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Bird's-Eye View of Omro

Date: 1870
Description: This bird's-eye-view map shows roads, a river with boats, and homes. The bottom margin of the map includes an index.
Photograph

Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee

Date: 1870
Description: Buildings along Wisconsin Avenue lining a wide dirt road.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: Baraboo was first settled around 1838, and by 1870 it had become the county seat and the thriving village illustrated here. This birds eye drawing depicts ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Jefferson

Date: 1870
Description: Although the first European settlement in Jefferson was in 1836, the Village of Jefferson was first incorporated as a city in 1878. Made eight years earlie...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Prairie du Sac

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Sauk City

Date: 1870
Description: Sauk City is the oldest incorporated village in Wisconsin (incorporated in 1854) and also has the oldest organized volunteer fire department in the state, ...
Map or Atlas

Kilbourn City, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kilbourn City, now known as Wisconsin Dells. Kilbourn City was platted in the 1850s and received a boost when the La Crosse and Milwaukee...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Neenah

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Neenah.
Map or Atlas

Oconomowoc, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Oconomowoc depicts street names and street layouts, houses, trees, Oconomowoc River, Fowler Lake, and La Belle Lake. A reference key a...
Map or Atlas

Plymouth, Wis. Sheboygan County

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Plymouth.
Map or Atlas

Tomah, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Tomah.
Map or Atlas

Weyauwega, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Weyauwega.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Photograph

Pinckney Street

Date: 1870
Description: View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background.
Photograph

North Broadway with Dirt Road

Date: 1870
Description: View of dirt road with houses along both sides, and wooden walkways and picket fences along the road.
Photograph

California House

Date: 1870
Description: View of the California house next to a store with a sign that reads: "M. Silber & Bro.," and a "Boot & Shoe Store." A bakery is on the left, and a group of...
Photograph

Western Hotel

Date: 1870
Description: View down road towards the Western Hotel on the left. The original tavern was built in 1834 (?) by William Shields (?). In 1845 it was operated by his son ...
Photograph

Monroe Courthouse Square

Date: 1870
Description: West side view of the Courthouse Square, with Hassinger & Chandler Dry Goods in the foreground.
Print

Across Bridge in Wauwatosa

Date: 1870
Description: An advertisement featuring Wauwatosa, showing the First Baptist Church, on the left, built in 1854 and the First Congregational Church, on the right built ...
Photograph

Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1870
Description: View over rooftops towards the primitive Methodist Church, which is surrounded by homes.

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