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The Landing of Jean Nicolet

Date: 1904
Description: Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Map

Date: 1848
Description: In 1849, northern Wisconsin was composed of huge sectional regions such as Chippewa, Portage, Brown and Crawford, whereas southern Wisconsin was constitute...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1862
Description: Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ...
Print

View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1935
Description: View of Sturgeon Bay.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Settled Part of Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1838
Description: Compiled from the latest authorities. Published by Hinman and Dutton.
Map or Atlas

Appleton's General War Map of the United States

Date: 1860
Description: This colored map shows railroad lines east of the Mississippi as well as in the states bordering the Mississippi River. The Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico ...
Map or Atlas

Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: A hand-colored map of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan shows the counties, cities, villages, rivers, lakes, railroads, and steamboat routes in these stat...
Map or Atlas

Soils of Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: A geological map of northern Wisconsin showing the locations of different soil types in the state such as sandy soil, sandy loam, prairie loam, clayey loam...
Map or Atlas

Geologic Map of Wisconsin : Showing Artesian Conditions and Elevations of the Pre-Cambrian

Date: 1915
Description: This map shows the extent of Wisconsin and pre-Wisconsin drift. The bottom left of the map includes a map categorizing the colors used into geologic period...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee Map Folder

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows a view of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It highlights state trunk highways, principal county trunks and other secondary highways and type...
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Plat map of a section of Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: A plat map of a section of Milwaukee.

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