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Painting

Bad Axe Battleground

Date: 1856
Description: This landscape painting by Samuel Marsden Brookes and Thomas H. Stevenson depicts a broad view of the confluence of Bad Axe and Mississippi Rivers; site of...
Map or Atlas

The State of Wisconsin Compiled from the Latest Authorities

Date: 1856
Description: This map show the surveyed southern part of state and includes "profile of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road." Counties are shown in pink, green, blu...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Map

Date: 1856
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin, showing the county boundaries, towns, cities, railroads, roads, lakes, rivers, bays, and the Lake Superior’s islands. In ...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin: With the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1856
Description: This map with an ornamental border shows the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railroads, road...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin: With the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1856
Description: This map of shows the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railroads, roads, and the Menomonee an...
Map or Atlas

Map of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Rail Road and Connections

Date: 1856
Description: This map depicts the route of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad in Wisconsin. Other railroads in Wisconsin, northern Michigan, and northern Illinois wit...
Map or Atlas

City of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, the Mississippi River, Fort Crawford, depot ground, and a graveyard. An old fort location is outlined in red...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin Exhibiting the Mineral Point Rail Road and its Connections

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows the railroad routes and connection of the Mineral Point Railroad. Lake Michigan is on the far right, while Lake Superior is at the top of th...
Map or Atlas

Railroad System of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows the railroad routes that lead to Milwaukee. Included are portions of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. Lake Michigan is on the right, while Lake...
Map or Atlas

Sketch of the Public Surveys in Wisconsin and Territory of Minnesota

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows township grids, existing settlements, Indian reservations, rivers, lakes, and treaty lines. Included is a portion of Minnesota. Lake Michiga...
Map or Atlas

Map of Buffalo City, Buffalo Co., Wisconsin : Laid Out 150 Miles Below St. Paul

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows the city as planned by the General Colonization Society, including streets, land parcels, two subdivisions of out-lots with graveyard, schoo...

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