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Mesas and Buttes Historical Marker

Date: 1940
Description: The Mesas and Buttes historical marker in Mill Bluff State Park. The marker reads: "Mesas and Buttes. These so-called mounds with flat tops and cliffed sid...
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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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Mauston Wisconsin Aerial Views

Date: 03 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Mauston, Wisconsin.
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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.
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Aerial View of Castle Rock Dam

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Castle Rock Dam on the Wisconsin River near Mauston, Wisconsin.
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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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Aerial Photographs of Camp Douglas

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Camp Douglas with Volk Field in the background.
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Aerial Photographs of Wonewoc

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Aerial view of Wonewoc.
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Aerial Photographs of New Lisbon

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Aerial view of New Lisbon.
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Camp Williams Site Plan

Date: 1947
Description: Map includes a legend identifying four types of runway lights for aircraft, and a building index. The map includes an inset of the site and location plan. ...
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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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Orland Loomis Family

Date: 1940
Description: The Orland Loomis family relaxing at home. Mrs. Loomis holds a book, and leans slightly to look at her husband, who is also holding a book. A daughter sits...
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Orland Loomis

Date: 1940
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Orland Loomis.
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Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of street lined with merchandise stalls, a merry-go-round and a Ferris wheel set up for the Harvest Festival. A large crowd of people is in l...
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Deer Hunting Near New Miner

Date: 1948
Description: Four men and a woman are posing around a car, on which three killed deer are set on the hood of the car. A cat has its paws on the front of the car and is ...
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Melvina Krauss and Friends

Date: 1949
Description: Reverend Melvina Krauss (in front wearing a dark dress) posing with three other women. They are probably members of the Western Wisconsin Camp Association....
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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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