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| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Wilson's Tavern, north of the point where the road from Black Hawk enters Trunk Highway 60. Built by John Wilson on Wilson Creek. |
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| Description: | Western Hotel. The original tavern was built in 1834 (?) by William Shields (?). In 1845 it was operated by his son Simon Shields. In 1873 the Hotel was ta... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of the front of the Empire House Hotel, showing the porch and balcony. There are many wicker chairs on the porch, and there is an automobile parked ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Ruggles Tavern from yard. There is a long, screened-in porch along the front of the L-shaped building. A stone mounting block is at the c... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A log cabin and frame house behind the Milton House. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house w... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Milton House Inn. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by Joseph Good... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Steele Tavern, built in 1849. The large, two-story wooden building with a rear wing, is in a state of neglect. The portion on the left has twelve over eigh... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A copy of an old photograph of the W. McAuley Halfway House, an inn between Prairie du Chien and Viroqua. Mr. McAuley sits on a chair while a granddaughter... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View from gate of the "Ruggles Place" between Mineral Point and Arena. The house has two large chimneys; stone pillars support ironwork gates at the entran... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A barn with a large cupola, built in 1852, on "The Capt. W.P. Ruggles Estate." |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View of the Low Tavern from the yard. There are two small porches on the left and right side of the building, and two chimneys. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Stone Barn Tavern, located about three miles west of Milton. The three cottonwood trees in front of the tavern were brought from Vermont. There are sev... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Clothes dry on a line behind the Prairie House Inn north of Monroe. The house has an exposed stone lower level and a porch wrapping around the two sides w... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A wooden, two-story saltbox style building in an advanced state of neglect. |
| Date: | 08 04 1925 |
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| Description: | View from across street of three-story, classical revival, Bay State House. There is a side wing and a two-story porch across the front. An automobile is p... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A dam and small mill building on the Willow River. The plant, built by Christian Burkhardt as part of the Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Company, ope... |
| Date: | 07 22 1925 |
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| Description: | A large wooden classical revival style building with rear extension identified as the Dousman House, or tavern. "[It] stands a few miles east of Waukesha, ... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | A mower and car parked in front of the dilapidated Mayne Hotel. Two boys are standing to the right of the car, and two men are talking near a wagon and bug... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | This old hotel was known variously as the Park, Brick, or Circus hotel and dates from the 1870s. The large brick structure has a front gable with fancy shi... |
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