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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the town with a church building in the left foreground. Caption reads: "Birds Eye View Mt Sterling, Wis."
Postcard

Ruins of Fort Crawford

Date: 1915
Description: Ruins of Fort Crawford. A windmill is in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Ruins of Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wis."
Postcard

Pontoon Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Pontoon Bridge. Caption reads: "Largest Pontoon Bridge in the U.S. Scene at the Tri Cities, North and South McGergor and Prairie du Chien....
Postcard

Black Hawk Tree

Date: 1915
Description: Caption reads: "Black Hawk Tree, Prairie du Chien, Wis." The tree is in the center of an unpaved road. It was rumored that Chief Black Hawk hid within this...
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French Cemetery

Date: 1915
Description: French Cemetery. The Stone tombs are the graves of Joseph Rolette and his daughter, Elisabeth.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1915
Description: A moving train departs the Ferryville depot. Two men are near wooden boxes and containers. Four girls sit on the ground near the platform, and one of them ...
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Elevated View of the Mississippi River

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the Mississippi River from a bluff. There is a farm and other houses along the shoreline, and in the foreground a boy stands on the bluff ...

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