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Charles Green

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Description: Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard.
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Laxey Church

Date: 1947
Description: Laxey Church, built prior to the Civil War, was named after Laxey in the Isle of Man, from which many of the immigrants had come. There is a cemetery with ...
Photograph

Church

Date: 1955
Description: View of a church with gravestones in the foreground.
Photograph

General View

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Description: View along fence line of a rural area. There is a road on the left and farmland on the right. A person is traveling down the road, visible as a blur. In th...
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Cemetery

Date: 1920
Description: View across road of a cemetery.
Map or Atlas

Map of Iowa County Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: A map of Iowa County, Wisconsin mounted on cloth that shows the villages of Avoca, Mifflin, Linden, Arena, Helena Station, Highland, Dodgeville, as well as...
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The Laxey Cemetery

Date: 03 13 2012
Description: The Laxey cemetery, southwest of Dodgeville. There is a small structure with a crucifix on it. The cemetery is surrounded by trees.
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Rephotographic Pair: The Laxey Church and Cemetery

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Description: A vintage view of the Laxey Church, paired with a modern view of the Laxey cemetery in the same location.

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