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| Date: | 1830 |
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| Description: | Illustration of Fort Crawford. Caption reads: "Fort Crawford in 1830, Prairie Du Chien, Wis." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | Photoprint of Crawford County lead district map. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A view of Sacred Heart College and the surrounding landscape. Each dormer window has a cross on its peak and the center of the building has a bell tower. |
| Date: | 1830 |
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| Description: | This early 19th century manuscript map of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, shows sections, landownership and acreages, roads, and ferries in the towns of Bridg... |
| Date: | 01 09 1849 |
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| Description: | Shows county line boundaries, rivers, and falls. Includes explanation of township and county divisions. Pen and pencil on paper. Title supplied by cataloge... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | This is a plat map of "Wauzeeka" drawn in pencil. The map shows numbered lots, labeled streets, the Kickapoo River, and railroads. The map reads: "Laid out... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | This map is ink on cardboard and shows the location of military forts over the course of years. Also shown are points of interest, streets, the Mississippi... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map is ink, pencil, and color on paper and shows numbered lots and labeled streets. The bottom margin of the map reads: "Recorded in the Registry of d... |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | This map is ink and watercolor on paper and shows the main channel and sand bars in the Mississippi River between villages. |
| Date: | 1830 |
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| Description: | This map is ink, color, and pencil on paper and shows streets, farm lots, and a church. Handwritten notes are at the bottom of the map and are very light. |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | This map is a development plat that shows street names, numbered blocks and lots, and small farm lot owners. Included on the right of the map is a large am... |
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