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La Crosse Railroad Bridge

Date: 1880
Description: Construction of a railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. A set of railroad tracks is in the foreground, running along the s...
Photograph

Weyauwega Train Depot (Part of the Soo Line)

Date: 1880
Description: A view of the Weyauwega Train Depot building, platform, and railroad tracks. Signs on the building read, "Agency Western Express Co." and "Western Express ...
Map or Atlas

St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad : and Branches, Showing Their Land Grants

Date: 1880
Description: This map covers parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota and advertised 1,000,000 acres of land available. Communities, roads, and railroad lines are lab...
Map or Atlas

Map of the 1st, 3rd, and 7th Wards of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1880
Description: This map shows wards, roads, railroads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, parks, and some landownership. A handwritten annotation in red reads: "Note: S...
Photograph

Men with Ore Carts

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of men posing with ore carts on railroad tracks. One man is standing on the dirt in the cart to the right. They are possibly excavating more di...

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