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Bird's-Eye View of Black Earth Looking from the Northwest

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of Black Earth.
Photograph

View of Argyle

Date: 1876
Description: Probably one of the "Three different views of the village of Argyle, Wis." mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." A view of the town a...
Postcard

View looking Southwest from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view of Fort Howard taken from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with the dam and river. A tugboat is in the river above the dam. Caption reads: "View o...
Postcard

View Looking North Showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with a boat, train, and the buildings at Fort Howard. Fort Howard was incorporated into Green Bay. Captio...
Drawing

Elevated View over River

Date: 1876
Description: View looking southeast over river from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator.
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Made from U.S. Surveys and from minutes furnished by Jos. S. Buck and Dr. C. Chase. Scale 20 CHs to an inch.
Drawing

Nashotah Mission

Date: 1876
Description: Distant view of Neshotah Mission. River with boaters, two people standing on riverbank, mission on hill in background.
Photograph

Log Jam on River

Date: 1876
Description: Log jam on a high-water river, probably the Ice Gorge of 1876.
Photograph

Ice Gorge

Date: 1876
Description: Town and business district, showing the early covered bridge across from the tail race of the powerhouse, with logs overflowing the river into yards, proba...
Photograph

Ice Gorge

Date: 1876
Description: Logs piled on the shore of town, possibly due to Ice Gorge of 1876.
Map or Atlas

Head of Lake Superior Map

Date: 1876
Description: Map of the area around the head of Lake Superior, including the cities of Superior and Duluth.
Drawing

Ship on Fort Howard River

Date: 1876
Description: Drawing of a ship being loaded by Elmore & Kelly's Elevator on Fort Howard River looking north. A town and a train are in the background.
Map or Atlas

Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1876
Description: A map of Wisconsin and the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula showing the township grid, counties, towns, river systems, and lakes. The borders ...
Map or Atlas

Kenosha Racine Milwaukee Waukesha Walworth Jefferson and Parts of Rock Dodge Washington and Ozaukee Counties

Date: 1876
Description: This color-coded map of the geology of southeastern Wisconsin shows the township grid, counties, towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, and railroads. ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

Date: 1876
Description: This 1876 map of Saint Croix County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, towns, cities and villages, land ownership and acreages, wagon...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ahnepee [sic] Harbor and River, Wisconsin : Showing Project of Improvement Recommended by the Board of Engineers

Date: 1876
Description: This 1876 map shows the mouth of the Ahnapee River at Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, with soundings given in tenths of a foot. Proposed improvements a...
Map or Atlas

Map of Port Washington Harbor

Date: 1876
Description: This map shows existing and proposed harbor improvements, streets, the Sauk River, and Lake Michigan. On the bottom of the map inscribed in ink is: "44th C...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Location of Black River, Bridge, and C.M. and St. P. Ry

Date: 1876
Description: This map is ink on tracing cloth and shows the Black River, French Slough, Little French Slough, the southern portion of North La Crosse, the Milwaukee & S...
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Plat map of a section of Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: A plat map of a section of Milwaukee.

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