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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | The Grignon block house, "where the first Mass was said." |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Strang House, also called "Mormon House," where "King" Strang lived and died, and where he published the Voree Herald. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Angled front view of front and left side of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of the First Methodist Church. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | View of the first Norwegian Church built in Gjerpen, organized October 4, 1850. Gjerpen was one of the earliest Norwegian settlements in Wisconsin |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Green Bay harbor and docks. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Body of water body in foreground with boaters, buildings on shore in background. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | New Glarus from an early lithograph. Caption reads: "A Swiss contribution to American culture, New Glarus, Wis., founded in 1845 by Swiss settlers and stil... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | A map which includes the ink and pencil annotations showing the sections, sold parcels of land, and streams and lakes on a printed township base map for To... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Map is pen and pencil on paper. The map shows roads, creeks, and the Chequamegon Bay. The map is undated and prepared sometime between the establishment of... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | This map of Cassville shows plat of town, roads, and the Mississippi River. Relief is shown by hachures. The map includes an inset map of a Plat of townshi... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | This map of Cassville shows plat of the town, roads, landings and public wharfs and the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | This map of the Town of Lake is ink and pencil on paper and shows lots and acreages, reserved land, and public squares. The bottom of the map includes a ke... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | This map of Geneva shows lots and acreages, reserved land, and public squares. Streets and Lake Geneva are labeled. The map includes manuscript annotations... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | This map shows a plat of the town, land owners by name, local streets, railroads, churches, and part of the Rock River. The map is also indexed by church d... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina... |
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