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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Fort Howard hospital marker that reads: "Old Fort Howard • 1816 • This building formerly stood with the surgeons quarters and the powder magazine by the ri... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Tank Cottage, aka the Roi-Poerlier-Tank Cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the front of the cottage and the stone wall. Text reads: "Roi 1776, Porlier 1805, Tank 1850." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a canoe on the St. Croix River with wooded areas on both sides within the Interstate State Park. Established in 1900, Interstate Park was... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A marker at Lake Pepin made by the sixth grade of Whitehall Memorial School as part of their Junior Historian activities. The Junior Historians are a grade... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The kitchen in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restorati... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Jars of canned food are stored in the cellar of the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The bedroom in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restorati... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The living area in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after resto... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Mesas and Buttes historical marker in Mill Bluff State Park. The marker reads: "Mesas and Buttes. These so-called mounds with flat tops and cliffed sid... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Salter marker between Necedah and New Lisbon, marks spot where some Indians killed a Mrs. George Salter on June 13, 1863. Mr. salter had a log tavern here ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the parlor in the Indian Agency House. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the parlor in the Indian Agency house. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A marker at the site of the former village of Oshaukuta on Highway 51, north of Portage. The marker states: "This tablet marks the site where the village o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The first Catholic church in Milwaukee. The structure is shown here after it was moved to the grounds of St. Francis Seminary, St. Francis Wisconsin. It wa... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the front door of the Charles A. Grignon House before restoration. The house was built between 1837 and 1839 of materials brought by water... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A row of maple trees lines the brick walkway along the main house at Black Point. There are benches on the lawn; Geneva Lake is in the background. A gable ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "World War Memorial and School, Washington Island, Wis." The school is on the left and the memorial is on the right, among trees. |
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