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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | During the War of 1812, the only battle fought in Wisconsin was in Prairie du Chien, in 1814. Made fifty-six years later, this birds eye drawing depicts th... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel packet, Red Wing, at a landing on the upper Mississippi River between 1870 and 1882. The sign painted over the wheel reads: "Keokuk N... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Half stereograph of an elevated view from hill showing the confluence of the Mississippi River and the St. Croix River. A man wearing a hat is in the foreg... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over the Mississippi River. Three men are standing and sitting on the bridge in the foreground. Bu... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A geological survey map of Wisconsin, with hand-colored portions showing the surveys completed from 1873 to 1875. Although the title and legend are in Wel... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | This map is mostly pencil on paper map but includes latitude and longitude grid in ink. The map covers the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca to the Wiscon... |
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