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Waukesha, Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: Elevated view of Waukesha with two women wearing dresses with a boy in long pants and tam o'shanter hat in foreground against a split-rail fence. Beyond th...
Photograph

View of Milwaukee, from Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward

Date: 1857
Description: From Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward, looking north, toward the city. Drawing is an elevated view of field and plank fence in foreground, road to the left a...
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View of Madison, the Capital of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th...
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Fond du Lac Map 2/4

Date: 1857
Description: A quarter section of a map of the City of Fond du Lac featuring the Empire Branch Plank Road.
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Fond du Lac Map 3/4

Date: 1857
Description: Quarter section of a map of the city of Fond du Lac featuring the Waupun Plank Road.
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New Map of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: This detailed map was drawn nearly a decade after Wisconsin entered statehood. It depicts the entire state, northern Illinois and part of the upper peninsu...
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Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin : With the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1857
Description: This map depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railroads, roads, and the Menomonee and...
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Colton's Township Map of the State of Wisconsin : Showing the Milwaukee Watertown & Madison R.R. and Its Connections

Date: 1857
Description: This map depicts the township survey grid in Wisconsin and northern Michigan and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, rail...
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State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, and railroads. Boundaries are shown in bl...
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Map of Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Relief shown by hachures. "Lith. of Ed. Mendel, Chicago." Shows townships and sections, rivers, roads, railroads, houses, flour mills, saw mills, furnaces...
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Map of the County of La Crosse Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Map of La Crosse County, Wisconsin showing village plat, farm houses, schools, roads, railroads, township names (New Amsterdam, Dacota, Minnesota, Driesbac...
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Map of the City of Fond du Lac

Date: 1857
Description: This map has relief shown by hachures and pictorially and shows plat of the town, wards, lots, land ownership by name, local roads, highways, railroads, pa...
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Monroe, Green Co., Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows rural landownership and acreages, lot and block numbers, selected buildings, roads, railroads, and public squares. The map is indexed for th...
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Redding and Watson’s Map of Walworth County, Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows roads, railroads, lakes, and land ownership by name. Also included are illustrations of select business and residences, business directories...
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Map of the City of Watertown, Jefferson County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, buildings, some land ownership, wards, waterways, streets, railroads, brick yards, and cemeteries. It includes an ind...
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Map of Wisconsin Showing the Milwaukee & Horicon Railroad

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows the railroad routes of the Milwaukee & Horicon Railroad, common roads, counties, canals, townships, cities, county towns, villages, post off...
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Government Plats, Green Lake County Abstract, Page 1

Date: 1857
Description: Green Lake County Abstract plat map, T. 14 N, R. 11 E.

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