ba, or the Big Buck, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief

Date: 1825
Description: Kitch-ee-i-aa-ba, or the Big Buck, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the treaty of Prarie du Chi...
Painting

Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
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...
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The First Norwegian Lutheran Church in Crawford County

Date: 1870
Description: The first Norwegian Lutheran church in Crawford County; a log structure with man standing in front.
Photograph

Artesian Well in Prairie du Chien

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Artesian Well, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since renamed Wacouta). It was dubbed by some...
Photograph

Derailed Locomotive and Cars

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of the Kickapoo & Northern Railway locomotive and cars seen here after being derailed due to flooding on the Kickapoo River.
Photograph

Tower Foundation

Date: 1898
Description: View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f...
Painting

Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
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.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1880
Description: Fort Crawford Hospital. A man is sitting on a branch in the yard.
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Fort Crawford Military Cemetery

Date: 1895
Description: Fort Crawford Military Cemetery, as seen before it was restored by the United States Government. Two people are standing in the center near the tombs.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1875
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...
Painting

Fort Shelby/Fort McKay

Date: 1823
Description: British evacuation of their fort at Prairie du Chien after the end of the War of 1812. Fort Shelby, the first fort at Prairie du Chien, was built in 1814 b...
Photograph

Dousman Office Building

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view across street towards the Dousman Office building, later used as a pearl button factory. A large group of people are sitting and standing at ...
Photograph

Campion College Building

Date: 1864
Description: Oval-framed view of Lawler Hall at Campion College. This image was made during the Civil War when the building was used as a U.S. Military hospital. Prior ...
Photograph

Pile-Pontoon Bridge

Date: 1870
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...
Photograph

Villa Louis Porch

Date: 1898
Description: The Dousman family and friends on the east porch of Villa Louis.
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Shell Buyers with Launch and Barge

Date: 1895
Description: Prairie du Chien (vicinity) about 1895-1900. Shell buyers with their launches and barges docked at shoreline. Freshwater clam shells were used in the pearl...
Photograph

Dousmans and Friends Playing Cards

Date: 1898
Description: Group of twelve people, including Nina Dousman, gathered around a table outdoors, with a fountain spouting water in the background. Four people play cards ...

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