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Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View over Mississippi River of town on shoreline with bluff in the background. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The home of Governor Nelson Dewey, built in 1842 and later owned by Miss Abbey Phelps. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | The Grant County Soldier's Monument was erected in 1866 and dedicated in July of 1867. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "First Soldier's Monuments Erected in the US — Lancaster Wis". There is a cannon and cannon balls on the lawn to the left of the monuments. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Grant County Soldier's Monument. A group of people are standing around the monument. A large building is in the background. Caption at... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph elevated view of a home in Lancaster. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Lancaster from behind a wooden fence. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view looking downhill towards the three-story Farwell Hotel in Lancaster. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view looking downhill towards Lancaster, with the Congregational Church to the right. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of Court House Square in Lancaster. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view across grounds towards the Trinity Episcopal Church, built in 1864. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A view of the First Methodist Church. Two men are standing in front of the church behind a fence. |
| Date: | 12 1899 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Montfort, population 800. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Man in coat and top hat holding the harness of a horse attached to a buggy. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Potosi Brewery at about the time Adam Schumacher took over the operation. Children and adults can be seen near a fence and in horse-dr... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map showing the main street of Potosi, Wisconsin, with an inset for the Potosi Brewery. |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | A view of the college and surrounding green space at Saint Clara Academy. Saint Clara Academy moved to River Forest, Illinois in 1922, and since 1970 has g... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Plat for a proposed Sinsinawa City (never built), in Grant County, Wis. When it became clear in the mid-1830s that Wisconsin Territory would be established... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View over water of a three-decked sternwheeler loaded with passengers and flying two large flags. The one at the back is a United States flag. There is a s... |
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