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First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Council House (First Capitol)

Date: 1870
Description: Council House of the first Wisconsin Territorial Legislature when it met at Belmont in 1836. A young boy or man wearing a hat stands in front near a fence.
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B.F. Hahn and Family Picnic

Date: 1876
Description: Benjamin F. Hahn, his wife Mary and their servant Sarah Hill sit around a table with an intricately patterned cloth with bowls of apples and grapes. The wo...
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Reverend Carl Christian Aas Home

Date: 1873
Description: The home of the Reverend Carl Christian Aas (1843-1898), with the family posing around a table in front of a fence in the foreground. There is a rocking ho...
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L.E. Johnson and B.F. Halin

Date: 1876
Description: Family, including a woman, young man and man sitting around table in a yard, with a two-story stone house with a porch on at least two sides. A young girl ...
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 1876
Description: The Old York Cemetery. The 1872 headstone of Haldor, son of Syver and Martha Holland, is in the foreground, surrounded by a picket fence.
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Brenum Family with Minnie Klatter

Date: 09 19 1876
Description: Left to right: Johannes Brenum (father), Peter, Bernt, Ole, Maria, Ingeborg (mother), Mrs. Margaret Larson (neighbor in plaid dress). Little girl is Minnie...
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Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of Primitive Methodist Church, built in 1864.
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Wagon Bridge in Darlington

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of wagon bridge in Darlington, with a river on the right, a cow in a field, and a building on the left.
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Lafayette County Courthouse and Jail

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Lafayette County courthouse, with the jail in the background.
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Lafayette County Courhouse

Date: 1945
Description: Front view of the Lafayette County courthouse.
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Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

Date: 1900
Description: Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, a Catholic church built in 1866-1868.
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Pecatonica River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Pecatonica River, which is curving from left to right, making two hairpin turns among fields and trees. Hills are in the distance.
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Darlington Racetrack

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from hill of the racetrack at the "Big White Fair".
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1895
Description: Front entrance to the Methodist Episcopal Church, the first parsonage built at Fayette.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

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Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The church was dedicated by Bishop Fellows.
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Pecatonica Battleground

Date: 1930
Description: Pecatonica Battleground.
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View Down Dirt Road

Date: 1920
Description: View looking down a dirt road to Gratiot.
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Yellowstone Lake

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of Yellowstone Lake and surrounding countryside.
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Pecatonica Battleground Marker

Date: 1922
Description: The Pecatonica Battlegound marker, erected by the Rhoda Hinsdale Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Shullsburg and by the town of Wiota...
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Old Stone Church

Date: 1910
Description: A church in Lamont, locally called the Old Stone Church. At the time of the photo it was being used as a barn.

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