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The First House in Milwaukee, Matthias Stein, Owner

Date: 1858
Description: This house, built on a hill close to the Milwaukee River, was the only one in the city as late as 1840. The owner of the house, Martin [Matthias] Stein, a ...
Painting

Schulz's Farm near Stevens Point in Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber located this farm at about three German miles from Stevens Point. The region's soil was quite fertile. A wooden dwelling house stood in the mids...
Print

Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Drawn a decade after Wisconsin entered statehood, this 1858 map depicts counties, creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress and com...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, and railroads and proposed railroads in W...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map of the entire state of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railro...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Racine in the County of Racine, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, landownership, buildings, railroads, roads, wards, points of interest, parks, and cemeteries. Also included are illus...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., State of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows city wards, streets, block and lot numbers, cemeteries, buildings, landownership, forests, railroads, a race course, quarries, and orchards....
Map or Atlas

Tracing of Field Chart of West Channel of East Neebish Rapids : Surveyed For the Use of the St. Mary’s River Improvement

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows the depth of the West Channel and the different types of minerals that make up the floor bed. The steamboat range station is labeled. A note...
Map or Atlas

Map of the County of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map made up of six panels shows communities, rivers, and Lake Michigan. The map includes several inset maps showing Milwaukee, Humboldt, Franklin, Oak...

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