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Little Yellow River Crossing

Date: 1989
Description: View from the 20th Street Bridge across the Little Yellow River, Town of Necedah, Juneau County. Several dirt covered roads lead into a wooded area.
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Juneau Hotel

Date: 1919
Description: View across street towards the front and right side of the Juneau Hotel.
Postcard

Petenwell Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: Petenwell Bridge. Caption reads: "Pete-eu-nell Bridge, Necedah, Wis."
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E.S. Minor House

Date: 1919
Description: Front view of E.S. Minor house.
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Salter Gravemarker

Date: 1925
Description: Salter marker between Necedah and New Lisbon, marks spot where some Indians killed a Mrs. George Salter on June 13, 1863. Mr. Salter had a log tavern here ...
Photograph

Salter Gravemarker

Date: 1940
Description: Salter marker between Necedah and New Lisbon, marks spot where some Indians killed a Mrs. George Salter on June 13, 1863. Mr. salter had a log tavern here ...
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Crossroads

Date: 1904
Description: View of crossroads where the street meets the railroad tracks. Adults and children are standing to the left next to a train.
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Aerial View of Necedah, Wisconsin

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Necedah, Wisconsin, and Petenwell Lake behind Petenwell Dam on the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Petenwell Dam

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Petenwell Dam and dike on Wisconsin River twenty miles north of Necedah, Wisconsin showing the early formation of Lake Petenwell.
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Scenery at Necedah

Date: 1935
Description: View looking north across the Highway 21 bridge at Necedah Lake. A man, likely a Resettlement Administration worker, stands holding a pipe in the foregroun...
Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps Truck

Date: 1941
Description: A man in a uniform stands beside a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) truck. The photograph is annotated as: "The Gravy Boat." There is a building in the ba...
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Camp Petenwell Labor Battalion

Date: 1936
Description: A group of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men working in a field. On a rough road are three trucks. Two of the trucks have large groups of men in them. ...
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A Car on Petenwell Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: An Paige automobile with six people in it is stopped outside the toll house on the Juneau County side at the foot of the rock. There is a lantern and a roc...
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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Train

Date: 1910
Description: Car number 557 of the Chicago Northwestern railroad at 7th Street. Eight train workers are standing on or around the train.
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Main Street

Date: 1904
Description: View across a body of water toward several buildings along a shoreline. Caption reads: "Main Street, Necedah, Wis. looking south from the residence of Dr. ...
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Petenwell Dam Dedication

Date: 1948
Description: Groups of people are on four or five boats traveling on the Wisconsin River, with a shoreline behind them on the left. In the distance is the opposite shor...

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