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Old Indian Burial Grounds

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwe wooden burial houses surrounded by wooden fence on Madeline Island. Two women stand in the background.
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Old Indian Burial Grounds

Date: 1935
Description: Wooden burial house, plots and crosses surrounded by wooden fence on Madeline Island.
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Cemetery Visit

Date: 1958
Description: Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings.
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City View

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Description: Elevated city view from an overlooking mountain. A church and cemetery stand among dwellings.
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Local Boilermakers and Helpers

Date: 1914
Description: Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o...
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Bird's-Eye View — Boscobel

Date: 1913
Description: View of town. There is a cemetery in the foreground.
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Bird's-Eye View — Boscobel

Date: 1915
Description: View of town. A cemetery is in the foreground and a race track is in the center.
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Cassville Cemetery

Date: 1921
Description: Rows of tombstones at the cemetery. The gravestone of Myrtle Schmelz is legible.
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General View

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Description: View along fence line of a rural area. There is a road on the left and farmland on the right. A person is traveling down the road, visible as a blur. In th...
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Bird's-Eye View of Coon Valley

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Coon Valley from a hilltop. Trees are on either side of the frame. In the city, there is a cemetery, church, and field of crops.
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1925
Description: View of a church, field, and cemetery from a hilltop. A car drives down the road in the lower-right corner.
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Monument in Memory of First Settlers

Date: 1922
Description: Monument dedicated to the first settlers of Coon Valley. The monument is in Norwegian. There is a cemetery in the distance.
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Catholic Church

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Description: Exterior of the Catholic Church. There is a cemetery behind the building.
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Bird's-Eye View of Town

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Description: View from hill over church and cemetery towards fields and town in a valley.
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Methodist Church and Denzer Cemetery

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Methodist Church and the Denzer Cemetery.
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Grave and Monument of Asahel Burt and Nathaniel Dickinson

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Description: View of the grave and monument for Asahel Burt and Nathaniel Dickinson. "Nathaniel Dickinson was killed and scalped by the Indians at this place, April 15,...
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Grave of Captain George Denison

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Description: Grave of Captain George Denison. His tombstone reads, "Here lies the body of Captain George Denison departed October the 23 in the year of his age 1694."
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Christ Churchyard

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Description: View of a stone burial vault at Christ Church Cemetery, founded in 1808.
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Spanish Burial Grounds

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Description: View into the ruins of a stone burial vault in Spanish Burial Grounds.
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Kit Carson's Grave

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Description: View of the grave of Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman.

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