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Drawing

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1853
Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
Book or Pamphlet

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1851
Description: Engraving of the five-story tall mill erected at the outlet of the Yahara Creek by Leonard J. Farwell. This engraving appears in Statistics of Dane County,...
Drawing

Shopiere Flouring Mill

Date: 1858
Description: Drawing of the exterior of the Shopiere Flouring Mill. Several men, some in a horse-drawn wagon are in front of the building.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wood County, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Map showing roads, mills, and rivers. Date conjectured from presence of Ensign’s Mill and Pitt’s Mill and location of Nekoosa.
Map or Atlas

Map of Darlington

Date: 1855
Description: This map is ink, pen, and watercolor on paper and shows plat of the town, local streets, lots by number, U.S. subdivisions in red lines, Mineral Point Rail...
Map or Atlas

Map of the State of Michigan and the Surrounding Country : Exhibiting the Sections and the Latest Surveys

Date: 1851
Description: This map shows townships, villages, Indian villages, railroads, roads, mills, prairies, swamps, and canals. An inset map shows a plat of the copper distric...
Photograph

Yahara River Mill

Date: 1850
Description: A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina...

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